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STR’s Cabling Solution for CEFAS
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) have secured an order to design and manufacture bespoke cabling solution for the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS). STR were approached by CEFAS to produce a cable design to expand the capabilities of the STR SeaSpyder telemetry camer
Lighthouse Integrates Ageotec
Italian ROV manufacturer and survey equipment provider, Ageotec, has merged with marine survey company, Lighthouse, which for years has been part of the same Holding Group. According to the company, the merger should strengthen the current existing sales structure by involving Ageotec staff in selli
Pioneering Spirit Wraps Up Topsides Lift System Harbour Tests
Allseas’ has completed commissioning of the topsides lift system and the part of the harbour test programme of the single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel ‘Pioneering Spirit’ in the Alexia harbour, Rotterdam. All twelve installed topsides lifting beams on board Pioneering Spirit
OWC Get TCS Export Cable Consultancy Deal
Offshore Wind Consultants Limited (OWC) has been selected by Transmission Capital Services Limited (TCS) to provide technical consultancy services on contingency planning and other services relating to the OFTO assets managed by TCS. TCS manages six OFTOs, namely TC Barrow OFTO Limited, TC Gunfleet
Osbit Delivers Well Intervention Equipment for Siem Helix 1
Osbit Ltd has delivered GBP 3 million (USD 4 million) worth of well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions, for installation on Helix’s chartered Siem Helix 1 vessel. The equipment, weighing over 300t in total, consists of a BOP maintenance and storage tower, intervention tension frame and
Ecosse Gets Additional Work on Wikinger OWF
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has extended a trenching scope on the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea with the award of a seabed clearance project. The Scottish company was last year awarded a contract by Prysmian Group to carry out pre-cut seabed trenching, prior to cable laying, on Iberd
EnerMech Supports Turret Project on BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO
Mechanical engineering specialist EnerMech is in the process of delivering a £5 million-plus contract to support the turret delivery team on BP’s Glen Lyon FPSO which has arrived for hook-up operations West of Shetland. The Glen Lyon is a key element of the BP’s Quad204 project, which includes redev
Clinton Marine Undertakes Beatrice UXO Survey
Clinton Marine Survey AB has started unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the Beatrice offshore wind farm export cable routes in the Moray Firth on behalf of Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL). The survey, planned to last for minimum of four weeks, is being undertaken by the M/V Northern Wi
Nord Stream to Shut Baltic Sea Pipeline for Maintenance
Nord Stream AG informed that it will be conducting long-planned annual maintenance work on its twin gas pipeline system in the Baltic Sea between August 09 and 17, 2016. This routine maintenance work will require a temporary shutdown of both lines at once. The full capacity of the pipeline system wi
NSRI Creates Roadmap to Overcome Subsea Storage Challenges
The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) is on a mission to develop technology that will make subsea storage more viable, helping to increase the recovery of hydrocarbons and prolong the life of the North Sea. The industry-led, technology organisation has issued a report on the outcomes of its
MacArtney Delivers Focus 2 ROTV to German WTD 71
German navy research institute, WehrTechnische Dienststelle, WTD 71, has taken delivery of MacArtney Focus 2 ROTV system. WTD 71, with the main task of developing new underwater technologies for the German navy, will use Focus 2 ROTV as a tool for their research efforts. The system is supplied with
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 25 – July 31). Pirates have attacked a cable laying vessel during operations in the Red Sea on Friday, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) informed. Sixteen pirates in two skiffs armed with A
Prysmian’s New Cable Layer Ready for Operation
Prysmian Group informed that its new cable lay vessel, named Ulisse, is ready for offshore cable installation operations, following an investment of over EUR 20 million. Following the purchase from the ship owner EOS, the flat top barge has been converted into ca. 120 meters by 33 meters cable layer
Serica Resumes Production from Erskine Field
Serica informed that oil and gas production from the Erskine field has recommenced following the clearance of a pipeline blockage and the completion of scheduled maintenance works on the Lomond platform, in the UK North Sea. The pipeline blockage, which occurred earlier this year in the Lomond to Ev