Xergy, the startup company aiming to revolutionise resourcing in the energy industry, has invested £120k in opening an office in Aberdeen with plans to recruit an additional 15 employees. Led by industry stalwarts, James McCallum and Colin Manson, Xergy has moved into Rubislaw Terrace in the city’s
Aberdeen-based subsea equipment solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has secured a new contract with Ocean Installer following the completion of subsea installation project in 2019. Ashtead will provide its Deflection Monitoring System (DMS) and field engineers to install six integrated template
SeaBird Exploration has received a letter of award for an ocean bottom node (OBN) source contract in Asia Pacific. The contract has an expected duration of about five months and it was originally announced in January of this year. The contract is expected to start in April 2020, the company noted. S
DOF Subsea has received two contract awards from international clients in Africa. The contracts will secure further vessel and resource utilization in Q1 and first part of Q2 2020, the company said. The first contract is for seismic nodes installation in Nigeria for an undisclosed client. The work w
Optime Subsea have secured a large international contracts as a direct result of increasing its product portofolio. Optime have developed its competence, as well as products and systems, to include topside equipment interfacing to its subsea systems. In order to control Opime’s existing subsea syste
A material made from waste cooking oil and sulphur that can soak up oil spills and other pollution will be commercialised following a deal between its South Australian inventors and a Singaporean company. The collaboration between Flinders University and Clean Earth Technologies will result in a man
The Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system has been upgraded to accelerate and strengthen connectivity between businesses in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and India. Using Ciena’s submarine network solution, the upgrade allows EIG to utilize flexible, express wavelengths, also known as
First Subsea, part of Aberdeen-based First Tech Group, has secured the inter-array cables protection contract from DEME at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. The cable protection system will be designed to protect the cable during installation and during the operating lifespan of the wind farm
Scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Ocean Sciences Division are optimizing the placement of ocean gliders and the usage of glider data to improve the Navy’s ability to predict ocean conditions. Researchers frequently use gliders – slow-moving, long-endurance underwater vehicles – to
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has acquired the commercial diving division of T&T Salvage Asia (TTSA). The acquisition will serve to enhance SGS’ capabilities in Singapore and strengthen its position in the Asia-Pacific region, the company noted on its social media. Paul Peters, CEO of SGS said: “Thi
Namaka Subsea has launched a new division, Namaka Compliance, to provide three main services namely training, compliance and competence. The first of the services will be training and that will encompass behavioral based safety such as leadership, safety awareness, and skills training such as workin
TGS has completed one 3D seismic survey and started another in the offshore area of northern Senegal. TGS completed the acquisition of SN-UDO-19 3D seismic survey. Fast track data from the survey will be available during the second quarter of 2020. The full dataset will be available by Q4 2020. Upon
Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has been awarded new contracts by Seabed Geosolutions for the seismic source vessel Vantage and the node-handling vessel Subsea Viking. The new contracts will start in direct continuation of the existing contracts. The duration is approximately 4 months for e
Orange has teamed up with Telxius to collaborate in Europe and the United States on backhaul extensions for the Dunant cable, a Google project. This 6,600km-long transatlantic cable will connect the United States to the French Atlantic coast and aims to launch services in late 2020. Under this agree
