Subsea
Highlands and Islands, Scottish Enterprise Introduce New Decom Action Plan
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Enterprise (SE) have launched a new decommissioning action plan. The plan aims to support Scotland’s oil and gas sector to take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on decommissioning on the UK Continental S
Shearwater GeoServices Establishment Complete
GC Rieber Shipping and Rasmussengruppen have completed the establishment of the jointly owned marine geophysical company Shearwater GeoServices. As GC Rieber informed, the final conditions for completion have now been fulfilled and the transaction has been completed. GC Rieber Shipping and Rasmussen
PHOTO: Undersea Tunnel Between Europe and Asia Opens
SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C) has opened an undersea tunnel connecting Europe and Asia. The Eurasia Tunnel is a 5.4 km long twin-deck submarine tunnel that connects Turkish Istanbul through the Bosphorus to the continental Asia. The opening ceremony, that took place in Istanbul, was atten
Royal HaskoningDHV Gets East Anglia EIA Contract
ScottishPower Renewables has awarded an £8 million contract to Royal HaskoningDHV to carry out environmental assessments (EIA) for East Anglia ONE North and East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm projects. Royal HaskoningDHV will undertake a full geophysical survey of the sites, aerial ornithological su
PSA Inspects Johan Sverdrup Jackets
Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the design engineering of the steel jackets for the two facilities at Johan Sverdrup field. Johan Sverdrup field, located in the North Sea, approximately 155 kilometers west of Karmøy in Rogaland county, is operated by Statoil. The
Statoil Celebrates 30 Years of Gullfaks
Norwegian oil and gas giant, Statoil, has marked 30 years of Gullfaks oil field, which started production on December 22, 1986. The Gullfaks was the first field where Statoil was both the developer and the operator. “Gullfaks is a prime example of the best that this industry has achieved in Norway,”
Technip, FMC Technologies Merger to Complete in January 2017
Technip and FMC Technologies have received a court approval for their merger into TechnipFMC. The companies informed that the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales approved the merger and set the date of completion for January 16, 2017. Two industry giants, Technip and
Teledyne CARIS Nets FTA Contract
Finnish Transport Agency Liikennevirasto (FTA), who is responsible for hydrography in Finland, has selected Teledyne CARIS to provide a new bathymetric data management system. This will be a part of FTA’s infrastructure to manage existing bathymetry, as well as managing and validating incoming bathy
Ndeavor Starts Its First Project as Cable Laying Vessel
Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) has completed the conversion of the Boskalis’ Ndeavor multi purpose vessel to a cable laying vessel. The conversion included the installation of the new equipment including a 200T knuckle boom crane, a 15T standalone crane, a 227T carousel to store the cable, trencher,
OTMT Divests Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable
Orascom Telecom Media and Technology (OTMT) has sold the entire shareholding of its subsidiary Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA) to Network i2i, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. OTMT holds a 100% stake in MENA. OTMT aims to conclude this transaction by the end of Q1 2017, after the f
Pharos Offshore Sells MD3 Cable Plough
Pharos Offshore has sold MD3 cable plough to a telecommunications company in preparation for their upcoming installation campaigns. The company recently refurbished the SMD built MD3 cable plough in preparation for the sale. The plough is designed to minimize pull force requirements and provide effe
Saipem Wraps Up Testing of Its New ROVs
Italian oil and gas industry contractor, Saipem, has completed sea trials of its new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) line, the Innovator 2.0. The new heavy work-class ROVs are the result of three years of design and testing, the company said. The Innovator 2.0 has obtained a declaration of complia
Seatools Upgrades Subsea Compensator Range
Seatools, a Dutch subsea technology company, has introduced a new subsea hydraulic compensator range. The new subsea compensator range: the Advanced series, is based on the preceding Hyco range and features a strongly improved mechanical design, the company explained. The range’s revised design, lar
Subsea UK Urges Industry to Embrace ‘New Norm’
With a growing realization that lower oil and gas prices are here to stay, Subsea UK urged the industry to embrace the ‘new norm’ to safeguard the future of the UK’s £9 billion subsea sector. The call was issued as Subsea UK announced the final speaker line-up and programme for its 12th annual confe