CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA), under a subcontract to Jacobs, has completed a comprehensive environmental monitoring survey offshore Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct Authority (PRASA). The survey included physical, biological, and chemical field sampling and data collection at the Aguadilla, Arec
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea said it has recently been awarded subsea IMR and survey and inspection contracts for the 2019 summer season. According to the company, the combined firm value is approximately NOK 40 million ($4.6 million). The awarded contracts are a mixture of two call-offs under
Allseas pipelay vessel Solitaire recently started laying the first line of the Nord Stream 2 twin gas pipeline in Russian waters. Solitaire will spend about a month constructing one of the two approximately 100-kilometres-long sections in the Russian territorial sea. Solitaire is a 300-metres-long a
DNV GL has developed a solution that reduces the risk of offshore floating vessel mooring line failure going undetected by replacing physical sensors with a machine learning algorithm that accurately predicts line failure in real time. The company’s Smart Mooring solution addresses growing industry
Oilfield technology firm Airborne Oil & Gas and engineering company Símeros Technologies have signed a collaboration agreement which aims to deliver the first qualified thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) risers in the deepwater region Brazil. Last year, Airborne Oil & Gas started its TCP riser quali
Oilfield services company, Expro, said it has expanded its subsea intervention capabilities, introducing two new well access solutions in addition to its subsea landing string system technologies. According to Expro, the Intervention Riser System (IRS) will safely establish and maintain well access
Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has recently held the keel laying ceremony of the cable laying vessel Nexans Aurora. Keel laying marks the start of assembling the grand blocks of a newbuild vessel, destined for the installation of subsea cables by Nexans. The hull is being built at Crist, Poland, whil
ExxonMobil has received government and regulatory approvals and funded the Liza Phase 2 development offshore Guyana. Liza Phase 2 will produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day and further capitalize on the significant development potential of the Stabroek Block, where ExxonMobil estimates produc
Subsea 7 has picked BMT and Sonardyne to deliver riser monitoring system (RMS) for the world’s largest spar platform, Aasta Hansteen. The Aasta Hansteen Spar platform is operated and owned by Equinor. Located 300 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) in water depth
Helix Energy Solutions has announced certain changes within its executive management team, consistent with the company’s long standing succession plan, effective May 1, 2019. Alisa Johnson previously announced her retirement from her position as Helix’s executive vice president, general counsel and
Thermal enhanced oil recovery specialist, Cavitas Energy, is the most recent innovative technology firm to receive funding support from technology accelerator, the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC). Cavitas has been awarded funding which will be dedicated to the fast-track development of their 3r
Searcher has launched Saismic, a transformative cloud-based service that provides global seismic data on-demand with native support for deep learning and advanced analytics. Saismic offers industry a smarter way to interact with seismic data on the premise that it should be adaptive, flexible and co
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 29 – May 05). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/04/30/mcdermott-sinks-on-restructuring-costs/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/05/02/subsea-7-stays-in-red/ This content is available after accepti
Interventek Subsea Engineering has secured funding from the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) towards the development of the control system for a new subsea in-riser landing string, designed to reduce the size, weight, complexity and cost of this critical well intervention equipment for oil and g
