Xodus Group has appointed Djamel Hamel and Chris Overton as two principal consultants to its subsea integrity management team. Djamal Hamel has been appointed to the role of principal consultant, having previously worked within a senior pipeline position for six years at Spirit Energy, as well as en
Well-Safe Solutions has secured an award of two multi-million-pound contracts to continue the transformation of the Well-Safe Guardian, the decommissioning company’s first asset, into a plug and abandonment unit. Global Energy Group and Rigfit7seas have been appointed to deliver the refurbishment of
Subsea Innovation, part of Tekmar, has won a contract with TechnipFMC in Norway, building the company’s market presence in the region. In 2018 Subsea Innovation developed a next-generation seal for their Pipe in Pipe Waterstops. Waterstop Seals provide a solution for isolating a section of flooded a
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has completed project to replace one of the two electricity subsea cables connecting Bute and Cumbrae, with new additional fault detection technology set to be installed in the coming months. Cumbrae receives its power from the mainland by two subsea
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical has completed its acquisition of Spectrum, creating a global multi-client geophysical data provider. TGS first announced its intent to acquire Spectrum in May 2019. Completion of the acquisition and the merger plan has been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Ent
Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed a flexible installation project in the North Sea with i-Tech 7 – marking a return to the field two years after the original award. The work scope – part of i-Tech 7’s inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaign West of Shetland – consisted of a deploym
Minesto has resumed testing of its commercial-scale DG500 kite system at the company’s Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. “We are very pleased to be back in the water with the DG500 kite system, and we are looking forward to the continued testing operations. The team has made a great effort in upgr
Singapore-based subsea service provider Kreuz Subsea said that its CEO Ashit Jain (AJ) has resigned and is leaving for personal reasons. Under AJ’s leadership of the company during the last two and the half years, Kreuz became a Shell approved diving contractor and has since expanded its commercial
Construction of the receiving terminal for the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline, stretching across the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey, has reached 95%. All works are in line with the schedule, and the first gas is expected to flow by the end of 2019, the company informed. The TurkStream receiving t
Airborne Oil & Gas has secured a contract with Addax Petroleum for the delivery of two gas lift jumpers in West Africa. The deal will see Airborne thermoplastic composite pipeline (TCP) products becoming a permanent application in the region for the first time. The Dutch-based business will supply t
Equinor has received a consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to start-up the Utgard field in the North Sea. Equinor, who is the operator of the field, is planning start-up during the course of September 2019. The field is located on the border with the UK, and the Norwegian share is 62 pe
JFD has announced a strategic partnership with the Aquacentrum Den Helder, which combines submarine escape training, commercial diving training and recreational pools for public use within a single building. The partnership between JFD and Aquacentrum Den Helder will allow both new and existing subm
Saipem has started implementation of DNV GL’s hull planned maintenance system, ShipManager Hull, based on 3D digital twins of crane and pipelaying vessels. DNV GL will supply its advanced software, ShipManager Hull, for implementation on five vessels of the Saipem fleet. It will start with Saipem 70
JDR Cables has selected Tekmar cable protection system (CPS) TekLink Mechanical Latch for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. For the project Tekmar will be providing approximately 60 cable protection systems and a further 60 hang off clamps which hold the subsea cable in place within t
