Subsea
Companies Team Up to Establish New Offshore Services Player in Den Helder
DHSS (Den Helder Support Service), DHAS (Den Helder Aircraft Systems), Glomar Offshore and GEOxyz have set up a joint venture to provide a complete package of specialized services above and below water in the offshore energy industry. The joint venture, called Offshore Project Support (OPS), has res
Aker Solutions Sets Up New Leadership
Aker Solutions has introduced a new executive management team as part of the company’s broader reorganization. The new organization will have five delivery centers: Customer Management, Front End, Products, Projects and Services. According to Aker Solutions, this set-up will help drive further stand
Inertial Labs Launches Its New Motion Reference Unit
Inertial Labs has launched an inertial sensor-based orientation, positioning, and control solution for marine and subsea applications following qualification tests at Norwegian Motion Lab. According to the company, the so-called Motion Reference Unit (MRU-B2) was designed to meet the exacting standa
DNV GL in Aquaculture Partnership with EXPOSED
DNV GL has teamed up with EXPOSED Aquaculture Operations Centre, with aim to make fish farming safer and more sustainable. EXPOSED is a centre for research-based innovation with the main objective to “develop knowledge and technologies for exposed aquaculture operations, enabling a sustainable expan
Topaz Names Newbuild Duo
Dubai-based Topaz Energy and Marine said it has christened its two newbuild light construction vessels as Topaz Tiamat and Topaz Tangaroa. The company has chosen the names from the Mesopotamian Goddess of salt water, and from the Maori God of the sea. Developed for crane operations and light subsea
Topaz Cable Layer Stays on ABB Job
Topaz Energy and Marine has renewed its contract with ABB for the specialized cable laying vessel Topaz Installer. Under the terms of the contract, the Topaz Installer will provide ABB with cable-laying services in support of wind farms in the North Sea for a period of one year plus options of at le
New Chairman for Decom North Sea
Decom North Sea has appointed Nigel Lees as the new chairman of the board. As vice president responsible for decommissioning at Wood Group, Lees has been an active member on the Decom North Sea board of directors for the past five years. His election follows the decision of Callum Falconer to step d
PHOTO: UXO Cleanup at Nordergründe OWF Site
James Fisher Subsea (JF Subsea) in cooperation with their German partner GSS Hansa Offshore (GSS) were contracted by the windfarm developer OWP Nordergründe GmbH & Co KG to help clear unexploded ordnance (UXOs) from the site of the proposed Nordergründe wind farm. The Nordergründe 111 MW offshore wi
Telia Carrier Sets Up PoP in Marseilles to Accommodate New Subsea Cable Systems
Telia Carrier said it has established a new point of presence (PoP) within Jaguar Network’s Marseilles data center. This is the second PoP Telia Carrier has established in Marseilles to provide carriers, content and cloud providers with diverse connectivity choices and added network redundancy. Teli
SeaBird Acquires Hawk Explorer
SeaBird, the seismic data provider for oil and gas companies, has entered into a contract for the purchase of the vessel Hawk Explorer and its seismic equipment. Under the purchase agreement, the Oslo-listed SeaBird said it will pay USD 1.1 million for the vessel and seismic equipment as well as the
GC Rieber Sees Red on Fleet Impairment
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has recognised quarterly loss of NOK 453.8 million, compared with NOK 103.4 million profit in the second quarter of 2015, due to impairment of the fleet and low activity levels. Namely, the fleet impairment of NOK 335.5 million, in combination
Seanamic Snaps Up IMES
Surface to seabed company, Seanamic, has acquired the business and trading assets of IMES, an inspection and monitoring engineering solutions company, headquartered in Aberdeen. Formed in 2014, Seanamic provides integrated surface to seabed systems to the oil and gas, marine renewables, diving, ocea
Profits Fall for Reach Subsea
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has booked lower profit as it saw revenues decline close to 60 percent during the second quarter of 2016. For the quarter, Reach Subsea generated net profit of NOK 3.3 million, or NOK 0.04 per share, on revenue of NOK 89.5 million, versus net profit of NOK 9.1 milli
OGA to Reprocess Seismic Data in Six Areas Around UKCS
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnder Geosolutions (DUG), in collaboration with Geopartners, to supply around 15,000km of reprocessed multi-client 2D seismic data in six areas around the UK Continental Shelf (