Prysmian Group has taken a step forward in the construction of its new cable-laying vessel. In accordance with the timeline, basic design phase has been substantially completed, detail engineering is well in progress, steel cutting started in May 2019 and keel laying work kicked off last week at Var
Aquaterra Energy said it has appointed Rob Gill as platforms business development director. Gill will focus on expanding Aquaterra’s Sea Swift platform across West Africa, South East Asia and Latin America. He previously worked in both technical and commercial roles with the likes of Advisian, INEOS
Xodus Group has appointed Stephen Rivers as Subsea & Pipelines manager for Asia Pacific as the company targets strategic growth and new projects in the region. Stephen’s previous roles have included engineering director for Peritus International and senior vice president for INTECSEA for Australia a
DOF Subsea has equipped a further three of its Brazilian offshore vessel fleet with hybrid acoustic and inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne Brasil. Sonardyne’s SPRINT-Nav all-in-one subsea navigation instruments are now supporting five Forum Energy Technologies (FET) remotely operated vehi
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has completed data acquisition expedition on the Mohns Ridge in the north-western Norwegian Sea, using the Seabed Constructor vessel. During the four-week expedition, the NPD has made several discoveries of previously unknown sulphide deposits, and collected
Vallourec has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for the supply of tubing and casing, over a five-year period, with a possible 2-year extension, for an amount of USD 900 million. It covers a full range of products, from standard API2 to high end premium OCTG3 for both
Rotech Subsea has competed inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) scope in the German North Sea for NKT, a global cable player. The cable repair job saw Rotech mobilize its RS2 tool, a part of the new 2nd Generation RS non-contact CFE/J range of equipment. The company’s RSG grab tool was also depl
Subsea 7 has received a large contract by Saudi Aramco for Marjan Increment Projects – Package 2, offshore Saudi Arabia. Subsea 7 considers a large contract to be between USD 300 million and USD 500 million. The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract is awarded for e
Subsea 7 CEO Jean Cahuzac will retire from his position at the end of this year and will be succeeded from January 1, 2020 by John Evans, who is currently COO. Jean Cahuzac has been in the industry for 41 years and CEO for Subsea 7 since 2008, having previously worked for Transocean and Schlumberger
Subsea cutting tools specialist, Webtool, has supplied JDR Cable Systems with a resettable emergency disconnection tool for its fleet of rental IWOCS well intervention and workover systems. JDR’s Intervention Workover Control Systems (IWOCS) rentals are said to offer oil and gas operators the abilit
Kongsberg Maritime has expanded its Canadian operation by establishing a presence at COVE, the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The addition of a new COVE office provides Kongsberg with access to an 8-acre site, a 13-acre water lot, 2,850 feet of docks and pie
Norwegian shipping company engaged in the subsea construction market, DOF, said that Frederik Wilhelm Mohn has resigned from the boards of directors in DOF ASA and DOF Subsea AS with immediate effect. The Oslo-listed companies said they are working on finding replacements. Frederik W. Mohn is the so
SIMEC Atlantis plans to build a tidal-powered data centre in the Caithness region of Scotland. The power supply for such a data centre would include electricity supplied via a private wire network from tidal turbines at the existing MeyGen project site. This would be the first ocean powered data cen
Tekmar Energy has been hired by the offshore installation contractor Jan De Nul Group to supply Tekmar Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink Mechanical Latch for the Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan. As part of the project, Tekmar will be supplying their latest TekLink Generation 8 cable protec
