SeaBird has received a letter of award for the provision of source services for two ocean bottom node (OBN) surveys to be carried out in West Africa. The surveys will have an expected total duration of about 80 days. The first survey is expected to start in April 2020 and the second survey will foll
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition contract by Reliance Industries in the Bay of Bengal, India. The project is scheduled to start in Q2 2020. The survey covers 1,500 sq. km of block KG-UDWHP-2018/1 in the Krishna-Godavari basin and will be executed by t
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Transmission (SSEN Transmission) has resubmitted its needs case to the energy regulator Ofgem for the proposed Shetland interconnector. For Shetland, the cable would connect planned wind farm projects on Shetland with mainland Scotland allowing them to expo
Damen has developed a new concept vessel – the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020. According to Damen, the vessel features a stable platform with lots of accommodation, good station-keeping capability, low carbon emissions and lots of flexibility to add mission-specific tools. “We were approached by
A bathymetric and geophysical site survey is set to begin for the Star of the South project, Australia’s first proposed offshore wind project located off the south coast of Gippsland near Port Albert. The bathymetric and geophysical site survey will be undertaken to inform the project’s feasibility.
The board of directors of Oceanteam has appointed Henk van den IJssel as chief executive officer (CEO) of Oceanteam with effect from 1 February 2020. Leidus Bosman, has expressed his intention to resign from Oceanteam and step down as CEO to pursue a new career opportunity outside the company. Henk
Unique Group, subsea and offshore solutions provider, has entered a new partnership with lifting and spreader beam designer and manufacturer, Britlift. The move will see Britlift spreader beams being offered for rental and purchase via Unique Group’s global network. With the agreement in place cover
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has teamed up with Big Blue Ocean Cleanup, an international ocean conservation foundation helping to protect oceans and raises awareness about ocean pollution. The non-profit foundation coordinates an ambassador network of volunteers who proactively organise event
UK-based HTL has launched a bespoke hydraulic cutter for offshore industry market. In all industries where hazardous machinery and materials are present, safety is the optimum priority. Statistics show that 80% of errors which occur during manufacturing are due to human error. For this reason, many
BHP Petroleum, via its Mexico subsidiary, has contracted DORIS for the execution of engineer services for the SURF and export pipeline scopes of work of the Trion project in the Gulf of Mexico. The Trion field encompasses an area of 1,285 sq km (798 sq mi) and is located in the Perdido belt at a [&h
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 20 – January 26). https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/01/21/mcdermott-strikes-restructuring-deal-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2020/01/20/technipfmc-split-on-track/
Seaway 7 has recently installed the first of 90 wind turbine monopile foundations at Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. The c.600 tonne steel monopile and its transition piece was installed by Seaway Strashnov which is contracted to transport and install all 90 of the wind turbine foundation
SAExploration has secured two new projects offshore West Africa. The projects are valued at approximately $42 million in the aggregate and are scheduled to occur primarily during the 2nd quarter of 2020 and last approximately 71 days. Services to be provided will include 3D/4D data acquisition utili
Kraken Robotics has signed an eight year framework agreement with an unnamed international defense contractor. Under the agreement, Kraken’s Acoustic Signal Processing Group in Toronto will provide development, maintenance, and training to the customer to enhance and modernize its sonar product. Kra
