Fibron, the UK based subsea services provider, has launched the new company brand, following the company change of ownership that took place in December. Bruno Cianfini, managing director, said: “We and our new owners, Rubicon Partners, welcome this refreshing new start to the business, remain commi
Decom North Sea has announced award finalists ahead of this year’s Decom Offshore conference/exhibition and Decom Awards. The 2nd annual Decom Awards will showcase decommissioning excellence in innovation and collaboration, whilst highlighting the young professionals of the industry who have demonst
The US Coast Guard and a team of contractors have deployed a subsea system that is able to contain and collect oil being discharged from the Taylor Energy Company Mississippi Canyon 20 toppled oil platform site 11 miles south of the Louisiana shoreline. The containment system is actively collecting
Upwing Energy, an artificial lift technology company, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have been selected by DeepStar, a global offshore research and development consortium, to perform a feasibility and conceptual study of Upwing’s Magnetic Drive System (MDS) for Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into an agreement for a fully pre-funded multi-client 3D CSEM survey in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The contract has a value of USD 1.25 million. The survey is expected to be executed in the second quarter of 2019. The company will mobilize the Atlantic
Heerema Marine Contractors, Decom Energy and AF Offshore Decom, have jointly launched a new company – Fairfield Decom. Fairfield Decom was established as a late-life operations and decommissioning operator, providing solutions for aging offshore oil and gas assets, primarily in the UK Continental Sh
Prysmian has been awarded a contract worth approximately €200 million (approximately $224 million) by Vineyard Wind to provide a submarine power cable system which will deliver clean energy to the mainland power grid in the US. With the notice to proceed expected at the end of 2019, Prysmian will be
Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded Petrofac contract for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Alpha project, one of the largest offshore wind farm zones being developed in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. The award entails the transport and installation of the HKZ Alpha HVAC platform. This
Sumitomo Electric Industries has completed two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector cable projects using crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) insulated cables. The first project was the construction of a 400-kV HVDC XLPE cable system, the highest voltage in the world for an HVDC-XLPE cable s
Ocean Infinity will be supporting its partner Guardian Geomatics, an Australian marine survey company, on an extensive hydrographic project for Shell. The project, which is planned to start in June 2019 will be run from Ocean Infinity’s vessel ‘Seabed Constructor’ and will collect high quality hydro
Norwegian seismic player PGS has completed a multi-client 3D acquisition offshore Republic of Guinea. PGS’ latest acquisition covered blocks A4 and A5 offshore Guinea and was completed on 8th May 2019. Fast-track processing is ongoing. The Guinea survey is PGS’ first multi-client project in collabor
HR Wallingford has started physical model testing of a new offshore wind foundation known as the Gravity Tripod. The company is working with Offshore Design Engineering (ODE), DNV-GL, Cambridge University and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to test and certify the new offshore wind foun
The plan for development and operation (PDO) of the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup field development was formally approved by Norwegian authorities on 15 May. The same day sees the construction start of the field’s second processing platform at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund. “This is a big day for E
Deep BV said it has been awarded two service contracts at the Northland Power offshore wind farm sites. The two five-year contracts will see the Dutch hydrography and geophysics specialist deliver subsea surveys services at Deutsche Bucht and Nordsee One wind farms. Financial details surrounding the
