Subsea
Ineos’ Forties Pipeline Fully Operational
Ineos has confirmed that the Forties pipeline system is back to normal after a repair that was conducted over past couple of weeks. The company shut down the pipeline on December 11, 2017, due to a hairline crack in the onshore section of the pipeline. All restrictions on the flow of oil and gas fro
Helix Names New Executive VP and Chief Commercial Officer
Helix Energy Solutions has appointed Geoffrey (Geoff) Wagner as executive vice president and chief commercial officer. Prior to joining Helix, Wagner spent several years in executive leadership with Atwood Oceanics, a provider of offshore drilling services, serving as VP of Strategic Planning, VP of
Bahia Grande Charters CSV Normand Commander
Solstad Farstad (SOFF) said it has entered a bareboat contract with Bahia Grande for the CSV Normand Commander for operation in Argentina. The contract period is 5 years firm, with further 1×3 years option. According to Solstad Farstad, the contract is scheduled to start in February 2018. The commer
DOF Subsea Wins New ROV Contracts with Petrobras
DOF Subsea has been awarded two new ROV contracts by Petrobras in Brazil. ROVs will be installed on board Skandi Angra and Skandi Paraty. The new contracts start in April 2018 and end in September and November 2020, respectively. Furthermore, Petrobras has extended two ROV contracts for the ROVs on
Maersk Deepwater Drillship Gets Tullow Ghana Gig
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a four-year contract for the deepwater drillship Maersk Venturer by Tullow Ghana. The contract, which was signed December 2017, is expected to begin in February 2018 and covers development drilling on the Jubilee and TEN fields offshore Ghana. Maersk Venturer is curr
Tribute and Tocardo Scrap Share Swap Proposal
Canadian energy company Tribute Resources and a Dutch-based tidal energy solutions provider Tocardo have been unable to reach agreement on the final definitive agreements required to facilitate the earlier announced share swap. The proposal was for the share exchange of Tribute shares (Tribute curre
Fugro, Planck Aerosystems Recognized for Oil Seepage Mapping Project
Fugro has been honoured with an Environmental Leadership Award from The Maritime Alliance, a California-based non-profit organisation that promotes sustainable, science-based ocean and water industries. The recognition was received in San Diego during the organisation’s BlueTech Week, an internation
Editor’s Picks for 2017
The editors of Subsea World News have selected a few among many worth remembering articles from the previous year that received exceptionally high attention from our readers. In no particular order, here are some of the news to look back on, in case you missed them last year. Enjoy! Fugro has axed o
Subsea Vessels of 2017
During 2017 we’ve seen an increased number of subsea vessels starting their first campaigns, being delivered and newbuilds ordered as the industry sets eyes on the market recovery. TechnipFMC and DOF Subsea PLSVs, as well as Helix well intervention vessels started operations in Brazil. McDermott sna
Photo News of 2017
Take a look at some of the amazing photos that made the news last year! https://subseaworldnews.com/2017/01/24/photo-full-house-at-aibel/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2017/02/01/photo-heerema-presses-on-with-culzean-jacket-work/ This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-set
Top Interviews of 2017
In 2017 Subsea World News team spoke with some of the biggest names in this large industry which is now expanding to deliver its technology know-how to other sectors while it expects the new oil market environment to start picking up in the near future. As the activity shifted for oil, subsea power
Top Videos of 2017
Subsea World News has gathered the most popular videos of 2017. We have seen many interesting videos in the past year. Here are the industry’s most-watched clips of 2017: The Largest Jacket on NCS Standing 140 metres tall and weighing 26 000 tonnes, the first jacket for Johan Sverdrup is the largest
Highlights of the Year 2017
Subsea World News has singled out the most interesting article from each month of 2017 that highlighted the subsea industry. In the Q1 2017, we saw the largest merger in the industry between Technip and FMC Technologies. Emas Chiyoda Subsea went bust and ABB sold its subsea cable business to NKT. Ja
Best of 2017
Subsea World News brings you the most popular articles from 2017. The Best of 2017 represents the readers’ choice, based on the monthly statistics and general interest in the articles. The most read articles of 2017 were: The Houston-based offshore EPCI player McDermott struck a deal to acquire the