Subsea
Wintershall Gets Nod for Nova Development
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved plans for the development and operation of the Wintershall’s Nova field. Wintershall and its partners will invest close to NOK 10 billion in the development project. Recoverable reserves on the field are estimated around 80 million barrels of o
Wintershall and DEA Unite
BASF and LetterOne have signed a definitive transaction agreement to merge their respective oil and gas businesses Wintershall and DEA in a joint venture, which will operate under the name Wintershall DEA. “With Wintershall DEA we create the leading independent European exploration and production co
Royal Netherlands Navy Sets Up Hydroid REMUS AUV Service Center
Hydroid has recognized the Sensor & Weapon Systems Department within the Royal Netherlands Navy’s Directorate of Materiel Sustainment as an authorized REMUS Service Center. Hydroid presented the Directorate with a plaque on September 12, 2018 recognizing its commitment to excellence in AUV service a
Angola Cables’ SACS System Linking Americas and Africa Goes Live
The South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), connecting Africa and the Americas, has now come on stream and it’s open for commercial traffic, Angola Cables informed. The SACS from Angola Cables was manufactured and powered by NEC Corporation and is one of the most advanced submarine telecommunications sy
UKHO Starts Dominica Seabed Mapping Campaign
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has deployed a motorboat to survey the waters off Dominica as part of the Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme. Following a stakeholder meeting with Dominica’s Maritime Authority and wider government in late 2017 after Hurricane Maria, priority survey areas
ASL Welcomes Pearce as Acoustics Scientist
ASL Environmental Sciences has appointed Dr. Steve Pearce to the position of acoustics scientist. Pearce brings over a decade of experience in underwater acoustics R&D to the ASL team. Prior to joining ASL, Pearce was a system engineer at Kongsberg Mesotech and managed projects relating to singlebea
NOC’s New AUV Put to the Test
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has recently purchased and trialled a new type of marine robot called a Deepglider. The vehicle will join the NMF-MARS glider fleet, and will allow the UK science community to collect water column data at depths of up to 6000 metres. The new Deepglider is simil
BMT and Sonardyne Team Up on Subsea Monitoring
Engineering consultancy BMT and subsea technology company Sonardyne have signed an agreement to provide marine integrity monitoring solutions to the oil and gas industry. The official teaming agreement between BMT and Sonardyne, announced today at the Rio Oil & Gas exhibition and conference in Brazi
Infinera Ups Spectral Efficiency Over MAREA Cable System
Infinera, provider of intelligent transport networks, said it has successfully completed a series of record-breaking submarine field trials over MAREA, a 6,600-kilometer submarine cable between Virginia Beach, Virginia and Bilbao, Spain. The trials used Infinera’s fourth-generation Infinite Capacity
BP Gets Nod for Vorlich Development in North Sea
BP has received UK government approval to proceed with the Vorlich development in the central North Sea, targeting 30 million barrels of oil equivalent and expected to produce 20,000 barrels gross a day at peak. The £200 million project is part of a programme of North Sea subsea tie-backs that will
Okeanus Winch for MBARI
Okeanus Science & Technology (Okeanus) has delivered the Okeanus model ECO 2000 all-electric winch to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). The ECO 2000 winch is designed for a wide variety of oceanographic applications such as water sample profiling, CTD, towing, bottom grab samplin
Delmar to Provide Drilling Rig Mooring in Equatorial Guinea
Delmar Systems has received a mooring contract for the Development Driller III semi-submersible ultra-deepwater drilling rig for ExxonMobil’s drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea. Under the contract Delmar will provide engineering design services, project management, mooring equipment, and m
Noble, Delek, East Gas Co Strike $518M EMG Pipeline Deal
Noble Energy said it has executed multiple agreements to support delivery of natural gas from the Leviathan and Tamar fields, offshore Israel, into Egypt. J. Keith Elliott, Noble Energy’s senior vice president, Offshore, stated: “Today’s announcements mark significant steps forward in supplying natu
Oceanteam Nets McDermott Gig for CSV Southern Ocean
Oceanteam has secured a contract from McDermott for the utilization of its construction support vessel Southern Ocean on a subsea installation project off the East Coast of India. Mobilization of the CSV Southern Ocean will start at the end of the year and the works are expected to be completed in t