Subsea
OneSubsea, Statoil Staff Recognized with UTF Subsea Award
The winner of the Underwater Technology Foundation (UTF) Subsea Award 2016 is OneSubsea Multiphase Compressor. Specifically, Bernt Helge Torkildsen and Simon Kalgraff, from OneSubsea, and Jarle Ottar Hella and Caroline Bøe, from Statoil are the winners of the 2016 UTF Subsea award for their efforts
EnBW Invites Tendes for Albatros Inner-Park Subsea Cabling Project
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has launched a tendering procedure for inner-park subsea cabling project for its Albatros offshore wind farm (OWP). The 400-MW project Albatros was acquired by EnBW from Strabag. Albatros has approval for 79 wind turbines in the 5 to 7 MW power range and is located
BAS Deploys Impact Subsea ISA500 in Antarctic
Impact Subsea has delivered its ISA500 units to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The ISA500 units have been selected to monitor the position of an ice boring tool in the Antarctic hundreds of meters below the surface. During deployment of the ice boring tool, the ISA500 units measure the distance
ORPC Ireland Bags Horizon 2020 Funding
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) Ireland has been selected for European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme funding to advance its hydrokinetic technology. Through the MaREI Centre in the environmental Research Institute, University College Cork (UCC), lab testing will be conducted at the Lir Na
EdgeTech Adds URI PIES to 8011M Deck Box
EdgeTech, a manufacturer of underwater technology solutions, now offers a communication interface to the University of Rhode Island Inverted Echo Sounder or “URI PIES” system through the 8011M deck box. The URI PIES system is often moored in deep locations for extended periods of time. Acoustic comm
JDR COO Becomes Part of NOF Energy Board
NOF Energy, the energy industry business development organisation, has appointed Richard Turner, chief operating officer of JDR Cables, to its board. He joined JDR Cables in 2014 following almost five years as vice president global manufacturing with Technip Umbilical Systems. NOF Energy’s board, wh
STATS Aims at Scandinavian Market with PSO Deal
STATS Group has signed an agency agreement with Norwegian distributor PSO AS which should provide a strategic entry to the Scandinavian onshore and offshore market. The Kintore-based company designs and manufactures products to support hydrostatic testing activities and weldless pipe connection prod
iXblue Inaugurates New Survey Vessel
iXblue has baptised its new survey vessel Felix as the latest addition to its iXSurvey fleet. The Felix is a 25-meter catamaran designed to conduct hydrographic, biological and oceanographic missions. The vessel is developed and built by H2X, iXBlue’s shipyard in La Ciotat. Built in composite materi
Providence Gets Licensing Option Offer Off Ireland
Providence Resources informed that it has been offered licensing option 16/27 over a circa 1,324 km2 area in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. The option area is located around 150 km off the west coast of Ireland and is situated in approximately 1,300 meter water depth. During regional interpr
Plocan Opens IECOM Tender
Plocan has published the public tender for the construction and putting into service of the marine and terrestrial electrical and communications infrastructure (IECOM) to operate in the Plocan Test Site. The total base tender budget is EUR 3.5 million, and includes the use of an underwater vehicle f
Duke of Kent Visits Tritech’s Cumbria Base
Tritech, a Moog Inc. company, welcomed His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent on Wednesday June, 22 2016 to the company’s Ulverston, Cumbria site. The Duke of Kent received a presentation on Tritech’s developments including the new Gemini real-time imaging sonar and the latest product applications such
Subsea 7 to Axe 5 Vessels and 1,200 Jobs by Early 2017
Subsea 7 has announced a second phase of global resizing and cost reduction measures due to continued difficult business and economic conditions in the oil and gas market. Namely, the Group plans to resize its global workforce to approximately 8,000 by early 2017, down from the current level of 9,20
PSA Spots Deficiencies in Johan Sverdrup Export Pipelines Project
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of detail engineering of the Johan Sverdrup export pipelines. Johan Sverdrup export facilities consist of 274km long 36-inch oil pipeline to the Mongstad oil terminal and 165km long 18-inch gas pipeline to Kårstø gas terminal for p
JDR, Bibby Offshore in Cable Maintenance Alliance
JDR has signed a framework agreement with Bibby Offshore for cable maintenance activities. Under the strategic alliance, JDR will provide cable maintenance services and offshore personnel, including high voltage and fibre optic cable jointers and associated competency systems. Bibby Offshore will de