Subsea
BW Offshore Gets FPSO Umuroa Extension
BW Offshore has received a contract extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Umuroa. The extension is for one year from Q4 2017 to Q4 2018, the company said. The FPSO is operating offshore New Zealand for Tamarind in the Tui Area oil field. Oil is produced from the Tui, Amokura and Pateke o
MacGregor to Provide Equipment for Summit LNG Terminal in Bangladesh
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order for the fabrication, engineering and project management of a complete subsea mooring and riser system with the Bangladesh-based company, Summit LNG Terminal. The MacGregor system will serve Summit’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), an
Magseis Bags Seismic Deal in North Sea
Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis is in the process of finalizing a contract for the provision of a 4D seabed seismic acquisition survey in the North Sea. Magseis will mobilize its MASS Modular crew for the project. The duration of the contract is estimated at approximately two weeks
DNV GL: Offshore Wind to See Benefit from Robots with AI
DNV GL has released a new position paper that describes how Artificial intelligence (AI) will increasingly automate operations over the next several years in the solar and wind industries and boost efficiencies across the renewable energy sector. The position paper “Making Renewables Smarter: The be
Viewport3 Helps Deliver New Underwater Scanning Techniques
A new company, Viewport3, has been launched to help deliver new underwater scanning techniques. Viewport3 was founded by Richard Drennan and Chris Harvey. The company, which recently secured incubator membership at Subsea UK, aims to reduce the time and cost associated with performing subsea scannin
First Oil Flows from Dana’s Western Isles Development
Dana Petroleum has informed that the first oil has started flowing from its Western Isles development in the UK North Sea. Western Isles (Dana 77% and Cieco 23%) is now producing from the Harris and Barra oil fields in the Northern North Sea, 160 km east of the Shetlands and 12 km west of the [&hell
Kawasaki Wraps Up AUV Verification Testing in UK
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has completed a verification test for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in UK waters. An AUV is capable of autonomously assessing and acting according to its surrounding conditions and circumstances while carrying out preassigned missions. The AUV verification test was
Wintershall Deploys Emerson Roxar System on Maria Field
Emerson’s latest Roxar downhole sensor system has been deployed on the Maria field offshore Norway, providing the field’s operator Wintershall with improved well integrity monitoring and offshore safety. The pressure and temperature monitoring system allows Wintershall to verify that the predicted p
Teledyne Reson’s Multibeam Echosounder Set to Work Off Greenland
Teledyne Reson is set to deliver the SeaBat T50-R extended range high-resolution multibeam sonar to Greenland Climate Research Centre, to be hull mounted on R/V Sanna. The Greenland Climate Research Centre, a part of Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, will utilize the Seabat T50-R ER capabili
NKT Enters Wave Power Market with New Cables Testing
NKT is entering the market for wave power with the testing of power cables for the new wave power project in Norway. NKT has embarked on the journey to produce energy from the sea and has developed two cables designed to withstand the continuous movements of the waves, the company said. The low and
VBMS Introduces Resin-Free Hang-Off
VBMS has introduced a new solution for fixing and sealing subsea cables in offshore structures with its resin-free hang-off. The resin-free hang-off is a joint development of VBMS and Kintech Energy. Arno van Poppel, managing director of VBMS said, “As a total solution provider in the renewables sec
CGG Delivers Northern Viking Graben Data
CGG has delivered the final time-processed data from its Northern Viking Graben multi-client 3D BroadSeis-BroadSource survey. This new product offers exploration companies over 35,000km2 of subsurface images across the Norwegian Northern North Sea, the company said. The Northern Viking Graben survey
McDermott in Safaniya EPCI Deal with Saudi Aramco
McDermott International has confirmed a major contract award from Saudi Aramco for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services in the Safaniya onshore and offshore field. According to McDermott, a major contract is in range between USD 750 million and USD 1,500 million. T
PHOTO: Heerema Starts Peregrino II Jacket Construction
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has started the construction of the Peregrino II jacket with the steel cutting ceremony at its Vlissingen yard in The Netherlands. The company secured the construction contract for the Peregrino II jacket by South Atlantic Holding, on behalf of Statoil in May 2017. Th