Subsea
Shell to Revisit Ormen Lange Subsea Concept Next Year
Shell intends next year to settle on its plan on subsea compression solution for Ormen Lange field, developed offshore Norway at water depths of between 800 and 1,100 metres. Mark Wildon, VP at Norske Shell told Reuters on Thursday: “We still expect in the course of 2016 that we will get to a point
Siem Offshore Delays Again
Siem Offshore (SIOFF) has once again agreed to postpone the delivery of the Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) Siem Daya 1 to Daya Materials until December 15, 2015. This time the cancelling date was set for December 31, 2015. Other terms and conditions of the agreement will remain valid and
DNS and OGUK Join Forces to Streamline Activities
UK offshore oil and gas industry trade bodies Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) and Decom North Sea (DNS) are to work more closely together to deliver a more efficient and effective decommissioning agenda for the North Sea. More joined-up working, but with each body retaining its independence, geographical repres
DNV GL in Largest Underwater CO2 Release Study
The largest ever controlled release of carbon dioxide from an underwater pipeline is to be conducted at DNV GL’s full-scale Spadeadam Testing and Research Centre as part of an international Joint Industry Project (JIP) called Sub-C-O2. Scheduled to start in early 2016, the planned release will mark
Decom North Sea Appoints Five New Directors
Decom North Sea (DNS) has elected five new board directors and re-elected five directors, from across a range of sectors within the oil and gas industry, during its Annual General Meeting in St Andrews. New directors have been named as Alistair Hope, Alan Edwards, SebastiaanPauwels, Robert McCaig an
Claxton, LR Senergy in Decommissioning Pact
Claxton Engineering Services, an Acteon company, has formed a collaborative alliance with energy services firm LR Senergy to provide end-to-end offshore rig-based decommissioning service. By collaborating with LR Senergy, Claxton adds rig-based decommissioning solutions to its decommissioning servic
Fugro Scoops Total Subsea Gig
Fugro has won a five-year contract for the provision of underwater services to Total E&P UK (TEP UK). Under the contract, which runs from July 2015 and includes extension options for a further two years, Fugro is providing a full range of ROV services to conduct inspection, repair and maintenance ac
Forum Sub-Atlantic ‘Mojave’ for Spanish ROV Training School
EuroROV, the Spanish ROV training and engineering company, has taken delivery of a Forum Sub-Atlantic Mojave vehicle for its newly-launched ROV pilot training facility. The electric observation ROV, which was manufactured by Sub-Atlantic’s parent company Forum, can be set up and deployment using any
6 Alpha, Atkins Deliver UXO Risk Evaluation for Three UK OWFs
6 Alpha Associates has partnered with Atkins, to provide offshore UXO risk assessment ahead of the geotechnical surveys prior to the construction of 3 offshore UK wind farms. The two companies teamed up to deliver UXO risk management services for the geotechnical ground investigations undertaken at
PSA OKs Statoil for Edvard Grieg Oil Pipeline
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil green light to use the Edvard Grieg Oil Pipeline (EGOP). Earlier this month, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has also granted a start-up consent for the EGOP. The Edvard Grieg Oil Pipeline system has been designed and built to transpo
Aquatera and Jee Demonstrate Tidal Cabling Solution
The phase one of Scottish Enterprise-funded Tidal Array Cabling Solution project has been completed. The project was launched in December 2013 in order to develop and demonstrate effective methods of locating, securing, protecting and retrieving cables for tidal energy arrays. Stromness-based Aquate
Renishaw Launches New Marine Surveying Solution
British engineering company, Renishaw, has presented a new mobile 3D mapping product, a laser scanner ‘Merlin’. According to Reinshaw, Merlin has been engineered specifically for use in the challenging marine environment and to help cut the cost of vessel-based laser scanning. Using time-of-flight l
Reach Subsea Looking into Vessel Lay-Ups and Redundancies
Lower activity levels and tough market conditions could force Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea to lay up two of its vessels. Namely, in its third-quarter earnings release, the Oslo-listed company said that, for the winter season, Edda Fonn and/or Stril Explorer, ROV/Survey vessels, could be pulled
Prysmian Completes 66 kV Submarine Cable System Testing
Italian cable specialist Prysmian has finalized the electrical type tests on its 66 kV complete submarine cable system. The tests were carried out according to CIGRE and IEC testing protocols, the company said. The tested solution, which also includes factory, field joints and click-fit terminations