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The Underwater Centre to Deliver New ROV Training Programme
The Underwater Centre has unveiled a new model for increasing workforce competency in the ROV industry, using a realistic offshore instruction environment, at the recently held Subsea UK ROV conference in Aberdeen. Industry and training providers have collaborated to develop work class ROV operation
Oyster Secures R&D Funds
Aquamarine Power and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) have together secured an €800,000 (£580,000) EU Horizon 2020 grant to improve the performance of Aquamarine Power’s Oyster wave energy converter. The company has already built and operated two full-scale Oyster machines at the
Turkish Stream Launch Postponed
Russian gas giant Gazprom will have to take a rain check on its initial plan to start up the Turkish Stream gas pipeline at the end of 2016 due to current political situation in Turkey. In December 2014, Gazprom and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of Turkish Stream w
BP and Subsea 7 Jump In on Magma’s M-Pipe Development
Magma Global has signed a joint development agreement with BP and Subsea 7 in a project to qualify Magma’s carbon fibre m-pipe as the next generation of subsea pipelines. The programme is also supported by the National Composites Centre (NCC) and Innovate UK, the Government initiative established to
DeepOcean Bags Shell North Sea Survey Gig
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has been awarded a call-off contract for provision of ROV based Survey Services by Shell in the North Sea. According to DeepOcean, the contract is for three years plus options. “Shell in the Greater North Sea has been on our Clien
Rampion OWF Seabed Ops to Start This Week
Work will begin this week at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, in readiness for the first foundation installation in January, E.ON UK informed today. This will include clearing boulders on the seabed along the cable route and around each of the 116 foundation positions to allow safe and effective inst
IKM Secures Sverdrup Hot-Tap Contract
IKM Ocean Design has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Johan Sverdrup gooseneck spool and retrofit hot-tap tee from Statoil on behalf of operator Gassco. Part of the gas export solution from the Johan Sverdrup field, the assignment will take about two years to c
Cable Works Start at Sandbank OWF
By laying in the first power cable between the monopiles “SB 28C” and “SB 29C” Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München (SWM) have started the so-called inner park cabling of the offshore wind farm Sandbank, 90 km west of the coast of Sylt. The inner park cables are the “veins” of the wind farm, transporti
Tekmar Wins at Burbo Bank Extension
Tekmar Energy, has been awarded a contract to provide its TekLink mechanical latch systems at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm on the north-west coast of England. Tekmar will provide site operator DONG Energy with 65 systems including one export and nine bellmouths for the 32-turbine, 258
OGS Boosts Its Explora Vessel
French seismic acquisition equipment provider, Sercel, has been awarded a contract for the provision of a multi-channel seismic acquisition system by the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) in Trieste, Italy. The equipment will be installed on the digital telemetry r
PSL Develops New Tech to Improve Divers’ Safety
PhotoSynergy (PSL), a Scottish research and development company, has produced a new technology which aims to enhance safety for deep sea divers in the oil and gas industry. Namely, PSL, a spin out company of the University of St Andrews, has further developed its fibre lighting system LIGHTPATH, whi
GUT in Need of AUV (Poland)
The Department of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology in Poland has issued a tender invitation for the delivery of an autonomous underwater floating vehicle (AUV). The AUV should be fit for acoustics testing, and will be used under the framework of the project “Dev
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 07 – September 13). Subsea World News has taken an opportunity to speak to Gary McConnell, Global Business Development Manager from Aleron Subsea to give you a closer look into its business
Cameron Opens New Facility in Aberdeen
Oil & Gas UK Chief Executive Deirdre Michie formally opened new Aberdeen base for Cameron Flow Control Technology (UK) Ltd. Accompanied by Cameron’s Regional Vice President, Global Vice-President for Services, Regional Manager and Business Development Director, Deirdre toured the new facility, which