European Commission has invested €530 million in the Celtic Interconnector, a link between Ireland and the Europe’s energy grid. An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar and Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton have confirmed the investment on Wednesday. The €1 billion Celti
Equinor and its partners consisting of Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total, have started production from the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea on Saturday. The field came on stream more than two months ahead of schedule and NOK 40 billion below the original estimates in the Plan for d
AGR will be assisting Norwegian operator OKEA by building a new full field reservoir model for the Draugen asset in the Norwegian Sea. André Sæthern, AGR’s VP of Reservoir Management, said: “We are excited to deliver this project as part of our long-term relationship with OKEA. “We’ll be applying ou
Tritech has recently sold the first Gemini 1200ik dual frequency multibeam sonar to Outland Technology for use on their Outland 2500 ROV. The sonar was sold to an existing Outland Technology customer who already had an Outland 2500 with the single frequency Gemini 720ik fitted. As the Gemini 1200ik
The Ocean Cleanup recently said that its System 001/B is successfully capturing and collecting plastic debris. After one year of testing, the Ocean Cleanup team succeeded in developing a self-contained system in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that is using the natural forces of the ocean to passive
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 30 – October 06). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/09/30/subsea-7-wins-azerbaijan-double-with-bp/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/10/02/saipem-secures-wireless-subsea-drone-contract-from-eq
JSK Naval Support, the Canadian anti-submarine warfare (ASW) specialist, and Kraken Robotic Systems have teamed up to develop an enhanced autonomous underwater sonar solution. The two companies will combine expertise in open mission systems and unmanned underwater systems to develop the solution. Ut
BP’s chief executive, Bob Dudley, has decided to step down as group chief executive officer and from the BP board of directors. Bob Dudley steps down after a 40-year career with BP and over nine years as group chief executive. He will retire on March 31, 2020, the company informed. In addition, the
Geoquip Marine’s DP2 multi-purpose offshore support vessel, the Geoquip Saentis, has completed its first geotechnical campaign in the North Sea. The vessel started the work in June, following a major overhaul. Operations involved drilling over 2,000 meters and acquiring more than 1,400 high quality
Saipem, in consortium with Boshelf and STAR GULF FZCO, has recently been awarded three new contracts by BP for the development of the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil and gas (ACG) field offshore Azerbaijan. Located in the Caspian Sea at approximately 120 kilometres from the coast of Azerbaijan, the field
Kraken Robotics has been chosen as the successful bidder on a program for the acquisition of new sonar systems for an unnamed international navy. The navy customer has notified Kraken that it intends to enter into a contract with the company after the expiration of a standstill period. This was a co
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has recorded vessel utilization of 73% for the third quarter 2019 compared with 29% for the third quarter in 2018. In the third quarter of 2019, the company’s vessels were allocated 73% to proprietary work and no time was spent on multi-client projects. In the comp
Subsea 7 has received a sizeable, between USD 50 million and USD 150 million, contract from Shell for the Pierce depressurisation project, located offshore Aberdeen, UK. The contract scope involves the engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation (EPCI and T&I) of a 30km g
Aberdeen-based subsea energy storage and energy generation specialist East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has recently appointed two new directors. Existing EC-OG employees Paul Slorach and Jonny Moroney have been promoted as business development director and projects director respectively. E
