Subsea
Royal IHC Advances with Subsea 7 Reel Lay Vessel Project
Royal IHC said it has successfully passed the first significant milestones in the design and build process of an integrated reel lay vessel for Subsea 7. According tot the company, notable achievements include the early completion of the model testing for resistance and propulsion as well as seakeep
Expro Wraps Up Financial Restructuring
Oilfield services company Expro has completed its financial restructuring, which should provide the company with a stronger and more sustainable financial foundation to grow the business. The financial restructuring eliminated Expro’s entire $1.4 billion of funded debt, including the associated $80
Petrofac Gets Well Operator Job on Thames Decommissioning Project
Petrofac has been appointed to provide outsourced well operator services on the next phase of Tullow Oil’s Thames decommissioning project, following the award of a new multi-million dollar contract. Under the terms of the award, Petrofac will provide well engineering project management services and
SeaRoc Wins Humber Gateway Seabed Analysis Work
SeaRoc Group has been awarded a variation to provide detailed geographic information system (GIS) seabed analysis for E.ON Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. E.ON requested the variation to receive more detailed information about the seabed condition as a whole and at detailed locations through the
Newton and Sonardyne Integrate Systems for Dynamic Subsea Laser Mapping
Subsea technology companies, Newton Research Labs and Sonardyne International UK, have completed tests to integrate Newton Labs’ underwater laser scanners with Sonardyne’s acoustically-aided inertial navigation system for underwater vehicles, SPRINT-Mapper. According to Newton, the milestone paves t
SURF’s Up for Ocean Installer
Ocean Installer said it has secured two subsea umbilicals risers and flowlines (SURF) contracts with Statoil. The two contracts, comprise work from 2018 through 2020 on the Snorre, Troll, Njord, Åsgard, Bauge, Fenja and Dvalin fields. The first contract is for subsea lines modification (SLM) work, w
Seaproof Solutions Wins More Work on Hornsea Project One
Seaproof Solutions said it has been awarded a contract extension to supply all inter array cable protection systems (CPS) for Ørsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The wind farm, located 120 kilometers off the Yorkshire Coast in UK, will be capable of providing electricity to well o
InterMoor Executes Well Abandonment Project for Spirit Energy
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has recently completed a well abandonment campaign in the North Sea and East Irish Sea for Spirit Energy. Following consolidation of the former OIS Ltd decommissioning personnel into InterMoor, the decommissioning team have added four further wells to the 128 they have
Bluestream Adds Two Saab Seaeye Cougar ROVs
Bluestream, has added two new gravity-based Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact Zone II ROV systems to their fleet – a low-profile design of vehicle especially suited for fixed or floating platform inspections. Adding the two Cougar XT Compacts to its current fleet, brings Bluestream’s total of Saab Seaey
MacGregor Wraps Up Rapp Marine Acquisition
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has completed the acquisition of Rapp Marine Group (RMG) to strengthen its offering for the fishery and research vessel segment. MacGregor announced the acquisition of Rapp Marine in December 2017 for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 16 million. “With MacGregor’s
JFSE Redesigns Its Excavation Tool to Work in Very Shallow Waters
Subsea excavation specialist James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) has re-engineered one of its fleet in direct response to client requirements for excavations in particularly shallow water. The re-engineering of this tool has made it capable of excavating at just one meter – the shallowest depth ac
N-Sea Sees Positive Start of 2018 with New Contracts
N-Sea has secured multiple contracts during Q4 2017 and in early Q1 2018 with the value of around £40 million, providing a sound backlog for the coming season. The projects will include UK east coast wind farm work, interconnector cable projects and German Baltic scopes, the company informed. Gary T
Flowline Specialists Boosts Management Team
Scottish energy equipment manufacturer and service provider Flowline Specialists has recently expanded its senior management team with two appointments. The Oldmeldrum-based firm has appointed Mike Jaffray to the role of operations manager, while Donald Walker has taken up the position of QHSE manag
Scotland Could Benefit from Decommissioning, New Study Shows
A new study into decommissioning opportunities in the oil and gas sector has been published on Monday. Energy ports and supply chain companies across Scotland are expected to benefit from the study, Highlands and Island Enterprise (HIE) said. The study focuses primarily on oil and gas floating asset