Subsea
Rovco to Double Its Workforce in 2019
UK-based Rovco has made plans to double its workforce as it prepares for further global expansion. The company has grown from 3 to 19 staff in the last year and is on course to double its headcount by the end of 2019. To accommodate its expanding team, Rovco recently relocated to larger premises in
Ocean Infinity Inks NMOC Deal
Ocean Infinity has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the US Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC), based at the Space Center in Stennis, MS. During the next five years the collaboration will focus on combining and expanding technologies relating to a broad rang
InterAct Adds New Senior Well Engineer
InterAct PMTI, an Acteon company, has appointed Brian Robbins as a senior well engineer. Brian has a BSc. in Engineering with a specialty in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. He brings extensive experience of completions, wellbore construction, fishing and workover operations fro
Schlumberger Posts $0.31 EPS
Schlumberger has bounced back in black in the second quarter of 2018. The oilfield services giant generated profit of $430 million, or 31 cents per share, on revenue of $8.3 billion, versus loss of $74 million, or 5 cents per share, on revenue of $7.46 billion same time last year. However, when comp
Spectrum Starts Southern Santos Basin Seismic in Brazil
Spectrum has started a 10,000 square kilometer 3D multi-client seismic project over the Southern Santos Basin in Brazil. This survey covers an area south of the major oil and gas discoveries in the Santos Basin and the recent highly sought after blocks offered in Rounds 2, 3, 4 and 15. Fast track da
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 16 – July 22). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/07/18/mermaid-nets-middle-east-subsea-deal/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/07/17/technipfmc-lands-petrobras-deal-in-brazil/ https://subseaworldne
Van Oord to Demo New Suction Bucket Solution on Deutsche Bucht OWF
Financial close has been reached for two pilot wind turbines at the Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Farm. The project will test Mono Buckets, a new type of foundation structure, equipped with a 8.4 MW turbine. In addition to its Balance of Plant contract for the wind farm, Van Oord will also be respons
Providence Welcomes Results of Dunquin South Seismic
Providence Resources has welcomed the results of the seismic survey over the Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04 located in the southern Porcupine Basin. FEL 3/04 is operated by Eni on behalf of its partners, Repsol Exploracion Irlanda (33.557%), Providence Resources (26.846%) and Sosina Explora
Hawaiki Submarine Cable Goes Online
Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP has started commercial operations for its 15,000 km fibre optic deep-sea cable linking Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and the United States. The USD 300 million Hawaiki submarine cable system will deliver 43 terabits of additional capacity – several times the current
PSA Nods Equinor’s Use of Visund Subsea Production Facility
Equinor has obtained a consent from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for the use of a new subsea production facility and wells on the Visund field. The Visund field, located in the northern North Sea, has been developed by means of a semi-submersible integrated quarters, drilling and processi
Scotland Injects £1.4M in Wave Energy Projects
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is awarding contracts with a total value of £1.4 million to three innovation projects designed to support further investigation of promising structural materials and manufacturing concepts to be used in the construction of wave energy devices. ARUP will evaluate new ways o
Xodus Adds New Advanced Engineering Lead
Xodus Group has appointed Dr Tao Zhao as its new advanced engineering lead. With over 15 years’ experience in subsea pipeline and riser design and analysis, Dr Zhao joins Xodus from Heerema Marine Contractors. Throughout his career, he has provided a range of analysis for offshore contractor and eng
Seatronics Adds New Teledyne Pipe Tracking System
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has increased its investment in Teledyne Marine pipe tracking technology with the purchase of a HydroPACT 660 system to add to Seatronics’ extensive global rental fleet. The HydroPACT 660 smaller and lighter coil array has been designed to help reduce the operating cos
ADNOC Dishes Out Major Seismic Deal
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded contracts worth $1.6 billion for the world’s largest continuous 3D onshore and offshore seismic survey, covering an area up to 53,000 square kilometers. Adding to the 2D and 3D seismic data already acquired across Abu Dhabi, the new seismic surv