Subsea
PHOTO: Olympic Delta Named
Norway’s Kleven Verft and Olympic Shipping held a naming ceremony on Saturday, July 4, for a newly built multipurpose subsea support & construction vessel Olympic Delta. The MT 6021 MKII-design vessel was baptized by Cassie Dingman in Fosnavåg, followed by an Open Ship event. To remind, Olympic Ship
GMS Bags First Decom Job in North Sea
Gulf Marine Services announces that one of its Large Class vessels in Europe has been contracted for decommissioning work, a new activity for the Group. The vessel, which has been supporting well service and maintenance work in the Southern North Sea for an international oil company since Q3 2012, w
SubC Secures Maersk Oil EPCI Contract
SubC Partner recently won an EPCI project on an FPSO with Maersk Oil in the Dumbarton field in the North Sea, 230 kilometers northeast of Aberdeen. The final goal of the project is to replace selected buoyancy modules on a live riser, without shutting down oil production, the company said. “We are d
Plexus Strengthens Position in China
Plexus has entered into a collaboration agreement with China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), Red Sea Technologies (RST), and Plexus’ Chinese licensing partner Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group (Jereh). The collaboration agreement will explore commercial opportunities for shallow water subsea an
Schottel Hydro’s Pitch Hub for MeyGen Tidal Turbine
SCHOTTEL HYDRO will manufacture and deliver the variable pitch hub for the AR1500 turbine for Phase 1a of the MeyGen tidal energy project under contract to Lockheed Martin. The MeyGen Phase 1a AR1500, a 1.5 MW seabed mounted turbine, is being designed and delivered by Atlantis Resources and Lockheed
RV Heincke Hits 25 Mark
8 July, 2015 will mark the Research Vessel Heincke’s 25th birthday with over 900,000 kilometers logged. Staff from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), which operates the Heincke, take part in expeditions with the ship just as often as fellow researcher
EMGS’ Q2 Vessel Utilisation at 68 Pct
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announces vessel utilisation for the second quarter 2015 at 68% compared with 75% for the corresponding quarter in 2014. EMGS recorded 10.5 vessel months this quarter, compared with 12 vessel months in the second quarter of 2014, the company informed. The BOA T
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (June 29 – July 05). Italian contractor, Saipem, has relased an animation of its future fleet addition, the offshore subsea construction vessel Normand Maximus. With Normand Maximus, the Italian contra
Subsea 7 Lands Australia EPRS Deal with Chevron, Inpex
Subsea 7 has been awarded four contracts by Chevron Australia and INPEX for the engineering, procurement and construction of an Emergency Pipeline Repair System (EPRS) to be used offshore Australia. This EPRS project consists of developing a process of repair, including both equipment and contingenc
WATCH: Gullfaks Subsea Wet Gas Compressor Installed
After several years of technology development, construction and testing the first subsea wet gas compressor in the world is now installed at the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea. In May and June Gullfaks subsea compressor project (GSC) completed successful structure and module installation campa
Gode Wind 2 Foundations in Position
GeoSea has successfully installed all 42 positions for Gode Wind 2 and already 6 monopiles for Gode Wind 1. Using a combination of the IHC IQIP Hydrohammer S-3000 and newly developed NMS-8000 together with a big bubble curtain, all piles have been realized on time and within German underwater noise
Ulstein Gets New Sales Manager
Rolf Petter Almli has been appointed sales manager at Ulstein Verft, and will start his new position on 1 October. He comes from the position as general manager equipment trading and yard support in Rolls-Royce Marine. After this appointment, Rolf Petter Almli and Trond Skodjevåg Bø will be sales ma
Finland to Revamp RV Aranda
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) has informed that the marine research vessel Aranda will be renovated to meet the needs of future marine research in the Baltic Sea. According to SYKE, the renovation reduces the vessel’s operating costs, increases its energy efficiency and reduces its emissions.
Submarine Electricity Transmission Close to $25 Bln in 2024
According to a new report from Navigant Research, the global submarine electricity transmission market is expected to grow from $16.8 billion in 2015 to $24.8 billion in 2024. Today, submarine electricity transmission systems are being used more frequently for long and short hauls in undersea, lake,