Subsea
Subsea 7 Bags Oda SURF Job
Subsea 7 said it has been awarded a contract between USD 50 million and USD 150 million by Centrica for the Oda field in the Norwegian North Sea. The Oda oil field (previously called Butch) was discovered in 2011 in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea, approximately 14 kilometres east of th
Red7Marine Expands Its Team
Red7Marine has welcomed David Craft to the team in the role of business development. Craft has spent the last 15 years specialising in business development for companies such as Bam Nuttall, Hochtief Civil Engineering Marine Ag and Gravitas Offshore Limited before setting up his own business develop
Chevron Terminates Rosebank FPSO Order
US oil major Chevron has canceled floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel order for the Rosebank oil and gas project. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), who in April 2013 secured the contract for the design verification, detailed design and full engineering, procurement and constructi
Nexans Wins Hornsea One Cabling
DONG Energy Wind Power has contracted Nexans to supply and terminate a total of 139 km of three-phase subsea cable for the first of three construction phases of the Hornsea Project One wind farm, located off the Yorkshire coast. The 34 kV cables of latest generation will be used for inter-linking a
Agility to Lay Off 100 Staff
Norwegian manufacturer of subsea equipment Agility Subsea Fabrication will reportedly reduce its workforce by around 100 employees and temporarily move production to its yard in Tonsberg. In addition to Tonsberg, the company is situated on Rora in Skien, Norway. It is said that it currently has abou
TenneT Links Veja Mate OWF to BorWin2 Grid Connection
Transmission system operator TenneT has connected the offshore wind farm Veja Mate to grid connection system BorWin2. The connection between BorWin beta and Veja Mate’s substation is realized by two 11,4 km AC cables with a voltage of 155 kV. BorWin2 consists of the converter station BorWin beta, wh
JFD Boosts UK Hyperbaric Rescue Portfolio
JFD has recently accepted the delivery of a portable 18-man hyperbaric rescue facility (HRF) to expand its offer to offshore operators in the UK. JFD’s National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) houses the only land-based saturation diving complex in the UK, and the addition of the portable HRF means JFD can
Subsea UK Unveils Finalists for 2017 Business Awards
Industry body Subsea UK has on Wednesday announced the finalists for its 2017 business awards. The awards dinner will take place on February 02, 2017 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, during Subsea Expo. Among the finalists, Hydro Group, JDR Cable Systems and N-Sea are in the running
Oceanteam Secures Another Turntables Contract
Oceanteam Solutions has won a contract for engineering and supplying a 4000T and a 2000T turntable for the splicing, storage and multiple loadouts of cables. Furthermore, Oceanteam will accommodate a professional cable handling crew, engineering services and equipment for the complete project. For t
JDR 66 kV Cables for European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre
JDR has been awarded a contract by offshore cable installation specialist VBMS, part of Boskalis, to supply 66 kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Located in Aberdeen Bay, the 92.4 MW, 11-turbine development is Scotland’s largest offsho
Companies Present New Subsea Mapping Solution in Fort William
DOF Subsea together with subsea technology companies Sonardyne, 2G Robotics, and Seatronics demonstrated a new underwater surveying technique that could reportedly have an impact on the time needed to map underwater structures and offshore sites. The capabilities of the so-called ‘Dynamic Mobile Map
Boskalis Sells More Interest in Fugro
Royal Boskalis Westminster said it has reduced its holding in Fugro to 9.38 percent. This is the second reduction of interest in Fugro this month by the Dutch dredging and marine specialist. The new reduction was accomplished through a successful accelerated bookbuild via which 12,685,878 (15%) cert
Intertek Studies Impacts of Rock Dump from Decommissioning on Mobile Sandbanks
Intertek Energy & Water has been appointed by the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) to undertake a study of potential impacts on mobile sandbanks associated with rock dumping during the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure. The study will focus on the North Sea’s North Norfolk
DeepOcean Wins with Statoil
DeepOcean has secured a contract from Statoil for survey and light construction services in 2017. Offshore work will be undertaken in 2017 with a vessel from DeepOcean’s in-house fleet and survey ROV ‘Superior’. The Superior carried out its first commercial project for Statoil in 2016 under the same