Subsea
Tracerco Wins IOP Innovation Award for Discovery
Tracerco, based in Billingham, received an Innovation Award from the Institute of Physics (IOP) for developing Discovery. Discovery is used to establish the integrity of subsea pipeline assets. The system operates at depths of up to 3000 meters and uses gamma ray tomography to produce high resolutio
WATCH: Gina Krog Jacket in Place
During the last weekend in June the Gina Krog jacket was installed in the North Sea. Including rigging and buoyancy tanks the jacket weighing more than 17 000 tons was secured to the seabed with 18 more than 90 meter long piles, and it’s ready for the summer drilling campaign. The Gina Krog jacket l
BASF Eyes Nord Stream II
Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Alexey Miller, and Kurt Bock, Chairman of the BASF Board of Executive Directors have met to address further cooperation between the companies and BASF participation in the construction of the Nord Stream II gas pipeline. In addition, a meeting between Al
AALEA Orders Second Tomahawk ROV from Sub-Atlantic
Sub-Atlantic has won a second contract with Italian oil and gas subsea services provider, AALEA, for the delivery of one of Tomahawk observation ROV systems. It is the second system of its kind that Sub-Atlantic has provided for AALEA with the first successfully completing a 100km pipeline survey in
Saipem Dropped from South Stream Contract
Italy’s Saipem has lost a major contract related to the pipe laying activities under the Black Sea. According to reports, Russian gas giant Gazprom, has through its South Stream Transport BV, informed Saipem to terminate the contract for the construction of the first line of the offshore section of
Nexans’ XLPE Cables for JFK & Storstrømmen Project
Denmark’s electricity grid is to be reinforced with more than 290 km of Nexans’ XLPE cables as part of ENERGINET.DK’s JFK & Storstrømmen project. Nexans will supply two submarine cable systems and two underground cable systems in Denmark in a contract worth approximately €25 million. Nexans will pro
SRP Secures Contract for Nimway Connector Development
Subsea Riser Products Ltd (SRP), an Acteon company, has secured a contract to develop and qualify its Nimway 510 and Nimway 710 completion and workover riser connectors for a subsea wellheads and production systems provider. The commitment of more than US$4 million is against SRP successfully qualif
CGG Vessel Availability Rate Down to 74 Pct
French seismic contractor CGG has seen its vessel availability rate plunge to 74%, compared to a 84% availability rate in the first quarter of 2015 and a 94% rate in the second quarter of 2014. According to CGG, this vessel availability rate this quarter is the result of a 10% high steaming rate to
Construction Starts at Sandbank OWF
Vattenfall and SWM have begun the pile driving on monopile “SB 62”, marking the start of construction of the Sandbank wind farm 90 km off the coast of Sylt. After the DanTysk offshore wind farm, Sandbank is now the second infrastructure project that Vattenfall and SWM are realizing together. The sis
Bilfinger Nets Race Bank Foundations Order
Bilfinger Mars Offshore has won an order for the production of 91 steel foundations for the North Sea wind park. The wind park, located 28 kilometers from the United Kingdom’s east coast, will have an output of about 580 MW and will provide 400,000 households with electricity. The client is Danish e
HullWiper Expands to Danish Ports
Authorities at the Danish ports of Copenhagen, Kalundborg and Fredricia have granted permission for GAC EnvironHull’s HullWiper solution to be used within their ports and outside of holding areas. These approvals represent the latest expansion of the service into the Scandinavian region, following t
PSA Audits Statoil’s Norne Subsea Facilities
The Petroleum Safety Authority has carried out an audit of integrity management of flexible risers and subsea facilities and associated safety equipment at Norne. The objective of the audit was to verify that the integrity management of flexible risers and subsea facilities and associated safety equ
EC Supports New Europe – South America Subsea Link
Telebras of Brazil and Islalink of Spain, have signed a EULALINK Joint Venture agreement to build a new submarine optical fibre cable between Europe and Latin America. The subsea cable, which should be complete in early 2018, will link Lisbon (Portugal) with Fortaleza (Brazil). This initiative shoul
Scientists Take Closer Look at Eckernförde Bay
The GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has started a long term monitoring of the Eckernförde Bay and the last three years scientists have obtained high resolution bathymetry using RV LITTORINA and RV ALKOR. Eckernfoerde Bay comprises a variety of geological, geochemical and biological f