Subsea
FairfieldNodal Becomes Fairfield Geo
FairfieldNodal has changed its name to Fairfield Geotechnologies (Fairfield Geo) to reflect the company’s strategy and evolution as a provider of life-of-field technology, data and solutions. FairfieldNodal is a provider of ocean bottom nodal (OBN) technology and related services and data to oil com
Jan de Nul Connects Two Wind Farms to German Transmission Grid
Jan De Nul Group has completed the export cable installation works in the German North Sea in order to connect the offshore wind farms Trianel Windpark Borkum II, developed by Trianel, and Borkum Riffgrund II, developed by Ørsted, to Tennet’s German transmission grid. For both cable installation pro
Polarcus in Capreolus Sale
Polarcus’ subsidiary has signed an agreement for the sale of its 22,130 square kilometers Capreolus 3D survey offshore Australia. The deal with an undisclosed party will be in return for a cash consideration of USD 6.5 million. According to Polarcus, the transaction will result in a non-cash gain of
Maersk Drilling-Maersk Supply Service JV Gets Its Name
Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service have launched the new name of its 50:50 decommissioning joint venture, Maersk Decom. “Maersk Decom may be a new company, but it is built on the track record that both parent companies, Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service, have already established withi
Kreuz Subsea Gets Director of Diving and ROV Ops
Kreuz Subsea, has appointed Jerry Starling as director of diving and ROV operations. Starling, who will be based at the company’s Singapore headquarters, recently held senior diving roles at DOF Subsea and DeepOcean. Prior to this, Starling was group diving operations manager for Harkand where he wo
Optime Subsea Supports AKOFS in Equinor LWI Contract
AKOFS Offshore (AKOFS), a company owned by Akastor, has selected Optime Subsea to support the company in delivery of recently secured contract with Equinor. Optime will support AKOFS in recently received five year light well intervention (LWI) services contract with Equinor on the Norwegian continen
DNV GL’s Noble Denton Gets New Management
DNV GL has appointed Neil Jamieson Fraser as its new head of Noble Denton marine services in the UK and West Africa. The role will focus on marine warranty, marine advisory/assurance, technical assurance, and advanced engineering services, DNV GL said. Neil has worked with DNV GL for more than 25 ye
Balltec Connectors Deliver Malikai Job
Balltec has recently completed the disconnection of its MoorLOK subsea mooring connectors on behalf of EMAS Offshore on the Shell Malikai oil field off Sabah, Malaysia. The connectors, rated to 615 mT MBL, were originally supplied in 2015 to Technip MMHE Joint Venture and used for temporary mooring
Seatec Rolls Out New Winch
Seatec said it has launched a new compact and low-cost CTD winch unit. The unit is based on previously designed and delivered CTD winch systems. According to Seatec, this unit (LIER-077) has a drum capacity of only 250mtr and runs upto 120mtr/min with 50kg SWL. It can operate at 230Vac or 440Vac. Th
Kraken Closes Equity Financing with Ocean Infinity
Kraken Robotics has closed the non-brokered private placement offering with Ocean Infinity for aggregate gross proceeds of $2.3 million. “Kraken is very pleased to have completed this financing with our customer Ocean Infinity,” said Karl Kenny, Kraken’s president and CEO. “The financing strengthens
Nexans Umbilicals for Equinor’s Askeladd
Nexans has been awarded a contract by Equinor to provide umbilicals with power, fiber-optic and hydraulic elements for the next stage of the multi-phased Snøhvit development. Nexans will design, manufacture and supply a total of 42 kilometers of static infield and interfield umbilicals to control th
Imenco Takes Over Kongsberg’s Subsea Cameras Business
Kongsberg Maritime has entered into an agreement to sell its business within subsea cameras and harsh environment CCTV systems to Imenco. Imenco is a technology company within design, development and manufacture of helicopter fuel systems, diving systems, lifting and handling products and subsea cam
Seabed Geosolutions in New GoM OBN Seismic Surveys
Seabed Geosolutions has been awarded a series of 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic monitoring surveys over multiple oil and gas fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The surveys, with a duration of around two months, subject to final scope of work, will start in the third quarter of 2018. Stephan Mide
SeaRenergy-N-Sea Consortium Bags Dolwin Alpha Modification Work
SeaRenergy and N-Sea consortium has secured a project by TenneT covering modification works to the jacket structure of the HVDC platform Dolwin alpha, in the German North Sea. The project will see Hamburg-based lead partner SeaRenergy provide engineering and design services as well as the fabricatio