Subsea
Xodus Reports £5 Mln in Contracts
Energy consultancy Xodus Group has revealed it has won £5 million worth of field development work over the past twelve months. The company has recently been awarded two projects by Apache for its Storr and Seagull developments. For Storr, Xodus will initially complete a conceptual assessment to stre
Pioneering Spirit Arrives in Rotterdam
Allseas’ pipelaying vessel Pioneering Spirit, the biggest vessel in the world, has arrived in Rotterdam on Thursday. According to Allseas, the vessel arrived at the Maasmond around midnight, from where it took it about five hours to reach the final location in the Alexiahaven. The vessel recently co
NKT Victoria One Year in Operation
NKT has marked the one-year anniversary of its cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria after a busy first year at sea. The 140-meter vessel, with cable capacity of 9,000 tonnes on two turntables, has installed 335 kilometers of cables for offshore wind and interconnector projects in countries such as Denma
Crown Estate Scotland Extends Nova’s Shetland Tidal Array Seabed Lease
Nova Innovation has secured an extension of its seabed lease at the Shetland Tidal Array. Crown Estate Scotland has granted an extension to Nova’s existing seabed lease at Bluemull Sound in Shetland, increasing the capacity of the site lease from 0.5MW to 2MW. The extension will also see the current
Tendeka Demonstrates PulseEight in North Sea
Tendeka has demonstrated its PulseEight wireless technology in partnership with the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) in the North Sea. In partnership with OGTC, Tendeka completed phase one of a project to install and test PulseEight as an insert safety valve. The device detected a number of simula
CGG Swings to Profit After Restructuring
French geoscience expert CGG has reported net profit of $647 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, against net loss of $145 million same time last year. For the first quarter 2018, the company generated $246 million in revenue and operating income of negatine $67 million, against revenue of
Intertek Supports UK-Ireland Greenlink Interconnector
Intertek has been appointed by Greenlink Interconnector Limited, a subsidiary of Element Power, to provide marine environmental and planning support for the Greenlink Interconnector between UK and Ireland. Greenlink Interconnector is a proposed €400 million electrical underground and submarine inter
Faroe Wraps Up Sale of Interest in Fenja Field to Suncor
Faroe Petroleum has completed the sale of its 17.5% working interest in the Fenja development located in PL586 in the Norwegian Sea to Suncor Energy Norge. Following the sale, Faroe retains a 7.5% working interest in the field. The cash consideration received by Faroe for the sale of the Fenja inter
Swagelining Qualifies Its Polymer Lining Connector with DNV GL and Equinor
Swagelining’s LinerBridge technology, the world’s first all-polymer lining connector that removes the need for corrosion resistant alloy (CRA) welding, has completed DNV GL technology certification. Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, has also granted the technology approval for use in water injecti
Red Numbers for Eidesvik
Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has posted quarterly loss of NOK 51 million (approximately $28 million) or NOK 1.14 per share, against profit of NOK 135 million (approximately $65 million) or NOK 4.49 per share for the quarter that ended on March 31, 2017. In the first-quarter 2018, Eidesvi
ASV/AUV Survey System on Trials in Loch Ness
ASV Global is leading a collaborative research project called ‘Autonomous Surface and Sub-surface Survey System’ (ASSSS), which aims to deliver an integrated system for shore-based, full water column marine surveys using multiple unmanned systems. The project, part funded by Innovate UK, hopes to en
New Mooring Chains Inspection Robot Passes Field Trials
A robot designed to hook onto, and scale up and down, large mooring chains, both at subsea level and in the air – with a non-destructive testing (NDT), ultrasonic imaging system on board that scans for critical defects – has recently undergone field trials. The robot, named RIMCAW (Robotic Inspectio
DOF Subsea Lands Equinor IMR Deal
DOF Subsea said it has been awarded an inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) frame agreement by Equinor. The subsea solutions provider of DOF Group said that the duration of the contract is 5 years and is scheduled to start in 2019. During the course of the frame agreement, Equinor will call-off
InterMoor and Oceanside Deliver Appomattox FPS Mooring Connectors
InterMoor and Oceanside have completed the delivery of all H-Links connectors for the Appomattox floating production system (FPS) mooring lines. The Appomattox facility will be a four-column semi-submersible production platform moored using 16 mooring lines arranged in 4×4 clusters, in 2,255 metersb