Subsea
MMT Extends Stril Explorer Charter with Møkster
Simon Møkster Shipping has secured charter contract extension for Multi Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV) Stril Explorer from MMT AB. The vessel has been on contract to MMT since April 2014, and now the contract has been extended for further 18 months. The vessel will be used in various survey related p
Archer Lands $768 Million Statoil Deal
Statoil has confirmed a four-year firm contract to Archer for the provision of “drilling services fixed platforms” on a total of 12 platforms located on the NCS. The contract award includes three contract extension options of two years each. The contract is effective from October 1, 2018 following a
Aker Solutions and Kvaerner Team Up for More Johan Sverdrup Work
Aker Solutions and Kvaerner together secured a letter of intent for modifications of the riser platform and field center of the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup development, Norway’s largest oil find in more than three decades. The contract value is NOK 3.4 billion (approximately $435 million) and wi
EC-OG Appoints Non-Executive Board Director
EC-OG has appointed Alan Christie to the role of non-executive director on the EC-OG board. Alan has 36 years’ experience in the oil & gas industry, beginning his career at Schlumberger where he worked in operations performing field work. His career then took him to work for Shell in their well serv
IMCA Updates Lifting Operations Guidance
The International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) has issued revised ‘Guidelines for Lifting Operations’ after an extensive review of all sections of the document, and added appendices on subsea lifts, diving operations, lifting personnel, lifting at extreme heights and dismantlement of offs
DCN Set for Middle East Job
DCN Diving, the Dutch subsea service specialist based in Bergen op Zoom, said it is currently mobilising on the dive support vessel (DSV) Normand Baltic in Port Rashid, Dubai. The DP2 DSV, which has been on a long-term charter with DCN for subsea duties offshore Middle East and Asia, is set to sail
Lariat Sells Subsea Global Solutions to GenNx360
Lariat Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, has sold Subsea Global Solutions, a provider of underwater ship maintenance, repair and marine construction solutions, to GenNx360 Capital Partners. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Subsea Global Solutions currently employs a team of over 115 dive
Deep Sea Mooring and Vryhof Anchors in Cooper Energy Score
Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) and Vryhof Anchors have secured a contract to provide full-scale mooring and anchoring services to Australian energy company Cooper Energy. The announcement also sees Vryhof businesses secure contracts in Cooper’s main target drilling area – offshore Victoria, Australia, for t
IMCA Adds Helix’s Executive to Its Board
The international Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Stephen Sheppard to its board. Sheppard is a diving manager at Helix Well Ops (UK) Ltd, which has been a strong supporter of IMCA. He has industry experience in diving operations and is known as an industry expert in diving health
Polarcus Kicks Off 3D Shoot for Tullow Off Jamaica
Tullow and its partner United Oil & Gas (UOG) have launched a seismic acquisition program on the Walton Morant licence offshore Jamaica. Seismic vessel Polarcus Adira has been contracted to acquire 2,250km2 of 3D seismic data. According to UOG, Polarcus Adira arrived in Kingston on Friday, March 23,
Japan-Guam-Australia Subsea Cable Construction Starts
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, and NEC Corporation have started the construction of the Japan-Guam-Australia (JGA) submarine cable system. JGA is being built by a consortium of companies whereby JGA South (JGA-S), the segment between Sydney, Australia and Piti, Guam, is a consortiu
Fugro Gears for Hollandse Kust Noord Survey
Fugro is set to begin a site characterization program at the Hollandse Kust (noord) Wind Farm zone. Carried out under a further contract for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), the geotechnical workscope comprises seabed investigat
OMV Makes Two Discoveries Off Norway
OMV (Norge) has made gas/condensate discoveries in both the Hades and Iris prospects in licence PL 644 B, located in the Norwegian Sea. In the Hades prospect the well encountered c. 35 meters gross gas/condensate column within the Cretaceous Lange Formation of which 15 meters are net reservoir sands
IKM Subsea ROV Supports PTTEP Drilling Campaign Off Myanmar
IKM Subsea Singapore has signed a contract with PTTEP for its appraisal campaign offshore Myanmar. IKM Subsea will be providing a Merlin WR200 electrical propulsion system together with a BOP intervention tool and an IKM Technology designed and built diamond wire cutter for this project onboard the