Subsea
Wood Scores Malampaya Gig
Wood has secured a new six-year contract with Shell to provide asset management services to the Malampaya deepwater gas-to-power project in the Philippines. Wood will provide maintenance services, modifications and shutdown support as part of the contract which covers Shell’s onshore facilities in B
Subsea 7 Grabs ‘Substantial’ Contract
Subsea 7 said it has been awarded a ‘substantial’ offshore Conventional contract with an undisclosed client. Offshore execution is planned for 2019 and 2020. The contract is said to be between USD 150 million and USD 300 million. No further details have been disclosed at this time due to contractual
Wintershall Gets Green Light for LWI Ops on Maria Field
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) have given Wintershall Norge consent to use LWI vessel Island Wellserver on the Maria field. The consent applies to light well intervention work on the Maria field for well 6406/3-H-3H, which is in production licences 475BS and 475CS in the Norwegian Se
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 13 – August 19). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/08/15/cnooc-orders-aker-solutions-umbilicals-for-liuhua/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/08/13/oceaneering-e-rov-gets-equinor-job/ https://sub
MDL and Delmar Launch New Solution for Wire Rope Inspection
Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed the first LiveWire system – a solution for wire rope inspection services and change-outs. Developed in a joint partnership between MDL and global mooring and subsea specialist Delmar Systems, LiveWire is designed to cut costs associated with large wire rope
Energinet Looks to Buy Bornholm Spare Cable
Danish national transmission system operator Energinet wishes to purchase a 3.300 meters long spare cable for the Bornholm interconnector to ensure readiness for a cable repair in case of a failure. The Bornholm interconnector between the Danish island of Bornholm and Sweden consists of 3 single cor
Magseis Posts Loss in Q2
Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis has posted loss in the second quarter of 2018 as costs went up on increase in the organisation and its mobile ROV crew. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue at USD 19.7 million, up from USD 19.4 million same time last year. Revenue for the fir
Boskalis Secures Cable Repair Deal with Transmission Capital Partners
Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles (formerly VBMS) has signed a five-year subsea cable repair framework agreement with Transmission Capital Partners (TCP). TCP operates and maintains the transmission links as the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) between the UK’s onshore grid and the Barrow, Gunfle
SeaBird Shrinks Loss
Oslo-listed SeaBird has narrowed its quarterly loss for the period ended June 30, 2018 on 11 percent higher revenues and lower charges, compared to prior-year second quarter. The seismic data provider for oil and gas companies posted loss of around $3.6 million for the second quarter of 2018, compar
NOC Scientists to Explore Changes in North Atlantic
The National Oceanography Centre is set to start a five-year project that will use marine robots to investigate how meltwater from Greenland and Arctic ice is changing ‘deep water formation’ in the North Atlantic. The project, called TERIFIC (Targeted Experiment to Reconcile Increased Freshwater flu
Ashtead Technology Hires New Staff
Subsea equipment specialist Ashtead Technology has added six new technicians to its team. Ross Ingram and Kyle Roger join Ashtead as experienced subsea technicians. Ingram joins Ashtead Technology from Sonardyne where he worked for seven years across a variety of workshop roles, most recently holdin
GCE Subsea Sets Up 12-Week Growth and Scaleup Program
Norwegian industry initiative GCE Subsea, together with BI Norwegian Business School, MIT – Massachusetts Institute for Technology and Bergen Teknologioverføring (BTO), will arrange a 12-week growth and scaleup program for eight selected and qualified companies from Bergen and Oslo. The scaleup prog
Seabed Geosolutions Bags Gulf of Mexico Extension
Seabed Geosolutions has secured an extension to recently awarded 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic monitoring surveys over multiple oil and gas fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. As planned, Seabed Geosolutions recently started with the original workscope. The additional surveys will increase the t
Autonomous Robotics Reshuffles Management
The board of Autonomous Robotics Ltd (ARL) has appointed Rear Admiral (retired) Jon Westbrook CBE and Commodore (retired) Phillip Titterton CBE as defence advisor to the board and defence consultant respectively. Rear Admiral Westbrook retired in 2013 after a distinguished career in the Royal Navy,