Subsea
Atkins in Decommissioning Contract with Centrica
Atkins has been awarded a multidisciplinary pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) decommissioning contract with Centrica Energy. The agreement applies to any fields Centrica decides to decommission in the UK or Netherlands during the contract period. Alex Campbell, managing director of Atkins’ oil
Unique Group’s Daughter Craft for Vertech
Unique Group has delivered two new dive systems and a diving vessel worth around £5 million to services provider, Vertech. The Hydracraft 1500 Daughter Craft vessel, named the Vaila, is nearly 50ft long and designed for air diving activity. The hull is designed to provide an enhanced stability, opti
Sonomatic Expands Its Team
Sonomatic has welcomed Tracy Anderson to the company as RAIS Division Manager (Rope Access and Inspection Services) and UK Business Development Manager. Tracy will be responsible for the continued development and management of the RAIS division which provides conventional NDT, specialised non-core N
DNV GL Bags Polarled Pipelay Surveillance Contract from Statoil
DNV GL has been awarded another offshore pipelay surveillance contract by Statoil to monitor quality assurance throughout the installation campaign. Statoil is installing the 480km long Polarled gas pipeline between the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea and the Nyhamna gas processing facilit
GC Rieber Slips on Strong Dollar
GC Rieber Shipping has posted a net loss of NOK 36.3 million ($4.9 million) in the first quarter 2015, versus a net profit of NOK 41.2 million ($5.5 million) in first quarter 2014. According to the company, weakening of NOK against USD in the quarter resulted in unrealised currency loss of NOK 72.7
Vard Down on Forex, Aims to Streamline Cost Structure
Shipbuilder and designer of offshore and specialised vessels, Vard Holdings has seen its profits slip into the red on unrealized foreign exchange losses, despite increase in turnover. Vard generated revenues of NOK 3.06 billion for the first quarter of 2015, up from NOK 2.67 billion in the correspon
Eni to Conduct Manned Underwater Ops at Goliat
Eni Norge AS has received consent for manned underwater operations connected with the Goliat facility. Eni Norge AS (Eni) is the operator of the Goliat field, which is located on the Tromsøflaket bank around 85 km north-west of Hammerfest. The field is being developed using a floating production, st
Kongsberg Hydroacoustic Package for New Polar Research Vessel
The new ‘RV Kronprins Haakon’, the first Norwegian Icebreaker built for Polar research, will start regular science cruises in 2017 with a complete hydroacoustic systems package from Kongsberg Maritime. Builder Fincantieri has selected a combined delivery of Kongsberg Maritime survey technology, incl
CGG Starts Horda Survey Extension Off Norway
CGG announced a western extension of the Horda BroadSeisTM-BroadSourceTM 3D multi-client program it began acquiring in the Northern North Sea offshore Norway in 2014. The extension, known as Tampen, is located in the Northern Viking Graben offshore Norway and the UK and is expected to be completed i
Alcatel-Lucent Extends Reach of Unrepeatered Cable Systems
Alcatel-Lucent has achieved a technological record for subsea communications by extending the reach of unrepeatered cable systems at 100 gigabits-per-second to more than 610 kilometers using the same fiber for both signal and amplifier transmission. By freeing up individual fibers normally combined
Global Marine Acquires Q1000 Jet Trencher
Global Marine Systems Limited has extended its subsea capability with the acquisition of a jet trenching ROV. The new submersible compliments the existing burial equipment portfolio and is designed for pre and post-lay trenching as well as simultaneous lay and burial in the offshore subsea cable sec
Sonomatic Goes Deeper with Ultrasonic Subsea Inspection
Sonomatic, a provider of automated ultrasonic subsea inspection, has successfully deployed its accurate corrosion mapping approach at a depth of 1435 m, setting a new benchmark for depth with this technique. As the company informs, the inspection was carried out using the ROV-iT, a ROV-deployed ultr
Subsea 7 to Axe 11 Vessels and 2500 Jobs
Subsea 7 has informed that a programme of cost reduction measures will be implemented including a re-sizing of the fleet and workforce, and the restructuring of its corporate organisation. According to the company’s filing to Oslo Stock Exchange, this decision comes in view of the difficult business
Ex-FMC Men, DeepOcean Found Optime Subsea Services
A group of ex-FMC employees have teamed up with subsea installation player DeepOcean to found Optime Subsea Services, whose multi Completion System (mCS) can install subsea trees at up to 80% the time and cost of traditional solutions. “The oil and gas operators have for years requested a cost reduc