Subsea
Cinia Links Finland and Germany
Finland’s Cinia Group informed that the laying project of the Cinia C-Lion1 cable system is now completed as the cable reached its destination in Rostock, Germany. Started in Helsinki on October 12, 2015, the project took three months. According to the company , the new connection is planned to be c
BAS Extends RRS Ernest Shackleton Charter
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has declared its third option for a one-year extension of the bareboat charter for “RRS Ernest Shackleton”. The option will be effective from August 2016. RRS Ernest Shackleton is a polar research and subsea support vessel built in 1995 by Kverner Klevin Leirvik, Norwa
Technip Buys into Vallourec’s Pipeline Welding Division
Technip has acquired a minority stake in Serimax, a Vallourec subsidiary and provider of offshore & onshore welding solutions, in order to achieve a strategic partnership in the domain of pipeline welding. The agreement would see these two companies combine their expertise and deploy the Serimax wel
JFD Opens New Offices in UK
JFD has opened two new offices in Glasgow and Bristol, UK. The new office at Pacific Quay in Glasgow will support JFD’s global headquarters in Glasgow. Giovanni Corbetta, Managing Director, JFD said: “With a number of significant contract wins and acquisitions, 2015 been a highly successful year for
CIS Finalizes Conductor Installation Ops in North Sea
Conductor Installation Services (CIS), an Acteon company, has completed its second conductor installation operation during the last 12 months for a North Sea oil and gas operator. Work was carried out on a gas development project in the Southern North Sea. CIS installed six 30-inch conductors on the
Ireland Backs Marine R&D Projects
The Minister for Jobs, Richard Burton, together with the Minister for Research, Innovation and Skills, Damien English, today announced details of a €28 million investment in research equipment and facilities through Science Foundation Ireland. A total of 21 exemplary research projects will be suppor
iSURVEY to Support ‘Nexans Skagerrak’ Ops
iSURVEY has been awarded a multi-year frame agreement with Nexans Norway to provide navigation, positioning and survey support for its cable lay operations on board the ‘C/S Nexans Skagerrak’. iSURVEY will provide services including positioning and monitoring during cable lay and trenching operation
Songa Endurance Experiences BOP Failure
Songa Endurance, a semi-submersible drilling rig which started operations on Troll field, has experienced BOP equipment failure. As Songa Offshore reported, the rig started operations on December 31, 2015, on the eight-year contract with Statoil on Troll field, around 65 kilometers west of Kollsnes.
WATCH: Kleven Splashes Newbuild
A diamond sampling and exploration vessel the SS Nujoma was launched from the slipway at Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway last weekend. According to Kleven, the first of its kind, the MT6022-design, is a highly specialised vessel for deep water mineral exploration with tailor made equipment and fe
Energinet.dk, LR in Horns Rev 3 Underwater Sound Measurment
Energinet.dk will be working with Lloyd’s Register Consulting business to measure underwater sound propagation for the Horns Rev 3 wind farm substation development. The 400 MW Horns Rev 3 wind farm off the west coast of Denmark is expected to generate green power for some 450,000 households when ful
Baker Consultants Bags Wikinger OWF Monitoring Contract
Baker Consultants has won a contract with Iberdrola to provide an underwater noise and marine mammal activity monitoring service during the construction phase of the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Construction of the 70-turbine, 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm will begin in March 2
Bibby HydroMap Welcomes New Technical Director
Seabed survey company Bibby HydroMap has appointed Rob Spillard as its new technical director. Spillard, who previously served at Fugro EMU, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, will take overall responsibility for the technical direction of the Wirral-based
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 04 – January 10). Oil services company, Subsea 7, saw its stock price hit a five-year low after dropping below NOK 55 on Wednesday. The stock has fallen some 36 percent since May this year aft
James Young Takes Up CTO Role in JDR
JDR announced that James Young will take up the role of chief technology officer with effect from February 01, 2016. James joined JDR in 2000 as senior design engineer for new product development. He was appointed engineering director in 2011 after a series of technical management roles within the b