Subsea
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 27 – July 03). NOPSEMA revealed a recent incident where a vessel lost position while diving activities were being conducted approximately 130 metres from a hydrocarbon facility offshore Western A
WellConnection Adds ChemTech
WellConnection the inspection, maintenance and repair services (IMR) provider for drilling and subsea equipment on the Norwegian Continental Shelf has acquired ChemTech. ChemTech, located at Tananger near Stavanger, provides preparation for inspection and treatment of NORM (Naturally Occuring Radioa
Primo Marine Nets Viking Link Work
Primo Marine, the subsea cabling and pipeline engineering specialist, has been awarded a contract to provide a cable burial and risk assessment (CBRA) and installation & burial expertise, for the Viking Link. Viking Link is a proposal to build a high voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector betw
Saipem Gets EUR 554M Credit Line for Purchases from Norway
The Italian oil services company Saipem has subscribed a new credit facility for up to €554 million which will be used for the financing or refinancing of the company’s purchases of equipment and services from Norwegian exporters. The credit facility is supported by Garantiinstituttet for Eksportkre
Boskalis Wraps Up VolkerWessels Deal
Boskalis has concluded the acquisition of offshore-related activities from VolkerWessels following the approval by the European Commission. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition, announced in March this year, would raise no competition concerns, because it would not significantly ch
Magseis Names New CEO
Norwegian ocean bottom seismic specialist, Magseis, has appointed Dr. Idar Horstad as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO). He will succeed co-founder and CEO Ivar Gimse within October 2016. Gimse has served as CEO since the start in 2009. He will take on the position as SVP Business Deve
MacArtney Expands Global Footprint with New Partnerships
MacArtney said it has signed representative agreements with underwater-technology-focused companies in various parts of the world to function as official representatives of its underwater technology products. Business partnerships have been entered into with the following South American companies: C
HBC to Support Fugro’s Rampion OWF Cable Installation Project
HBC Offshore Solutions, part of the HBC Group, has been awarded with the contract to support Fugro with the installation of the array cables on the Rampion offshore wind farm project. Fugro will lay and bury 122 array cables with its construction and installation vessels Fugro Symphony and Fugro Sal
SmartBay Subsea Observatory Launched
SmartBay Subsea Observatory offshore Galway, Ireland has started feeding live data from the seabed to businesses, researchers, scientists and policy makers. The SmartBay Subsea Observatory, supported by the Marine Institute, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, wil
New CEO for AKVA Group
Norwegian company AKVA group involved in the subsea salmon farming concept ‘Atlantis’ has appointed Hallvard Muri as new group CEO. Muri replaces Trond Williksen, who announced his resignation from AKVA group on May 11, 2016. Muri was the CEO of Aker BioMarine AS for more than 6 years before he left
Darwin Mounds MPA Safeguards Coral Reefs
A study by scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and University College Cork shows that deep, cold-water corals are very slow to recover from damage. Therefore, deep-water Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) protect vulnerable marine ecosystems most effectively when they are put in place
CMACS Joins NIRAS
Consultancy firm NIRAS has completed the acquisition of marine ecology consultancy, CMACS. NIRAS now employs a dedicated UK team of 35 professional marine consultants based in Cambridge, Dorking, Glasgow, the Isle of Man and Liverpool. Dr Ian Gloyne-Phillips will manage the NIRAS coastal and marine
Kleven Delivers Mineral Exploration Vessel to Debmarine Namibia
Debmarine Namibia has taken delivery of its new diamond sampling and exploration vessel, the SS Nujoma, in Geirangerfjorden, Norway. The vessel, named after Namibia’s founding president, Dr. Sam Nujoma, was launched on January 9, 2016 at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik in Norway. It will be
Bibby Offshore Apprentices Get Hands-On ROV Experience
The Underwater Centre has linked up with Bibby Offshore to provide ROV apprentices with the opportunity to gain practical hands-on experience. The apprentices, who are employed by Bibby Offshore will benefit from operational experience in the field with live ROVs and will undertake a variety of task