Subsea
Swire Seabed Secures Work for Its New Subsea Vessel
Swire Seabed, a wholly owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Offshore, has landed a six-year contract for the subsea support and construction vessel, Seabed Constructor, with UK-based Ocean Infinity. The vessel will be carrying out AUV based survey and construction support operations on a global basis.
Polarcus Lowers Guidance as Project Delays Weigh
Seismic player Polarcus said on Wednesday it expects lower level of multi-client prefunding for the full year 2016, caused by slower production rate in Brazil and other unexpected project delays. Namely, the Oslo-listed company estimates a prefunding drop from previously guided 150 percent to about
SMP Builds Wet Bell LARS for Bergen University
Submarine Manufacturing and Products (SMP) has secured a contract with Norwegian company Alf Lea to supply a complete wet bell system to Bergen University. Alf Lea approached SMP to design and manufacture a wet bell launch and recovery system (LARS) with supporting 20ft DNV containerized machinery a
N-Sea, University of Strathclyde Team Up on Pipeline Inspection Project
Subsea IMR provider N-Sea, and the University of Strathclyde’s Institute of Sensors Signals and Communications at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, have secured funding from the Data Lab Innovation Centre for an innovative research project to automate subsea pipeline inspectio
ECA Group Upgrades Six AUVs for French Navy
ECA Group has secured an upgrade of the six autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) A9-M delivered in 2013 to the French Navy mine disposal divers (GPD) of Toulon and Brest. Following three years of operational use, the six AUVs A9-M will be improved through the integration of new long range communica
Faroe Wraps Up Acquisition of Five Norwegian Fields
Faroe Petroleum has completed the acquisition of interests in five Norwegian North Sea producing oil and gas fields from DONG E&P Norge AS. The company acquired interest in Ula (20%), Tambar (45%), Tambar East Unit (37.8%), Oselvar (55%) and Trym (50%) fields. The net consideration payable at comple
Golden Energy Offshore to Manage Neptune Subsea Duo
Golden Energy Offshore has been awarded management contracts with Neptune Subsea to fully manage its two IMR & light construction vessels Larissa and Despina. Neptune Larissa and Neptune Despina are 98.6 meters long sister vessels of Ulstein SX130 design delivered in 2011 by Zhejiang Shipbuilding, a
Olympic Sells Subsea Vessel to Swire Pacific Offshore
Olympic Ship’s wholly owned subsidiary, Olympic Athene, has sold the multifunctional subsea support & construction vessel ‘Olympic Athene’ to Swire Pacific Offshore. The Olympic Athene, of MT 6022 MKII design, was built by Kleven Verft in 2013. The vessel has a length of 115,4 meters and a beam of 2
Boskalis Cuts Stake in Fugro
Boskalis Westminster NV (Boskalis) said it has decreased its holding in the Dutch provider of geotechnical, survey, subsea and geosciences services, Fugro NV, to 24.9 percent. The Dutch dredging and marine specialist held, according to its 2015 annual report, 28.6 percent of Fugro’s shares per Decem
Technip, FMC Technologies Merger Gets Shareholders Nod
Shareholders of FMC Technologies and Technip voted in favor of resolutions required for the consummation of the proposed business combination of the two companies into TechnipFMC. FMC Technologies held a special meeting of its shareholders. Technip held an extraordinary general meeting of Technip sh
PSA Inspects Barrier Management at Wintershall’s Brage
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Wintershall’s barrier management at Brage. Wintershall Norge is the operator of the Brage field, located in the North Sea, approximately 13 kilometers east of Oseberg. Brage has been developed using an integrated facility on a s
Arkona Offshore Wind Farm UXO Disposal Complete
E.ON informed that it has completed the disposal of the explosive ordnance at the Arkona offshore wind farm site in the German Baltic Sea. The construction site, with an area of 39 square kilometers halfway between the island of Rügen and the Danish island of Bornholm, is now completely free of rema
NSRI: Subsea Companies Should Branch Out into Offshore Wind IMR Market
A new report from National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has identified operations & maintenance (O&M) – particularly inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) activities – as the highest potential area for subsea companies to diversify into offshore wind. Titled ‘Subsea Technological Challenges
Bibby Nets Shell Deal in North Sea
Bibby Offshore, a subsea services provider, has secured a new contract with Shell in the North Sea. The campaign, due to start in Q1 2017, will see Bibby Offshore provide engineering and subsea construction activities in the Gannet G field in the Central North Sea. Under the agreement, Bibby Offshor