Subsea
Frontica Scoops Aker Solutions Deal
Frontica has signed a five-year contract with Aker Solutions to deliver staffing services, IT services and consultancy projects as well as business support services within HR, finance and procurement. Under the terms of the contract, Frontica will also contribute to productivity improvements and cos
Fair Head Tidal Project Works to Begin in 2018
Fair Head Tidal is planning to submit a marine licence application this summer for the proposed 100MW tidal energy scheme located off the north Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, near Ballycastle. The team behind the Fair Head Tidal Energy Park, a joint venture between Cork-based DP Energy and Bluepo
Acteon Field Life Service Introduced
Subsea services company Acteon has launched a new service, Acteon Field Life Service (FLS). Acteon FLS offers a “joined-up” approach to the capex and opex challenges presently being experienced by the industry, the company said. “Our industry, like many others that have already been transformed, req
Vroon Gets VOS Sugar
Vroon Offshore Services has taken delivery of a 68-metre subsea support vessel (SSV) VOS Sugar. The vessel was handed over to the company in a short ceremony held on February 02, 2016 at Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding in China. VOS Sugar is a DP2, SPS-coded, vessel and the first of two newbuilding SS
Balltec Delivers Plug Launcher for Åsgard Pipeline Project
Balltec Engineered Solutions has completed work on Statoil’s infrastructure upgrade for the Åsgard Millom pipeline using its subsea smart plug launcher. Statoil asked Balltec to investigate the possibility of designing and manufacturing a subsea plug launcher during its work on a new lifting system
Production Starts from Laggan and Tormore Fields
Total has started-up production from the Laggan and Tormore gas and condensate fields, located in 600 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. The fields will produce 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). “Laggan-Tormore is a key component of our production growth in 2016 and beyond
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (Febuary 01 – Febuary 07). A 22-year-old diver from Karmoy, Norway died on Friday after being critically injured during maintenance work underwater on a platform at Westcon’s shipyard in Ølensvåg. Acco
Get Fit for $30 Oil, Industry Body Says
Almost 7,000 visits were made to Europe’s largest subsea event, Subsea Expo, held in Aberdeen this week, despite the industry facing its toughest year ever. The exhibition and conference, organised by Subsea UK, attracted just under 5,000 individual delegates. Chief executive of Subsea UK, Neil Gord
Halliburton Launches Electrohydraulic Subsea Safety System
Halliburton has released the Dash 3-inch Subsea Safety System, a solution for electrohydraulic control of Halliburton’s subsea safety tree. Previously, control was provided through direct hydraulic pressure from the surface. According to Halliburton, this latest edition to the Dash series employs th
EU Approves Schlumberger’s Acquisition of Cameron
The European Commission has given the green light, under the EU Merger Regulation, for the acquisition of Cameron by Schlumberger. In august last year, a definitive merger agreement was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies in which the companies will combine in a stock a
PHOTO: MSS Welcomes Maersk Connector to Its Fleet
Maersk Connector, the DP2 cable installation vessel, was handed over from Damen Shipyards Group to Maersk Supply Service (MSS) on February 04, 2016. The vessel is going directly on a long-term charter for subsea services provider DeepOcean. “We’ve already been awarded three UK and North Sea contract
Subsea in January
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The year started off with mixed feelings about where the subsea industry will be heading in 2016. The companies continue to adjust to new market conditions as the
PSL Releases New Product; Gets Harkand and Bibby Offshore Support
PhotoSynergy Ltd (PSL) has added a new product to its subsea portfolio, the SLS2000, developed to provide the option to illuminate the dive umbilical from the diver end. The unit, with 30mm in diameter and 70mm length, was designed to provide a light source to saturation divers using an LED attached
European Consortium Introduces Blue Nodules Project
An European consortium has launched a new Horizon 2020 project, Blue Nodules, on February 01, 2016. This project addresses the challenge of creating a viable and sustainable value chain to retrieve polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor. The technical side of the project is dedicated to subsea ha