Subsea
Petrofac Gets Well Operator Job on Thames Decommissioning Project
Petrofac has been appointed to provide outsourced well operator services on the next phase of Tullow Oil’s Thames decommissioning project, following the award of a new multi-million dollar contract. Under the terms of the award, Petrofac will provide well engineering project management services and
Deep Sea Mooring Nets Quadrant Contract
Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a Vryhof company, has secured a contract with Quadrant Energy to provide turnkey pre-lay mooring solutions to the Transocean GSF Development Driller 1 semisubmersible drilling rig offshore Australia. The deal, a continuation of previous work for Quadrant Energy, begins in Mar
SeaRoc Wins Humber Gateway Seabed Analysis Work
SeaRoc Group has been awarded a variation to provide detailed geographic information system (GIS) seabed analysis for E.ON Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. E.ON requested the variation to receive more detailed information about the seabed condition as a whole and at detailed locations through the
Newton and Sonardyne Integrate Systems for Dynamic Subsea Laser Mapping
Subsea technology companies, Newton Research Labs and Sonardyne International UK, have completed tests to integrate Newton Labs’ underwater laser scanners with Sonardyne’s acoustically-aided inertial navigation system for underwater vehicles, SPRINT-Mapper. According to Newton, the milestone paves t
SURF’s Up for Ocean Installer
Ocean Installer said it has secured two subsea umbilicals risers and flowlines (SURF) contracts with Statoil. The two contracts, comprise work from 2018 through 2020 on the Snorre, Troll, Njord, Åsgard, Bauge, Fenja and Dvalin fields. The first contract is for subsea lines modification (SLM) work, w
Coda Octopus Works on Real-Time 3D Head Up Display for Navy Divers
Coda Octopus has been awarded a follow-on sub-contract from the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State as part of a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) program. The award is for the development of a prototype real-time 3D Head Up Display solution for divers, coined the “3D HUD System”. The 3
CNOOC: Stampede Field Begins Production
CNOOC has informed that the Stampede field, located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, has started production. The Stampede Field is located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 185 kilometers south of Fourchon, Louisiana, U.S.A. It is positioned in approximately 1,066 meters of water, with a reservoi
Seaproof Solutions Wins More Work on Hornsea Project One
Seaproof Solutions said it has been awarded a contract extension to supply all inter array cable protection systems (CPS) for Ørsted’s 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. The wind farm, located 120 kilometers off the Yorkshire Coast in UK, will be capable of providing electricity to well o
UKHO Maps Seabed Around British Virgin Islands
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has chartered two boats to survey the waters around the British Virgin Islands as part of the UK’s Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Programme (OTSMP) commitments. Following the interruption of the original UKHO surveys by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in
InterMoor Executes Well Abandonment Project for Spirit Energy
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has recently completed a well abandonment campaign in the North Sea and East Irish Sea for Spirit Energy. Following consolidation of the former OIS Ltd decommissioning personnel into InterMoor, the decommissioning team have added four further wells to the 128 they have
Bluestream Adds Two Saab Seaeye Cougar ROVs
Bluestream, has added two new gravity-based Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact Zone II ROV systems to their fleet – a low-profile design of vehicle especially suited for fixed or floating platform inspections. Adding the two Cougar XT Compacts to its current fleet, brings Bluestream’s total of Saab Seaey
MacGregor Wraps Up Rapp Marine Acquisition
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has completed the acquisition of Rapp Marine Group (RMG) to strengthen its offering for the fishery and research vessel segment. MacGregor announced the acquisition of Rapp Marine in December 2017 for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 16 million. “With MacGregor’s
Sapura Energy Inks New Deals Worth $232M
Sapura Energy has trough its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries secured contracts with a combined value of approximately RM 905 million ($232 million). The first contract is for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) of Kinarut ERB WEST compressor
JFSE Redesigns Its Excavation Tool to Work in Very Shallow Waters
Subsea excavation specialist James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) has re-engineered one of its fleet in direct response to client requirements for excavations in particularly shallow water. The re-engineering of this tool has made it capable of excavating at just one meter – the shallowest depth ac