Subsea
Telecom Egypt Wraps Up MENA Cable Deal
Telecom Egypt has concluded the acquisition of Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA Cable) from Orascom Investment Holding “OIH” through its subsidiary Egyptian International Submarine Cable Company EISCC. The total enterprise value of MENA Cable is USD 90 million of which USD 40 milli
Motive Joins Forces with Euro Rope in The Netherlands
Motive Offshore, headquartered in Boyndie, Aberdeenshire, has joined forces with Rotterdam-based Euro Rope in a £1 million fleet investment to launch new business, EuroWinch BV in The Netherlands. Motive’s standard range of winches and product lines, including high capacity winches up to 150 tonnes,
Cerberus Acquires TE SubCom
Cerberus Capital Management has entered into an agreement with TE Connectivity to acquire TE’s Subsea Communications business (SubCom). Headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey, SubCom designs, manufactures, deploys, and maintains the subsea fiber optic cable systems that are vital for global communic
Shell and Subcon Roll Out ‘Pipe-Clamping Mattress’
Subcon has announced a new method to mitigate pipeline-walking. Developed in cooperation with Shell Global Solutions (Shell), it is an engineered ‘pipe-clamping mattress’ (PCM). The technique was first developed on Shell’s Malampaya Project; as an alternative to traditional rock dumping. According t
MCA Hires Clinton Marine for Civil Hydrography Programme
Clinton Marine Survey was recently awarded a contract for Lot 1 of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP). The MCA funds, manages and delivers the UK CHP which provides high-quality hydrographic data that underpins the production of national nautical charts and
Infinity Nets New Frame Agreement
Infinity has secured a frame agreement for the provision of engineering for an unnamed E&P company. Infinity has already started its first project, a fast track subsea tie-back to an existing facility. The project will be developed over the next six months with the offshore installation expected to
TGS Plans New Seep Study Project in MSGBC Basin
TGS plans to start its first regional offshore MSGBC SeaSeep Project in the North West Africa Atlantic Margin. The program will cover an area of approximately 113,500 km2 and will incorporate around 230 cores from the seabed, located based on multibeam backscatter anomalies. Acquisition of the multi
CCOM at UNH Partners with FarSounder
The Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) at the Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire has added FarSounder as a partner in their Industrial Associates Program. As the globally recognized experts in 3D Forward-looking Sonar technology, FarSounder gives the students a new layer of i
Swan Hunter Preps Cable Handling and Setup Spread for CWind
Swan Hunter has completed mobilisation and commissioning of its new modular offshore carousel and associated equipment onboard the ASV Pioneer barge, for client CWind. The new basket carousel, has been mobilised onto the barge in the smallest of four configurations, at 2000Te capacity, but can be ex
STR Australia Secures First Project
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has won its first project through its Australian entity since the appointment of Jason French as business development director for the Asia Pacific region. This project will see STR mobilise its spread of equipment to support a local Perth based client for operation
DeepOcean Launches Offshore Services Base at Port of Blyth
DeepOcean has opened a new offshore services base at Blyth in the North East of England with aim to increase presence in global cable lay and trenching markets. Offshore Services Base Blyth is purpose built to support the planning, preparation, mobilisation and maintenance of DeepOcean’s subsea tren
First Oil Flows from BW Adolo FPSO
BW Offshore informed that first oil from the BW Adolo FPSO was safely achieved on Sunday, 18 months after the initial investment was made in the Dussafu license offshore Gabon. “We have achieved first oil from the Dussafu license within budget and on schedule,” said Carl K. Arnet, the CEO of BW Offs
UTEC Bolsters Middle East Team
UTEC, a survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has appointed Nadir Rahmatullah as the commercial and strategy director of its Middle East and Caspian operations. Rahmatullah was most recently managing director of UTEC StarNet, a specialist division of UTEC providing survey, inspection and d
CGG Shoots Seismic in UK West Shetland Basin
CGG has started acquisition of a high-density, rich-azimuth, towed-streamer multi-client survey in the UK West Shetland Basin. The 3,600 sq km survey focuses on delivering high-resolution seismic data in a prospective but underexplored area north-west of the Shetland Isles over the northern part of