Spectrum has started a new 20,000 km 2D survey in Colorado and Salado basin offshore Argentina. This new program ties with Spectrum’s existing 35,000 km survey that was acquired in 2017 for the ongoing first offshore licensing round, the company said. The survey is conducted in cooperation with BGP
James Fisher and Sons (JFS) has expanded its capabilities in the Middle East with the acquisition of Murjan Al-Sharq Marine Contracting (MSMC). MSMC is a service provider based in Saudi Arabia, with a 10-year track record of projects with Saudi Aramco. According to JFS group, the move adds strategic
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a letter of award (LoA) from an undisclosed customer for a proprietary data acquisition survey in south-east Asia. The total contract value of the survey is estimated to be in excess of USD 20 million. Based on the letter of award, the company has star
The construction of Nexans’ new DP3 cable laying vessel CS Aurora is progressing with the cutting of the first steel. The hull is being built at Crist, Poland, while the engineering, outfitting and system integration, equipment preparations, testing, sea trials and finalising will be carried out at
Kraken Robotics has received $1.7 million purchase orders from Ocean Infinity for the AquaPix Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) sensors and support. Product delivery is expected during Q1 and Q2, 2019. According to the company, this is the second set of purchase orders from Ocean Infinity under an init
Marlinks has secured a contract from Northwester 2 and Nexans to monitor the burial depth of six infield cables and one export cable of the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm in Belgium. Both the export and infield cables will be equipped with Marlinks’ distributed temperature sensing (DTS) measuremen
Namaka Subsea has appointed Alan Melia as operations manager of the company. Alan has nearly 40 years’ experience in the diving industry. He joins Namaka Subsea from IMCA, where he held the position of technical manager. Alan has, during the course of his career, also held positions such as offshore
2H Offshore, part of Acteon, has launched the tensioned riser assessment for continued service (TRACS) joint industry project (JIP). In the project, 2H Offshore will work with operators to develop top tension riser (TTR) reassessment and life extension guidance. The JIP’s participants include Anadar
Wood has received a contract from Equinor, worth $13 million, to deliver engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) services to the Vigdis boosting station increased oil recovery (IOR) project. Wood will provide topside modifications to enable the tie-in of subsea equipment to o
Brazilian-flagged flexible lay and construction vessel, Skandi Olinda, owned by the 50-50 joint venture formed between TechnipFMC and DOF, has started its 8-year charter contract with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras). Under the TechnipFMC/DOF joint venture agreement, TechnipFMC will manage flexible p
Reach Subsea has reduced its quarterly deficit for the period ended December 31, 2018, as revenues hiked some 70 percent on increased activity against the same quarter last year. For the fourth quarter 2018, the Norwegian contractor booked loss of NOK 6.3 million on revenues of NOK 191 million, vers
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Diving systems manufacturer and supplier, Pommec, has received an order to build the eTWIN, a fully electrical driven twin basket diver Launch and Recovery System (LARS) from BC-opleidingen, a diving school in the Netherlands. The Pommec LARS will give the diving school extra opportunities to train
Helix Energy Solutions reported a net loss of $13.7 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to net income of $50.6 million, or 34 cents per diluted share, for the same period in 2017. Sequentially, Helix booked net income of $27.1 million, or 18 cents per dilut
