Subsea
NOC’s AAOSN Competition Enters Final Stage
The final phase of a competition to develop novel adaptive autonomous ocean sampling network (AAOSN) management systems for the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is now underway. Two UK consortia will move forward to develop systems capable of coordinating a suite of marine autonomous vehicles gath
Retry of Sabella’s D10 Cable Connection
After a delay in making a final cable connection of the D10 tidal turbine off Ushant island, Sabella announced that it will retry the connection next week. Last time the company had to suspend the operation due to incompatibility of MV Palembang vessel to make the connection. To avoid the equipment
Bibby HydroMap Appoints New Operations Director
Bibby HydroMap has appointed Mick Slater as their new Operations Director. After 3 years with the company, Mick Slater has been appointed to the role of Operations Director. With an MBE to his name and over 40 years of industry experience including more than 30 years in the Royal Navy, Mick will hol
NorSea Group Names UK Finance Director
NorSea Group (UK) Ltd has appointed Karen Russell as its first UK Finance Director. Karen becomes the third addition to the Group’s executive team as the company continues to grow its activity across Scotland in both the decommissioning and subsea support sectors. She joins MD Walter Robertson and O
MPS Welcomes EU Commission’s Innovation Fund Proposal
Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea-based company that is developing technology designed to harness wave energy, welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for an Innovation Fund, to strengthen the Emission Trading Scheme and support emerging renewable technologies. MPS is developing the WaveSub
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 13 – July 19). SubC Partner has awarded DOF Subsea UK two contracts to support the execution of its project to replace selected buoyancy modules on a live riser for Maersk Oil in the Dumbarton Fi
DeepOcean to Install Cables for Bligh Bank Phase II
DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded the inter array cable installation contract for the Bligh Bank Phase II Offshore Wind Farm in Belgium. Nobelwind NV is developing the Bligh Bank Phase II Offshore Wind Farm with fifty 3.3MW wind turbines offshore Belgium, with an
DOF Subsea, SubC to Work on Dumbarton Field
SubC Partner has awarded DOF Subsea UK two contracts to support the execution of its project to replace selected buoyancy modules on a live riser for Maersk Oil in the Dumbarton Field. The first scope focuses on onshore solution optimization, and sees DOF Subsea providing ROV assets, personnel and t
New Cable Capacity Record for Alcatel-Lucent and Apollo
Apollo and Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) have successfully demonstrated a capacity of 8 terabits-per-second (Tbit/s) of data per fiber pair on the Apollo South system, which connects France to the United States. For the demonstration ASN used its current generation 1620 Light Manager subma
Prysmian Cables for Normandie 1 Link
Prysmian has been awarded a new contract by Jersey Electricity (UK) for the “Normandie 1” project to provide electricity to Jersey in the Channel Islands from the French mainland. The project involves the turn-key supply and installation of a High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC) cable connection fr
Fugro Secures Fehmarnbelt Geotechnical Survey
Fugro has been awarded the Geotechnical Verification Investigations 2015 programme by Femern, owner of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link project. The planned 18 kilometre-long immersed tunnel will connect Denmark and Germany as part of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean corridor, one of the EU’s nine priority
VBMS Bags Normandie 1 Interconnector Setup Gig
VBMS has been awarded a contract by Jersey Electricity for the installation of an interconnector between Jersey, the largest Channel Island, and France. The 28-kilometre 90kV HVAC cable, part of Channel Island Electricity Grid (CIEG), will connect both grids in order to improve the electricity suppl
Harkand Gets Oaktree Boost
Harkand’s key shareholder Oaktree Capital Management has invested an additional $25 million which should allow the company to expand its footprint in new and existing regions. The IMR specialist has recently been awarded three major frame agreements taking them into West Africa and Mexico for the fi
Akastor to Scale Down to 6000 Employees
Oilfield services investment company, Akastor, has remained in red as the challenging market situation continues in the second quarter. The Oslo-listed company posted a loss of NOK 298 million ($36.4 million) for the second quarter 2015 and loss for the first half year of NOK 549 million ($67 millio