Subsea
Maersk Oil in Flyndre Start-Up
Production has begun from the Maersk Oil-operated Flyndre field in the UK and Norwegian North Sea. First oil began to flow on Sunday, March 26, travelling 25 kilometers via pipeline to the Repsol Sinopec-operated Clyde platform. Production from the Flyndre field is expected to peak at around 10,000
Hydratight Launches New Tools for Well Completion Activities
Hydratight has unveiled its External Casing Cutter (ECC) and Internal-External Casing Cutter (IECC) tools to allow customers to work above and below wellheads. The tools will be used in well completion activities by drilling contractors, decommissioning specialists, valve OEMs and service providers.
Offshore Achievement Awards Winners Revealed
Twelve companies and individuals were revealed as the winners at the Offshore Achievement Awards 2017 (OAA) on Thursday at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC). The winners included JDR Cable Systems, which collected two awards for Export Achievement and Great Large Company, whilst E
Spectrum’s Board Member Resigns to Join Shearwater
Spectrum has informed that Linda Rudolfsen Myklebust has resigned from the company’s board of directors with immediate effect. Myklebust resigned from Spectrum to take up the position as general counsel in Shearwater GeoServices in Bergen. Shearwater GeoServices is a 50/50 owned joint venture compan
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 20 – March 26). The Johan Sverdrup partnership has now decided to proceed with (DG2) Phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development. Phase 1 of Johan Sverdrup is under development, with first oil sch
Trio Lands €114M Fehmarnbelt Consultancy Deal
Ramboll, Arup and TEC have won the tender for client consultancy on the upcoming Fehmarnbelt fixed link between Denmark and Germany. The 18km combined road and rail link will be the longest immersed tunnel in the world. The Ramboll-Arup-TEC consortium is to continue as the principal consultant for F
MMT Surveys Shetland
MMT UK, based in Banbury Oxfordshire, is currently undertaking two hydrographic surveys in the Shetland Islands on behalf of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency. MMT has since 2006 been one of the MCA´s Civil Hydrography Programme survey providers of multi-beam bathymetry, providing hydrographic data f
Green Light for Norwegian OSV Mega Merger
Solstad, Farstad, Deep Sea Supply (DESSC) and Solstad’s relevant subsidiaries have approved and signed statutory merger plans into which Farstad and DESSC will be merged. As reported earlier, Deep Sea Supply and Farstad Shipping will merge into and be established as individual subsidiaries under Sol
Advance Global Recruitment Secures Saipem Contract
Advance Global Recruitment (AGR) has been awarded a multi-year contract by Saipem Survey Department, to provide offshore survey and positioning services rendered through AGR personnel. According to the Edinburgh-based company, the contract will begin in April 2017, and will run through until 2020. A
UTF Partners with GCE Subsea on Underwater Technology Conference
UTF and GCE Subsea have signed a long-term collaboration agreement to further develop the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) in Bergen. GCE Subsea is an industry driven initiative for strengthening and internationalisation of businesses, research and education for the Norwegian subsea industry.
Statoil Detects Oil and Gas Near Gimle Field
Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil, operator of Gimle Unit and production licence 193, has made a minor oil and gas discovery in wildcat well 34/10-55 S. The well was drilled from the Gullfaks C platform to a structure east of the Gimle field, about 7 kilometres northeast of the Gullfaks field and
EMGS in Barents Sea Data Sale
Norwegian geophysical services company, EMGS, has entered into agreements involving data licensing (prefunding and late sales) related to 3D EM data in the Barents Sea, Norway. The agreements represent revenues of approximately USD 3.7 million, the company said in Oslo Exchange filing on Friday. “Th
Freire Shipyard Delivers Peruvian Research Vessel
Freire Shipyard has delivered the DNV GL classed B.A.P. Carrasco, described as one of the world’s most advanced polar oceanographic research vessels. The vessel is equipped with meteorological office, six laboratories for different research purposes, a helicopter pad and a bathymetry transducer syst
New Jobs at Osbit Due to £7.5M Contract Wins
Osbit Limited, the Northumberland-based offshore engineering and technology company, has embarked on a recruitment drive after securing £7.5m worth of new contracts in the past three months. The additional work, which includes projects for the oil & gas, subsea and offshore wind sectors, is enabling