XWells Energy has appointed Kenny Gray, former BP regional subsea manager, Africa, as a head of Solutions Division. As the head of XWells’ Solutions Division, Kenny will be responsible for designing responses to clients’ needs combining consulting, engineering studies and pioneering technologies. Th
Ocean Power Technologies has signed a contract with an undisclosed oil and gas company to complete a 12-week feasibility study that will examine the use of OPT’s products and services in monitoring subsea wells during decommissioning activities. The work was issued under a recently announced master
Total has started up production on Kaombo Sul, the second floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit of the Kaombo project, 260 kilometers off the coast of Luanda, in water depths ranging from 1,400 to 2,000 meters. Eight months after its sister ship, Kaombo Norte, came on stream, Kaombo
Trident, a Wärtsilä company, has strengthened its underwater-related servicing capabilities with the opening of a new diving centre facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. “Our certified technicians can perform safe, reliable, and cost-effective repairs either underwater or afloat. Furthermore,
Dynautics has launched a modular and scalable AUV, called the Dynautics Phantom. The first iteration of the product, which has been sea trialed and shipped to customers, can be seen at the upcoming technology exhibition in Southampton, UK. According to the company, the release of the Dynautics Phant
Partnership between EMACOM, and the EllaLink has extended further in order to meet the growing capacity demands of the islands of Madeira. EMACOM currently owns a dedicated fiber pair on the EllaLink system which is designed to carry over 24Tbps of traffic. New plans under discussion propose to incr
Norwegian seismic player Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has released an operating update for the first quarter of 2019, which includes statistics for eight vessels. In the Q1 the vessel utilization on the contracted basis was 29 percent compared to 36 percent in the corresponding period in 2018. On th
Four of Nautilus Minerals’ five directors have resigned, the Toronto-based underwater mineral exploration company said on Wednesday. John McCoach has also resigned as the company’s chief executive officer. Tariq Al Barwani remains a director of Nautilus and has appointed the company’s CFO, Glenn Wit
Eidesvik has been awarded a contract for the subsea construction vessel Viking Neptun with Ocean Installer. The charter is for a period exceeding two months with further options. The work is scheduled to begin in Q3 2019, the company said in its Oslo Exchange announcement. The Norwegian subsea contr
The Flemish government and Elia have jointly proposed plans for ‘Ventilus’, a new high-voltage project to connect wind energy from the North Sea to a new electricity highway in West Flanders, Belgium. In a few years’ time, Ventilus should connect additional offshore wind power generation, among othe
Polarcus, a Dubai-based seismic contractor, has seen an increase in its vessel utilization during the first quarter of 2019. Quarterly vessel utilization was at 92 percent compared to 83 percent in the first quarter of 2018. According to Polarcus’ update, on a contracted basis the vessel utilization
Oilfield services investment company Akastor has completed the transaction through which AGR and First Geo joined forces and established a new company. The joint team of experts comprises around 400 professionals with offices in Norway, the UK, the Middle East, Australia, Houston and Mexico. In Norw
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has entered into a final contract with Spirit Energy Norway, on behalf of the PL1031 license group, for a multi-client survey in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The contract follows from the multi-client letter of intent with an approximate value of USD 2.5 million, sig
The preparatory work for the offshore pipeline of the Balticconnector project, a gas pipeline to be built between Finland and Estonia, has been completed. “This was a very important phase to complete so that the actual pipe laying can begin as scheduled at the end of May,” said project manager Tom F
