Subsea
PGS Wraps Up 3D Shoot Over P.2170 Licence on UKCS
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has completed the 3D seismic survey over the P.2170 licence in the Moray Firth area, Jersey Oil & Gas said on Thursday. Delivery of the final imaged data by PGS from the survey continues to be expected in late Q1 2019. This data will be integrated with the results from t
Serica Files Columbus Development Plan
Serica Energy has submitted a field development plan (FDP) for the Columbus field, located in Blocks 23/16f and 23/21a Columbus Subarea in the UKCS Central North Sea. The FDP provides for the supply of up to 40 million cubic feet of gas per day (gross) at peak to the UK gas market and 1,150 barrels
Wintershall Hires Drilling Rig for Nova Field Subsea Wells
Wintershall Norge has awarded a rig contract for the Nova field development to Seadrill Norway Operations who will operate the West Mira drilling rig on behalf of Northern Drilling. In addition, Wintershall has entered into a long-term frame agreement with Seadrill for potential future rig needs. Th
STR Adds Forssea Robotics to Its Rental Pool
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR), has formed a partnership with French underwater technology company Forssea Robotics. The deal will see STR provide its global customer base with access to Forssea Robotics technology. Forssea Robotics, who are headquartered in Montpellier along with R&D regional ba
DOF Subsea Secures Work for Skandi Salvador with Petrobras
Petrobras has awarded DOF Subsea Brasil a contract for the utilization of the Brazilian built Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) Skandi Salvador. The 650 days firm contract will start in July, DOF Subsea informed. The contract has an option for the 650 days extension by mutual agreement of the companies.
OceanGate’s Titan Passes 4000 Meters Dive Test
OceanGate said it has carried out a successful unmanned depth test of the manned submersible, Titan, to validate the hull to a depth of 4,000 meters. Titan is the world’s first privately owned five-person submersible to reach this depth and opens over 50% of the ocean to manned exploration. Designed
Subsea 7 Clinches Total EPIC Deal in Angola
Subsea 7 has secured a substantial contract by Total E&P Angola for the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) of the subsea flowlines and umbilicals for the Zinia Phase 2 project, located 150 kilometers offshore Angola. According to Subsea 7, a substantial contract has a va
AS Mosley Wins BP Riser Analysis Gig
Analysis engineering firm AS Mosley has secured a five-year framework global agreement with BP to undertake global riser analysis projects at an international level. The new contract has given the firm confidence to grow, as it kicks off a recruitment drive to take on and train up more Analysis Engi
MDL Delivers for TechnipFMC
Maritime Developments’ horizontal flex-lay spread has completed a flexible installation in the Norwegian North Sea for TechnipFMC – having returned to the field for the next phase of its development. Consisting of the MDL third-generation 350Te RDS and the company’s patented 50Te pipelay tensioner,
McDermott and BHGE Land Myanmar Gas Field Deal
McDermott and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), have been awarded a contract by POSCO DAEWOO Corp. for phase two of the Shwe gas field development offshore Western Myanmar. The McDermott-led consortium took part in a FEED competition in 2017. The successful execution of the FEED followed by the EPC
Bhagwan Marine Names New Chief Operating Officer
Bhagwan Marine has appointed Peter Bengtsson as chief operating officer of the company. Peter Bengtsson, an experienced mariner and logistics professional, is due to start in his new role at Bhagwan Marine in August 2018. He will be based out of the company’s head office in Perth, Western Australia.
Sweden Backs CorPower’s Full-Scale Wave Technology Demo
Swedish Energy Agency has co-financed the demonstration project of the CorPower’s wave energy technology and decided to invest €8.2M to commercialize the technology at full scale. “With the Energy Agency’s investment, we have a good foundation for commercializing our product,” said Patrik Möller, CE
GE Lines Up Baker Hughes Sale
General Electric (GE) has said it plans to fully separate and divest its equity ownership position in oilfield services major Baker Hughes (BHGE). The plan is to fully separate its 62.5% interest in BHGE in an orderly manner over the next two to three years. The announcement comes just one year afte
University of Exeter Deploys New Mooring Rope
University of Exeter has deployed a new type of mooring rope at the Marmok-A-5 wave energy device, developed by Oceantec, at the BiMEP test site in the Bay of Biscay, Spain. The elastomeric mooring tethers were developed and tested by renewable energy experts from the University of Exeter in the Dyn