Aker Solutions has been added to strategic shareholder base of Airborne Oil & Gas as the company aims to further strengthen, integrate and diversify its range of thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) solutions for the international subsea sector. The Norway-based company joins Airborne Oil & Gas’ share
Jumbo has secured an offshore decommissioning project in the North Sea by TAQA Energy. The project includes the removal, transportation and disposal of three subsea protection domes and piles. The removal operation will take place at the offshore fields located in the P15 block, 35km North West of H
The French General Directorate of Armament for Technical Naval Applications (DGA/TN) has selected iXblue’s Gaps acoustic positioning system for its Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) positioning and monitoring applications. “The choice of Gaps by the DGA/TN, which is the reference in France in the
Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) said that its new diving support construction vessel (DSCV) Matisse is set to be launched in China on April 11, 2019. The Matisse is an MT 6027 design, and with 145 meters in length and a beam of 27 meters will be the largest ship in UDS fleet fit to accommodate […]
Rotech Subsea has signed an agreement to undertake a major seabed preparation scope for United Arab Emirates-based ULO Systems. The preparatory work will precede the installation of 12,000 concrete mattresses designed to minimize erosion by protecting a river bank on-site at a nuclear plant in Bangl
The board of directors of Subsea 7 has proposed Elisabeth Proust for election as non-executive independent director subject to approval at the company’s annual general meeting on April 17, 2019. Proust, who has spent more than 35 years with Total was also president of the oil and gas association in
Norwegian seabed seismic services player, Magseis Fairfield, has received a contingent Letter of Award (LOA) for a three months data acquisition program in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey is due to start in the third quarter of 2019. “The program in the Gulf of Mexico further strengthens our order ba
Ocean gliders are currently profiling waters off South Africa to collect data that supports a UK-Africa partnership aimed at improving understanding of how regional fisheries are sustained. Working in partnership with the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and a broad ra
Magma Products has launched a Shutdown Division to provide systemized approach to decommissioning, and appointed Stephen Potts as shutdown director. The company plans to use its commissioning expertise to deliver a phased resumption of production, while still allowing for essential maintenance work
Equinor has received the authorities’ approval for extending the life of eight installations on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) during the last three years. The eight life extensions involve Gullfaks A, B and C (2036), Oseberg East (2031), Snorre A and B (2040), Norne (2036) and Åsgard A (2030
MacArtney Canada has moved into new offices at the COVE, a Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. MacArtney Canada has found its new home at the COVE in Dartmouth, a collaborative facility for applied innovation in the ocean sector. Currently comprising of a team of
Rem Offshore has signed a total of 5 term contracts for the fleet with a total contract value of more than NOK 200 million. The vessels which have been awarded new contracts are Rem Mira, Rem Cetus, Rem Insula, and vessels to be named Rem Trader and Rem Inspector. “The value of these contracts signi
DEME Offshore has selected tier one suppliers for its Moray East offshore windfarm foundation contract. The company said that the announcement of tier one suppliers for its EPCI works marks the culmination of around 1.5 years of work, which it carried out under an early works contract for the design
The expedition crew aboard the late Paul G. Allen’s research vessel RV Petrel discovered wreckage from USS Wasp (CV 7), which was sunk in 1942. Wasp, found Jan. 14, was sunk September 15, 1942, by four Japanese torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19 while escorting transports carrying the Sevent
