Subsea
JDR’s Inter-Array Cables for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project Two
UK-based JDR Cables, owned by the TFKable Group, has won a multi-million pound contract to supply inter-array cables and termination work for Ørsted’s offshore wind farm Hornsea Project Two. The contract includes 100 km of inter-array cables, all to be assembled in JDR’s Hartlepool facility. Inter-a
Reach Subsea Lands Wintershall Contract
Reach Subsea has secured a frame agreement from Wintershall Norge for the provision of marine subsea services. The frame agreement has a duration of three years plus four yearly options, and starts in 2018. Commercial terms under the agreement are confidential between the parties, Reach Subsea noted
Prysmian Lands Three New Offshore Wind Farm Cable Deals in France
Prysmian Group has secured three projects to provide new cable connections for offshore wind farms in France. Eolien Maritime France, a joint venture between the EDF Energies Nouvelles and Enbridge, awarded Prysmian with the design, supply and installation contract of inter array cables for the two
TDI-Brooks Deploys Proteus in Brazil Under TGS Contract
TDI-Brooks International has, under contract with TGS, deployed the R/V Proteus to Brazil to begin an offshore coring program with advanced geochemistry analysis. The multi-client program in Brazil will span over 4 months for the Proteus, to include 330 Piston Cores, 33 JPCs and 33 HF sites, with a
i3 Energy Hires Gardline for Liberator Field Survey Off UK
i3 Energy has contracted Gardline Limited to conduct a site survey at its Liberator field, located in Blocks 13/23d and 13/23c offshore UK. The survey will cover the two production well locations to be drilled during the Phase I development of the Liberator oil field, a survey of the planned export
Rotech Subsea Secures Middle East Work
Rotech Subsea has secured two major scopes of work in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia worth over $1 million. The first offshore Saudi contract for the Aberdeen-based subsea excavation contractor, a cable post-trenching scope, saw its TRS1-LD tool mobilized within days and collected from Rotech’s fabr
JDR Bags Wild Well Five-Year Deal
JDR Cables Systems (JDR), part of TFKable Group, has been awarded a five-year long term service agreement with Wild Well Control, a Superior Energy Services company. The agreement will see JDR design, manufacture and assemble intervention, workover and control systems (IWOCS) to be deployed in conju
ABP Barrow Adds New Survey Vessel to Its Fleet
ABP Barrow has held a naming ceremony at the Port of Barrow for its newest survey vessel, the Christine H. ABP’s new vessel takes her name from ABP Barrow colleague, Christine Holmes, who passed away in July 2017. The team at the Port of Barrow felt it would be a fitting tribute to Christine to name
Ultra Deep Solutions Goes for Another DSCV
Ultra Deep Solutions has said it will begin design, engineering and build on its sixth diving support and construction vessel (DSCV). The vessel will be a new Hybrid design keeping to the companies philosophy on environment and efficiency. This new “Hybrid” will be 125 meters LOA and 25 meters BEAM,
Tyne Subsea Sets Up Hyperbaric Facility
Tyne Subsea, a multi-million pound research and testing facility being developed in the North East, UK, has completed its first commercial test in one of Europe’s largest commercially available hyperbaric pressure testing chambers. The facility, which is being developed by engineering group British
Schlumberger Rolls Out New MEMS Gyro Surveying Service
Schlumberger has introduced the GyroSphere MEMS gyro-while-drilling service at Offshore Northern Seas (ONS). The GyroSphere service responds to the needs of E&P companies for a faster and more rugged, gyro-surveying while-drilling tool that increases drilling efficiency and reliability while reducin
C-Tecnics Gear for MoD Salvage Team
A MoD Salvage Diving Team has purchased a custom rack mounted version of C-Tecnics’ portable system, the C-Vision, which has been tailored for fixed installations including dive control containers. The ‘C-Vision 4R’ was selected by UK-based equipment manufacturer Submarine Manufacturing and Products
Fugro Completes Geophysical Work in Seep Hunting Off Canada
Fugro has completed the geophysical acquisition portion of a 2018 Carson Basin seep hunting programme offshore eastern Canada. The workscope covers an area of 18,875 square kilometres in water depths from 300 to 3,300 metres in this frontier region offshore Newfoundland. From its deepwater survey ve
Decom Firm Well-Safe Marks First Anniversary
Well-Safe Solutions is marking its one year anniversary with news that it’s about to acquire its first asset, is tendering for major P&A projects and has increased its headcount to 35. In just over 12 months, the Aberdeen-based well abandonment specialist has amassed the largest concentration of dec