Subsea
Babcock Bags Rough Decom Deal from Centrica
Babcock is working with Centrica Storage to plan for decommissioning of the Rough 47/8A platforms and infrastructure in the southern North Sea. The assets to be decommissioned comprises two bridge linked platforms currently shut in ahead of decommissioning. This initial decommissioning contract for
NOAA and Microsoft Co-Founder Partner on Deep Ocean Study
NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen have teamed up to deploy a large array of new deep ocean floats to expand ocean observations in a key area of the western South Atlantic Ocean. These instruments, called Deep Argo floats, can col
MMT to Survey North Sea Section of Baltic Pipe Route
Swedish survey specialist MMT has been awarded a contract by the Danish energy transmission system operator Energinet as part of the Baltic Pipe project. The assignment includes seabed survey for a new offshore pipeline in the North Sea and for two alternative routes in Lillebælt in the inner Danish
DNV GL Classed BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO
DNV GL has awarded class to BP’s Glen Lyon floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel located west of Shetland. Glen Lyon is a purpose-built FPSO which is expected to produce 130,000 barrels of oil a day at peak production. The vessel was transferred into class shortly after first oil
Trans Adriatic Pipeline Passes Halfway Mark
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has achieved 50% completion mark, nearly 16 months after the start of the construction. This includes all engineering, procurement and construction scope, TAP informed. TAP’s contractors have cleared around 70% of the project route in Greece and Albania, approximate
Bourbon Names New CEO
Bourbon’s board of directors has confirmed Jacques de Chateauvieux as executive chairman, and entrusted Gaël Bodénès, as chief executive officer, with the responsibility of the company management. In addition the board also decided that Astrid de Bréon, as chief financial officer, would be an integr
Seatools Upgrades Stornes FPROV
Seatools has completed the upgrade of the fall pipe remotely operated vehicle (FPROV) installed on Van Oord’s flexible fall pipe vessel ‘Stornes’. The work entailed a depth upgrade that enables Van Oord to perform precision rock installation in water depths of up to 2100 meters. Seatools initially d
AWI Retrieves Its Underwater Robot After Year-Long Mission
On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recovered the underwater robot Tramper, which had been taking measurements at a depth of 2435 metres for nearly 60 weeks – the first long-term mission involving a crawler u
EC-OG Marks Commercial Launch of Subsea Power Hub
East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) commercially launched the Subsea Power Hub at the Offshore Europe Conference and Exhibition in Aberdeen this week. The Subsea Power Hub is an autonomous electrical power system which harnesses the energy within ocean currents to convert, store and deliver r
Heerema’s Hermod Crane Vessel Retires After 40 Years
Heerema Marine Contractor’s semi-submersible crane vessel Hermod will retire at the end of this year after an operational performance of nearly 40 years. Designed and constructed in the 70’s, Hermod and its sister vessel Balder were the first semi-submersible crane vessels of its kind in the offshor
Energinet.dk, National Grid Seek Contractor for Viking Link UXO Survey
Energinet.dk and National Grid Viking Link (NGVL) have invited tenders for the survey and inspection of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on the Viking Link route. Viking Link is a proposed 1400 MW high voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity link between UK and Denmark that will involve the construction
C-Kore Applies Its Technology to Downhole Testing
C-Kore Systems recently expanded the application of its subsea testing technology to downhole testing. The new application was tested on Total’s K5F field off the coast of the Netherlands. The C-Kore units helped located the source of low IR on the downhole system by plugging directly into the subse
NDE Offshore Gears for Offshore HVDC Platforms Inspection Job
Swedish IMR services provider NDE Offshore has been contracted by Siemens to carry out structural and subsea inspections of the xWin platforms. This is the second year in a row Siemens has called on NDE to carry out the survey. The project includes inspections of BorWin Beta, HelWin Alpha, HelWin Be
Bourbon Dives Deeper into Red
Bourbon has seen its net loss almost doubled in the first six months of 2017 on “continuously challenging market” and forex losses. French vessel owner and offshore services provider booked a net loss of €170 million ($203 million) in first-half 2017. This result compares with €87 million ($104 mill