Subsea
Nexans Set for Rock Installation on Beatrice OWF Export Cable
Cables specialist Nexans Norway will carry out the rock placement campaign for the installation of the first of two export cables (EC1) in the Beatrice offshore wind farm. Earlier this month, the cable laying vessel Nexans Skagerrak completed the laying and burial of the first 70-kilometer 220kV exp
JFD Delivers Naval Personnel Training at The Underwater Centre
The Underwater Centre has delivered two ROV and hyperbaric system acquaintance training courses and provided 19 days of operational support to JFD as part of their training delivery to one of the world’s largest navies. Training delivery began with The Underwater Centre’s specialist diving team crea
Rovco Executes Wave Hub Job
UK-based Rovco has completed a subsea cable survey and inspection for the offshore renewables test site, Wave Hub. The inspection programme included the first commercial trial of Rovco’s 3D visualisation technology to create scaled, high resolution models of subsea infrastructure with millimetre acc
Keppel Delivers ‘MPV Everest’ to Maritime Construction Services
Keppel Singmarine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), has delivered a multi-purpose ice-class vessel to New Orient Marine, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Maritime Construction Services. Named MPV Everest, the vessel was built to the proprietary design of Keppel O&M
Wintershall Starts Up Maria Field Off Norway
Wintershall, and its licence partners Petoro and Spirit Energy, have started production from the Maria field one year ahead of schedule. The original start up was planned for the fourth quarter of 2018. The early start up has reduced costs by more than 20%, with an expected final investment cost of
‘Polar King’ Stays with Nexans
Norwegian offshore vessels provider GC Rieber Shipping and cabling specialist Nexans have agreed to extend the firm period of the charter for the construction support vessel Polar King for 11 months. The first time charter agreement announced in March 2016, was set for a fixed period of about 8.5 mo
Aker Solutions Nets Subsea Equipment Orders From Aker BP
Aker Solutions has secured subsea equipment orders from Aker BP for the Skogul and Valhall Flank West oil fields offshore Norway. Aker Solutions will deliver two subsea manifolds, a controls system and umbilicals for Skogul, which will be tied back to the North Sea Alvheim field. The company will al
Subsea 7 VP Commercial Steps Down
Subsea 7 said that its executive vice president Commercial, Øyvind Mikaelsen, has decided to step down from his role and will be leaving the company in the second quarter of 2018. Mikaelsen will be succeeded on January 1, 2018 by Stuart Fitzgerald who will be appointed as executive vice president St
Aleron Subsea Aids Salvage of WWI and WWII Wrecks
Aberdeenshire-based Aleron Subsea has deployed AUXROV subsea system as a part of a wrecks salvage project in the Atlantic Ocean. Aleron’s AUXROV was selected by James Fisher Marine and Britannia’s Gold to assist with the salvage operation, targeting wrecks that were sunk during the WWI and WWII. Dur
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 10 – December 17). Aker BP has submitted the plans for development and operations (PDOs) for the Valhall Flank West, Ærfugl (formerly Snadd) and Skogul (formerly Storklakken) fields to the No
DEA Divests Interest in Polarled, Nyhamna and Gassled
DEA has sold its ownership in the Polarled gas pipeline, the Nyhamna onshore gas processing plant and Gassled, the Norwegian gas transportation network, to CapeOmega. “The transaction represents a step forward in DEA’s strategy to divest legacy infrastructure assets in our portfolio and unlock valu
Oceaneering Wins Maryland Offshore Wind Survey Contract
Oceaneering has secured a contract by US Wind, Inc., a subsidiary of the Toto Holding Group, to conduct marine geophysical survey services starting in the second half of 2018 in support of US Wind’s new Maryland offshore wind project. Roderick A. Larson, president and chief executive officer of Ocea
Subsea 7 Scores Hat-Trick with Aker BP
Subsea 7 has been awarded two new contracts from alliance partner Aker BP in the Norwegian North Sea. The contracts are for the Skogul project and the Valhall Flank West project, valued between $50 million and $150 million. Earlier this week, Subsea 7 also announced a contract from Aker BP between $
OGTC Offers £2M for New Ideas on Digital Transformation and Decommissioning
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has launched two ‘Calls for Ideas’ on digital transformation and decommissioning, with up to £2 million available to innovators. The OGTC is looking for digital analytics approaches, such as machine learning, that can rapidly organise, distil, screen and assess