Subsea
Vallourec Inks Petrobras Deal
Vallourec, tubular solutions specialist, has signed new contracts for the supply of products and services to the Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. In the framework of these 3 years, Vallourec said it will supply Petrobras’ operations with OCTG products and associated accessories, with premiu
EMGS Vessel Utilization Drops
Norwegian geophysical services company Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has recorded a drop in vessel utilization for the first quarter 2018. Vessel utilization for the first quarter 2018 was 37% compared with 92% for the first quarter in 2017. In the first quarter of 2018, the company’s vessels w
VNG Gets Green Light for Fenja
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operations for the Fenja field. The approval was announced during the Minister Terje Søviknes speech at the Energy Change conference in Stjørdal. The Fenja field is located at Haltenterassen in block 6406/12, about
DOF Subsea Wins Offshore Work
DOF Subsea said it has been awarded various contracts in the Atlantic region. The new contracts should secure utilization for vessels and personnel in the subsea/IMR projects segment, the Oslo-listed company said. Namely, a subsidiary of DOF Group, has landed a contract for several decommissioning c
Aquabotix Makes Another Leadership Change
Aquabotix has named Whitney Million its new chief executive officer as David Batista stepped down from his position just four months after his appointment. Million will also join the company as the president and CEO of the U.S. subsidiary, Aquabotix Technology Corporation, prior to April 18, 2018. T
MacArtney Germany Supplies Equipment to Geo Group
MacArtney Germany has supplied multibeam echo sounder systems to Geo Group for hydrographic and geophysical surveys. The deliveries made by MacArtney have been distributed to four GEO subsidiaries. Geo Ingenieurservice Süd has taken delivery of Teledyne Reson SeaBat T50-P, SBG Ekinox2D, Valeport SVP
Spectrum Begins 2D Shoot Off Brazil
Spectrum has started a 6,000 kilometer 2D program over the Pernambuco-Paraiba basins along the Eastern Margins of Brazil. The survey covers an area north of the prolific Sergipe Basin that will be included in Round 16 scheduled for 2019. The survey is being acquired with a 12,000 meter cable to reco
C-Innovation Bags BP Subsea Deal
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has secured a three-year contract with BP. The contract encompasses subsea construction, inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and logistics services in the Gulf of Mexico. With Port Fourchon, Louisiana serving
James Fisher Adds ‘Excavation Plus’ Offering
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE), a part of James Fisher and Sons, has launched an integrated services package to deliver improved time and cost efficiencies to its clients worldwide. As part of the ‘Excavation Plus’ offering, JFSE is the single point of contact for a range of areas including p
Nord Stream 2 Gets Green Light for Finnish EEZ
Nord Stream 2 AG has received consent for the use of the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the construction of the planned natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Finnish Government approved the 374-kilometers-long section running through Finnish EEZ outside territorial waters. The EEZ perm
STATS Group Inks OZ and PNG Agency Deal with OSD
STATS Group is targeting new opportunities in the Australian and Papua New Guinea oil, gas and industrial sectors by extending its relationship with OSD. This follows on from a similar agency agreement covering the New Zealand market. OSD is engineering, operations and commercial services provider t
Nexans Completes Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Export Cable
Nexans has completed the manufacturing of the 220 kV offshore cable for the high voltage power export connection for 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The cable has been loaded onto the Skagerrak cable laying vessel for the journey across the North Sea to the Moray Firth, where it will be installe
Fincantieri Delivers New Oceanographic Vessel to IMR
Fincantieri has delivered oceanographic icebreaker vessel ‘Kronprins Haakon’ to the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), the Norwegian governmental body for oceanographic research and fishing. With a gross tonnage of 9,000 tons, more than 100 meters long, 21 wide and a speed up to 15 knots, the vesse
Semco Maritime in Engineering Study for Taiwan Offshore Wind Project
Semco Maritime has been selected by a joint venture between Canadian power producer Northland Power Inc. (NPI) and Taiwan-based Yushan Energy for an engineering study for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in the Changhua area in Taiwan. The scope of the study comprises optimization of the electrical i