Woodside and its partners, Cairn and FAR, have signed a joint Final Investment Decision (FID) statement, in agreement with Petrosen and the Government of Senegal for the Sangomar field development. The FID was signed at an official ceremony on Tuesday night with the Minister of Petroleum and Energie
Searcher Seismic said it has completed of the Gulf of Papua prospectivity study in Papua New Guinea. The survey was performed by Discover Geoscience on behalf of Searcher and consists of five main sections; tectono-stratigraphic framework, tectonostratigraphic elements, facies and EOD mapping, charg
Royal Navy has added unmanned mine hunters and survey technology which will be used on live operations from March. Sailors trained in this of type mission will be stationed at HMNB Clyde, where the remotely operated kit, including submersibles and boats designed to hunt down mines but also analyse t
Aker Solutions has secured a front-end engineering (FEED) study from Equinor to enable power from shore for the Troll B and C platforms, to reduce CO2 emissions from the field. The contract includes an option for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) work following the c
NKT has been awarded a five-year service agreement by the Irish power grid operator EirGrid for cable related services including repair works for the East West Interconnector. The East West Interconnector is a 200 kV HVDC power cable with capacity of 500 MW between Ireland and Great Britain. For NKT
Polarcus said it has once more agreed to postpone the redelivery of seismic research vessel Vyacheslav Tikhonov with Sovcomflot (SCF). The vessel was due for redelivery until January 15, 2020, while potential projects were pursued by SCF. The redelivery of the vessel has now been agreed until the co
Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus has set up the first inter-array cable on the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. Van Oord is one of the two main contractors for the project, together with MHI Vestas. The Dutch maritime contractor is performing the Balance of Plant acti
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) said it has stopped the sale of KM Contros GmbH (Contros) in Germany to AML Oceanographic. The Norwegian technology enterprise decided to divest Contros with the announcement of sale and purchase letter of intent with AML in October last year, following a strategic evaluation
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has entered into a new agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) to provide underwater hull maintenance and repair services for their fleet of 58 ships. The new agreement is a continuation of the long-term relationship between the two companies. RCCL VP of Glob
Marine environmental consulting firm CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) has appointed Jason Clermont as project scientist at its Northeast Regional Office. Clermont is a fisheries biologist with background in marine conservation, marine technical operations, collaborative fisheries research, and offshore ocea
Elmeridge Cables Limited (ECL) has recently delivered two contracts for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). ECL was asked by BAS to supply two lengths of double-armoured CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) cable for two Royal Research Survey vessels. These separate contracts were for a single
SapuraOMV Upstream has produced first gas from its Larak field offshore Malaysia following the start-up at the end of December. The Larak field is part of gas fields discovered in 2014 under the SK408 production sharing contract (PSC). The fields are tied back into an existing processing facility an
A multi-million rupee investment to enhance its Diving and Life Support division in western India will see Unique Group company Unique Hydra strengthen its infrastructure and increase customer accessibility in the region. The 10,000 sq. ft facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, will offer assembly and manuf
Three60 Energy has won a framework contract to deliver engineering and support services for Neptune Energy’s UKCS portfolio. The contract will see Three60 Energy provide both concept and front-end engineering studies as well as engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning activities for
