Subsea
Kongsberg Adds Chesapeake’s SonarWiz to PulSAR Sonar
Kongsberg GeoAcoustics has upgraded PulSAR sidescan sonar with Chesapeake Technology’s SonarWiz mapping software. The SonarWiz interface allows PulSAR users to acquire data from multiple sensors, process imagery in real time, generate art mosaics, create detailed contact reports, and produce outputs
JDR Hosts Hartlepool Students for Educational Showcase
Last Friday saw JDR, a UK-based supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals to the offshore energy industry, hold an educational showcase at its centre of excellence for engineering and manufacturing in Hartlepool. 200 local year ten GCSE pupils attended the event with representatives from Hartle
SMD to Deliver ROV Package to Shanghai Salvage
Shanghai Salvage Company (also known as China Offshore Engineering Shanghai) has signed an order with SMD for a Quasar MKII 6000m remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2017, the system should include a full suite of equipment suitable for both deep sea salvage
Subsea UK Event to Bring Supply Chain and End Users Together
Subsea UK in partnership with the National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI), will be running the first in its series of Subsea Springboard events to help connect subsea companies with end-users, highlighting the products and services currently available to them. Nine companies from across the count
James Fisher Lands MeyGen O&M Deal
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been granted preferred supplier status for a 5-year period in connection with the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the MeyGen Phase 1A tidal turbines. Three turbines have been supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, and the fourth by Atlantis, each with a rat
Swan Hunter Moves Into Subsea and Renewable Sectors
The former Tyneside shipbuilding and engineering company, Swan Hunter, is moving into the subsea oil and gas and renewable energy sectors. The company will now be providing specialist offshore equipment for the installation of power cables, umbilicals, and flexible pipelines. Swan Hunter will be pro
Subsea in August
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. Allseas’ single-lift installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” was in the spotlight last month having executed its maiden heavy lift p
Teledyne Bowtech Introduces New and Updated Underwater Cameras
Teledyne Bowtech have introduced the updated L3C-HD and the new L3C-HDX underwater cameras. The updated L3C-HD camera now features full HD 1080p up to 60fps to add the full list of HD-SDI outputs available. The camera also features simultaneous SD and HD-SDI output capability and is fitted with a fi
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 05 – September 11). A new subsea company has officially launched on Monday with the announcement of its first UK contract. An independent company focused on underwater integrity, remotely op
Solstad Offshore-REM Offshore Merger One Step Closer
Solstad Offshore (SOFF), REM Offshore (REM) and Solship Invest 1 AS (Solship Invest), have entered into a merger plan regarding the merger of REM with Solship Invest. Solship Invest is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of SOFF. The merger will be completed as a statutory triangular merger, whereby
SMP Builds Air/Gas Diving Spread for GloMar Subsea
Preston-based Submarine Manufacturing & Products (SMP) informed it has manufactured and supplied a bespoke air/gas diving spread unit for GloMar Subsea. SMP was contracted to design, develop and manufacture a fully-certified 20ft containerised recompression support chamber, alongside a 20ft all-incl
ECA Group Active in SWARMs Project
ECA Group is engaged in Smart and Networking Underwater Robots in Cooperation Meshes (SWARMs) project in charge of 3 different work packages. The €17.3-million project started in July 2015, involving 35 partners from 10 European countries through 3 years. The main goal of SWARMs is to make AUVs, ROV
SeaBird and Lundin Team Up on Barents Sea Survey
SeaBird Exploration informed that it will acquire a long offset 2D multi-client survey in the Barents Sea. SeaBird and Lundin Norway have jointly designed the survey, to be acquired during September-October 2016. The survey objective is to acquire long-offset profiles that image large scale deep sea
Hurricane Completes Testing of Lancaster Pilot Well
Hurricane Energy has completed the testing and logging phase of the 205/21a-7 well, the ‘Pilot well’, and operations are now progressing to permanently abandon the well reservoir section prior to side-tracking the top-hole to form the the ‘Horizontal well’. Preliminary third party analysis from the