Vocus has added substantial volume of Hawaiki cable capacity to its network, following an investment in network upgrades. Mark Callander, chief executive of Vocus NZ and Wholesale and International Australia, said that the Hawaiki deal strengthens the company’s network and complements Vocus’ investm
Equinor has, on behalf of the partners of the Northern Lights project, signed memorandum of understanding with seven European companies to develop value chains in carbon capture and storage. Equinor, in cooperation with its partners Shell and Total, is studying the possibilities for developing a CO₂
Ellon-based ROV services provider Film-Ocean has expanded its fleet of vehicles with the acquisition of its tenth Saab Seeye Falcon and a Quasar WROV from SMD. According to SMD, the delivery included a refurbished Quasar MkII Work Class ROV system (WROV), Tophat Tether Management System (TMS) and as
Oceaneering’s next generation hybrid ROV, Freedom, will be fitted with Valeport Bathypack, Altimeter and Hyperion Fluorometer sensors. Valeport worked with Oceaneering’s engineering team to meet challenges in communication and connector requirements. Valeport sensors in the Midas Bathypack were ethe
Subsurface Imaging, part of CGG’s Geoscience division, has secured a large-scale seismic imaging project from BHP in the offshore Orphan Basin in Eastern Canada. CGG will employ its FWI and least-squares migration algorithms over the entire survey area of more than 10,000 km². Through these technolo
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) and Bluestream have served six clients over the course of the summer, providing subsea inspection and maintenance services. The teams have recently reached a significant milestone of 100 days employment for the 2019 campaign. Vroon’s subsea support vessel VOS Sugar has
Allseas has chosen WFS Technologies’ new Seatooth Pipelogger for the real-time measurement of process temperature on a subsea pipeline system which they have installed recently. The Seatooth PipeLogger is a smart, wireless, subsea internet of things (SIoT) device designed to deploy multiple sensors
Equinor and its partners have started preparation for production start from the Johan Sverdrup field in October this year, one month ahead of schedule. The Johan Sverdrup development continues to progress well through the final stages of preparation for operations, Equinor explained. As a result, Eq
V.Ships Leisure, part of V.Group, has been appointed by REV Ocean to provide ship management services for the world’s largest research and expedition vessel, scheduled for completion in 2021. The vessel will be equipped for conducting research that covers the entire marine ecosystem, using advanced
Equinor has started production from the Snefrid Nord gas field, the first discovery tied back to the Norwegian Sea Aasta Hansteen field. Recoverable resources for Snefrid Nord are estimated at 4.4 billion standard cubic meters of gas (27,5 million barrels oil equivalents) and some condensate. This w
Aker Solutions has started fabrication work on the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Lingshui 17-2 gas development project with the first steel cutting of subsea manifold in Tianjin, China. The cutting of the steel took place at the China Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) Specia
Gardline’s M/V Kommandor survey vessel has been mobilized to undertake site survey over the Barryroe field within Standard Exploration Licence (SEL) 1/11, offshore Ireland. SEL 1/11 is operated by Exola, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Providence Resources, on behalf of its partners, APEC Energy Enterp
Following the launch of Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) Asia Pacific offices in Perth and Singapore, STR has placed subsea dredgers in the region. This strategic move, in partnership with Subsea Tooling Services (STS), will provide Asia Pacific customers with STS 3” subsea dredger systems to compl
Sonardyne International has supplied underwater navigation technology for Soil Machine Dynamics’ (SMD) new electric work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) range, launched on Tuesday. The Quantum EV will be factory-fitted with Sonardyne’s hybrid navigation solution, Lodestar-Nav 200, as standard,
