Aker Solutions has secured a master contract to support the delivery of a subsea compression system for the Chevron Australia-operated Jansz-Io field. The first service order under the master contract will be for front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a subsea compression station that will boost
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and the Five Deeps Expedition have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) laying the groundwork for previously unexplored areas of the seafloor to be mapped and the resulting data made available for public use. Signed at the headquarters of the Int
2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, has completed the installation of a lightweight, conductor-supported, minimum facility wellhead platform offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The company was responsible for the concept, detailed design, transportation and install
SeaBird has secured a contract extension for the Eagle Explorer vessel with CGG. The contract has been extended by approximately 80 days, and is now firm until August 15, 2019. According to SeaBird, CGG has further options to extend the contract with up to 60 days. The Eagle Explorer has been on a 1
TechnipFMC has added a newbuild diving support vessel, the Deep Discoverer, to its fleet of subsea pipelay, diving and construction ships. The company signed a deal with VARD shipyard in Norway to purchase the vessel in late 2018. The vessel is currently undergoing an operational readiness programme
Magma Global has recently added Shawcor’s Thermotite ULTRA insulation to its m-pipe offering. It will be primarily used to improve flow by maintaining the temperature of production fluids. Additionally, the insulation material can be adjusted to add weight or buoyancy to manage stability of the pipe
Autonomous underwater swarm robots and micro-polymers designed to reinstate well integrity, are just some of the new technologies that have secured funding through the Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s TechX Pioneer Accelerator Programme. Nearly 200 applications from over 35 countries were received this
Guardian Geomatics and Ocean Infinity have agreed terms for the acquisition by Ocean Infinity of a 25% stake in Guardian Geomatics. Guardian Geomatics is a Perth-based marine survey company, servicing the offshore oil & gas and renewable markets, with a footprint across Australia, PNG, NZ and the br
Bibby HydroMap has embarked on a large scale UXO survey of Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm sites I & II on behalf of client Vattenfall. Using a multi-vessel approach, Bibby Tethra and Bibby Athena will together acquire over 4,000-line km of high-density magnetometer, side scan sonar, multibea
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has confirmed a purchase order from an undisclosed customer for the proprietary data acquisition survey in south-east Asia. The company received the letter of award for the survey in February 2019. According to EMGS, the total value of the purchase order is approxi
WFS Technologies has appointed Moray Melhuish as commercial director, who will be responsible for the increase in national and international projects. Moray previously worked as business development director at ROVOP. Prior to this, Moray was responsible for the sales and marketing of a fleet of wor
McDermott and BHGE have been awarded subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) and subsea production system (SPS) equipment contracts by BP for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. McDermott share of the deal is said to be between $500 million – $750 m
Ministry of Energy and Minerals in Indonesia has approved the Plan of Development for the Mako gas field located at the Duyung PSC in Indonesia. West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL) owns a 100% stake in the Duyung PSC. WNEL is owned by Conrad Petroleum (90%), who is the operator of the field, and
Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) is set to launch a new Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) designed for hydrographic surveys, at Ocean Business in April 2019. The Accession Class USV allows the vessel to increase its base design length of 3.5m to a maximum of 5.0m for additional payload equipment and/or p
