Subsea
Xodus in Second Stage of Multiphase Flow Reserach
International energy consultancy Xodus Group and Dutch innovation company TNO have completed the first phase of a joint industry project (JIP) into the dynamic forces which affect the integrity of piping systems, in particular through multiphase flow. The second phase of the project, which is expect
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 21 – September 27). Project Development International (PDi), part of Ceona, has secured more than £6 million in project awards in 2015 to date. In August 2012, Hammersmith-based SURF contrac
N-Sea Recognised for TUP at Northern Star Business Awards
N-Sea has been named as winner of the Northern Star Business Awards’ “Commitment to Innovative Use of Research & Development” category. The ceremony took place in Aberdeen on September 24, where N-Sea was recognised for TUP (Transfer Under Pressure) Diving System. N-Sea created the closed bell syste
GE Deal May Bring 1000 New Jobs to UK Energy Sector
GE has reached an agreement with the UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) to access export financing for up to $12 Billion. This agreement will initially support both confirmed and potential orders in a number of international markets including Brazil, Ghana, India and Mozambique.As GE w
Sverdrup’s Phase 1 Capex Estimated at $1 Bln Less
Statoil, the operator for the Johan Sverdrup development, has presented an updated capex estimate, for the first phase of the development, showing reduced capital expenditures as a result of positive market response in contracts and purchase orders. In the Plan for Development and Operations (PDO),
Jan de Nul Secures Nobelwind Contract for Vidar
Jan De Nul Group and the offshore wind project Nobelwind signed the first offshore wind contract for Jan De Nul’s recently acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel Vidar. It concerns the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 51 monopile foundations for 50 wind turbines and fo
Offshore Energy 2015: MMT to Hold SROV Presentation
Founder and CTO of marine survey specialist MMT, Ola Oskarsson, will give a presentation on “3D visualization of subsea structures” at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 on October 14 in Amsterdam. The Offshore Energy Conference is a platform for discussing key topics and solutions for the
New CEO at EMAS Offshore
EMAS Offshore has appointed Adarash Kumar (“Capt. Kumar”) as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective September 25, 2015. Jon Dunstan, the current CEO has resigned in order to pursue other interests outside of the company but will remain with the company to handover and assist Capt. Kuma
Atlantis Completes Subsea Cable Laying for MeyGen
Atlantis has completed the laying of four subsea cables at the MeyGen site in northern Scotland. The four cables are housed in individual bore holes of approximately 0.5km in length each, drilled earlier this year, which run from the foreshore into the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth and down to t
Ofgem Choses Preferred Bidder for Humber Gateway Link
Ofgem has appointed Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission link to the Humber Gateway wind farm for the next 20 years. Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium, a consortium comprising Balfour Beatty Investments Limited and Equitix Limited, wa
Boa Scraps Newbuild
Norway’s Boa IMR, a majority owned subsidiary in the Boa Offshore group, has sent a cancellation notice of the shipbuilding contract for an IMR/OCV vessel with Noryards Fosen. The contract for a Light Construction and Inspection Maintenance and Repair (IMR) Vessel was first announced in March this y
InterMoor UK Operations Achieves LTI Free Milestone
InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has surpassed eight years and more than 2,520 projects without a single lost-time incident (LTI). The safety record is held by InterMoor UK Operations – InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd and ChainCo. Company oper
HitecVision Gets New Senior Partner
Private equity player, HitecVision, has informed that Jan Harald Solstad will join the company on the October 1 as Senior Partner. For the last five years Jan Harald has been CEO of Core Energy, a HitecVision Fund V portfolio company. Jan Harald started his career at oil company Conoco, where he wor
Cefas Heads Research into Underwater Noise Impact
The Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has teamed up with Marine Scotland Science and the University of Exeter to analyse underwater noise data from subsea sound recorders located around the UK coast. Sources of noise in the ocean include shipping, seismic explorat