Subsea
Tekmar Bolsters Management
Tekmar Energy, specialists in cable and subsea protection systems for the offshore energy markets has recently welcomed several new additions to its ever-expanding team. Rob McGill, joins as the HSQE manager, bringing with him years of experience from the offshore space working within both Oil & Gas
ASV Global, TerraSond Complete USV-Supported Cable Route Survey
ASV Global and TerraSond have completed the first ever seabed cable route survey supported by an unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The survey route included various water depths and strong currents, while facing difficult wind and sea conditions in the Bering Sea offshore Alaska, ASV explained. The pr
Statoil Hits Pay at Verbier Sidetrack
Statoil and partners have made an oil discovery in the Verbier sidetrack well in the outer Moray Firth on the UK Continental Shelf, proving a minimum of 25 million recoverable barrels of oil in the immediate vicinity of the wellbore. The preliminary results suggest the discovery could range anywhere
EIVA Develops ScanFish XL for PanGeo Subsea
Denmark-based engineering company EIVA said it has expanded the payload of its ScanFish remotely operated towed vehicle (ROTV) by some 700 percent to integrate PanGeo Subsea’s Sub-Bottom Imager (SBI) unit. Namely, the EIVA R&D took up the challenge in May 2017, to expand the 50kg sensor payload of t
DeepOcean Delivers Race Bank Inter-Array Link
DeepOcean said it has installed all 91 inter-array cables and completed the base scope trenching operations at DONG Energy’s (Ørsted) Race Bank offshore wind farm site. Once fully operational, Race Bank will have a capacity of 573MW which should provide sufficient green energy to power over half a m
WorleyParsons Scoops Up AmecFW UK Assets for £182M
WorleyParsons said it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) for an enterprise value of £182 million (A$303 million), pre-adjustments for surplus working capital and cash in the AFW UK business. The combination of the acquisition and the entitlement offer is expect
Wood Group Takes Over Amec Foster Wheeler
Wood Group has completed the acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler. Robin Watson, chief executive of Wood Group, said: “This transformational acquisition creates a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. “We become a business of sig
OMS Upgrades Its ‘Auga’ Weld Inspection Tool
Optical Metrology Services (OMS) has released a new version of its Auga weld inspection technology, the OMS Auga Lite. The new Auga Lite, which is currently being utilised on a project in the Middle East, has been developed specifically to be more agile and can be packed into cases prior to deployme
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 02. – October 08). Subsea Integration Alliance, which is a partnership between Subsea 7 and OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company has been awarded a contract by Ophir Energy for the Fortuna LNG pr
STL Nets £3.8M in Deals
Subsea Technologies Limited (STL) has announced the win of two new global contracts worth £3.8 million. The Aberdeen-based subsea technologies specialist was awarded the first contract, worth £2.4 million, by a undisclosed international service company. STL will supply a number of proprietary STL co
DiveSource Joins Transition Fund Scheme as Training Provider
International diving consultancy, DiveSource have been accepted as a training provider on the Transition Fund scheme. The Transition Training Fund was set up by the Scottish Government and is managed by Skills Development Scotland, the project aims to support those affected by the oil and gas downtu
Rovco Becomes Member of NVIDIA Inception Programme
UK-based subsea company Rovco has announced plans to take artificial intelligence (AI) to new depths after being selected to join the NVIDIA Inception Programme. Being selected by NVIDIA will see Rovco benefit from hardware grants, marketing support and training to aid the development of the firm’s
Huisman Readies for Aegir Pit Stop
Heerema Marine Contractors’ deepwater construction vessel (DCV) Aegir will dock next week for maintenance at the Huisman Schiedam quayside in the Nederlands. The vessel should be at Huisman until the end of the year, the company specialising in lifting, drilling, and subsea solutions said on social
Maersk Supply Service Snatches Welltec CFO
Well technologies provider for the oil and gas industry Welltec said that its chief financial officer, Michael Krabbe, has resigned from his position. Krabbe’s last day with Welltec will be November 30, 2017 as he leaves to pursue new challenges as CFO with Maersk Supply Service. Søren Søgaard Suhr,