Subsea
Maersk Supply Service Puts Off Newbuild Deliveries
Maersk Supply Service has entered into agreements with two yards to postpone delivery of five anchor handling new-buildings and four subsea support vessel new-buildings. Namely, the company has agreed to postpone delivery of five anchor handling vessels under construction at Kleven Yard in Norway an
Elia Launches MOG Project UXO Survey Tender
Elia, the Belgian electricity transmission system operator, has invited tenders for unexploded explosive ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route of the modular offshore grid (MOG) project in the Belgium sector of the North Sea. The modular offshore grid includes an offsh
Shearwater Joins Full Wave Consortium
Shearwater GeoServices has signed a contract to join the Full Wave consortium as a late participant. The 3D anisotropic FWI code will be incorporated into Shearwater’s OpenCPS seismic processing software for use in advanced model building and depth imaging, the company explained. The OpenCPS FWI int
NKT Completes First Campaign of Caithness-Moray Subsea Link
The NKT Victoria cable-laying vessel has laid the first HVDC cables in the Moray Firth as part of Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks’ Caithness-Moray transmission project. The vessel completed its first campaign from Noss Head in Caithness to the midpoint of the cable route this week. It has
Statoil Selects TechnipFMC for Visund Nord
TechnipFMC has been awarded an extension to its ongoing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Statoil in the Norwegian North Sea. The ongoing EPC project covers the provision of subsea equipment including template structure, manifold and two subsea trees including wellheads a
OGTC Gets Positive Response to Its First ‘Call for Ideas’
The oil and gas industry has said it may be one step closer to transforming well plug and abandonment (P&A) as 45 potential solutions were submitted for its first ‘Call for Ideas’. The OGTC received ideas and concepts that could have a material impact on this transformation, against three specific t
EMGS Invests Further in Sonardyne Technology
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has increased its investment in technology developed by Sonardyne International, UK. The Ranger 2 Gyro-iUSBL system which combines acoustic positioning and inertial navigation technologies is the second system now owned by EMGS. It will be fitted to one of their to
IKM Starts Remote WROV Ops in Norway
IKM has started a commercial onshore controlled ROV operations at its headquarters in Bryne Norway. In the near future up to three work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and one observation ROV on Statoil’s Snorre B and Visund installations will be controlled from IKM Subsea’s onshore control
Jan de Nul to Repair Subsea Cable in Iceland
Jan De Nul Group has been contracted by the Icelandic electrical transmission company Landsnet for an urgent cable repair between Westman Island and the main land of Iceland. The repair is planned to be undertaken in June using the cable installation vessel Isaac Newton, which was mobilized from Can
OvationData Secures PGS Service Contract Extension
OvationData Limited has secured an extension of their current trace management service agreement with PGS to 2023. In 2013 PGS sought a vendor capable of providing cloud data storage and specialized data services to manage PGS’ global seismic library. OvationData secured a five-year service agreemen
Sif to Build Trianel Windpark Borkum II Monopiles
Sif Holding has secured, in a joint venture with Smulders, the production of all monopiles and transition pieces for the Trianel Windpark Borkum II wind farm project. The JV was awarded the contract by EPCI-contractor Seaway Heavy Lifting. Sif will produce the monopiles and transition pieces in join
NDE Offshore Scoops Bard Offshore 1 Gig
NDE Offshore, a Sweden-based provider of offshore services, has been recently awarded a two-year inspection, repair and maintenance contract with Ocean Breeze Energy. The service contract includes inspections, maintenance and installation activities as well as ICCP works at the Bard Offshore 1 wind
Jan de Nul Lands Tahkoluoto OWF Foundations on Seabed
Offshore contractor Jan de Nul said it has completed the installation of all ten foundations for Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm, developed by Finish wind power production company Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy. Jan De Nul, as the main marine construction contractor, is responsible for dredging, seabed construc
Wood Group Gets Tampen Pipeline Feasibility Study
Wood Group has been awarded two new contracts by Statoil to deliver concept and feasibility studies to their Norwegian North Sea assets. The company will provide a feasibility study for Statoil’s Tampen oil pipeline, covering subsea pipelines and risers and topside modifications. In addition, Wood G