DCN Diving, the Dutch subsea service specialist based in Bergen op Zoom, said it has expanded it cooperation with Solstad by chartering the vessel Normand Mermaid in support of its North Sea Dive/ROV campaigns. Scopes lined-up currently include construction / installation, IMR and decommissioning. B
Swan Hunter, along with its partner DOC, has completed load-in spooling operations for the Elia Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project. The contract was awarded to load-in and store 5km of the Modular Offshore Grid spare export cable from the Tideway Living Stone cable lay vessel. Swan Hunter’s newest
Nord Stream 2 AG, the developer of a new natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, has reported that its environmental conservation measures at the Russian landfall are showing early signs of success. As part of ongoing environmental monitoring, Nord Stream 2 and ECOPROJECT, an environmental and
The Modular Offshore Grid (MOG), the switchyard platform in the North Sea that will soon bundle together cables from offshore wind farms and connect them to the Belgium mainland, Elia said. The first of two cables was connected to the mainland at Zeebrugge, meaning that the MOG is nearly ready to fu
Sif Holding will manufacture two monopiles for the Two Towers Borssele V innovation site, the company said on Monday. According to Sif, a number of innovations will be applied in the project such as a slip joint connection, seabed protection and a full aluminum sprayed coating. One of the monopiles
Pipeline installation of the offshore part of Balticconnector, the Estonian-Finnish gas interconnection, is set to begin. In 2018 all preparatory offshore works were completed, and the seabed is now ready for the pipeline to be installed. All the offshore pipes – more than 6,400 in number – with a t
PGS and TGS have announced the Torngat 3D MultiClient project in Offshore East Canada. Torngat 3D will cover approximately 3,287 square kilometers and encompasses sections of the open acreage included in the Labrador South November 2021 bid round. PGS’ Ramform Titan will perform the acquisition, uti
PacIOOS has recently redeployed its wave buoy outside of Tanapag, Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. The yellow buoy is located about 5 miles offshore and provides valuable wave and ocean information. Data on wave height, direction, and period, as well as sea surface temperature are transmitted
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 13 – May 19). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/05/14/mcdermott-lands-sepia-epci-deal-from-petrobras/ This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseawor
Damen Shipyards Group and De Beers Marine Namibia have marked the beginning of construction on a new offshore mining vessel with a steel cutting ceremony. In February 2019, De Beers Marine Namibia awarded a contract to Damen to build a new crawler diamond recovery vessel for offshore operations in N
MainOne plans to launch a cable landing station and data centre in Abidjan, following the issuance of a submarine cable landing licence by the government of Cote D’Ivoire. The company announced that it is on schedule to land the cable and launch services in Abidjan by October 2019. MainOne completed
C-Kore systems recently completed its first deployment with VAYCO Oil Tools and local Nigerian partner Cranium Engineering on an asset integrity verification operation off the coast of Nigeria. According to to the company, its units saved vessel time and deferment on the deployment, proving the inte
DEME Offshore has been awarded a contract for the transport and installation of 165 foundations at Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm in the UK. In addition, DEME Offshore secured the contract for the transport and installation of the turbines at the wind farm. The 1.4 GW Hornsea Two offshore w
i-Tech 7, Subsea 7’s Life of Field business unit, has appointed Craig Roberts as a new regional business development manager for its Asia Pacific & Middle East region. Craig Roberts has more than 25 years’ experience in the offshore oil and gas industry, specializing in the delivery of remotely exec
