Subsea
James Fisher Grabs X-subsea Assets
James Fisher has purchased the assets and intellectual property rights of X-Subsea for a total consideration of £14.8m. Headquartered in Aberdeen, X-Subsea went into administration on April 27 2015 following the collapse of its Norwegian parent company Reef Subsea AS. X-Subsea, a designer and operat
Delta SubSea Adds New Vessel
Delta SubSea (DSS) has entered into an agreement with Olympic Shipping for the ‘Olympic Delta’, a newly built Multipurpose Subsea Support & Construction Vessel. The Olympic Delta is a green vessel, designed according to DNV class. The vessel is equipped with two Delta SubSea Schilling HD 150 HP work
IOG Starts Seismic Remapping in North Sea
Independent Oil and Gas plc (“IOG”), has started the 3D seismic remapping project over its Southern North Sea gas portfolio on a phased basis, with the first results expected by the end of May. IOG has decided to complete the remapping work over its portfolio in three phases: 1) Core SNS area includ
Technip Nets Thunder Horse Gig
Technip has secured a contract with BP E&P for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. At a water depth of approximately 1,900 meters, the current field d
OIS to Decommission North Sea Subsea Wells
Offshore Installation Services (OIS), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract to decommission multiple wells in the North Sea by Centrica Energy. The initial campaign includes six subsea wells in the central North Sea, in categories 2.1 and 2.2, which will be abandoned using a diverless, vess
Red Marine’s Subsea Umbilical Clamp for FMC Technologies
Red Marine has delivered a subsea umbilical clamp to FMC Technologies, that will be commissioned on board the Island Performer in the Gulf of Mexico and used in Well Intervention Operations. The clamp has been developed to hold a new subsea umbilical with in excess of 20t back tension. Red Marine wa
Moventas’ Gearboxes for Alstom’s Tidal Turbines
Moventas has been chosen as the sole gearbox development partner for Alstom to equip the raz Blanchard pilot tidal farm in Northern France. Moventas’ gearbox technology expertise will soon be harnessed in tidal energy for the first time. Alstom has been chosen to supply for a pilot tidal energy farm
Bad Weather Hampers Kentish Flats Cable Load-Out
Cable load-out ops for the Kentish Flats Extension project saw cable-laying barge, ‘Nostag 10’, be the first to arrive at the NSW’s factory berth in Nordenham on Friday May 1. According to the company, loading progressed quickly and by Saturday evening all array cables had been safely loaded onto th
Alcatel-Lucent Launches SOFTNODE for Subsea Cables
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks has introduced 1620 SOFTNODE asset, an “industry-first” platform that will enable the transmission of 240 terabit-per second (Tbit/s) on multiple fiber pairs. The 1620 SOFTNODE has been selected by GoTo Networks for the Australia West Express system, the first direc
MacArtney Develops New Hydrostatic Pressure Vessels
Esbjerg-based, MacArtney, has presented its new range of hydrostatic pressure vessels. The company provides hydrostatic test facilities and services, but also designs and supplies its own range of pressure vessels with alternative dimensions and pressure rating. According to the company , with a pre
Flexlife Nets $6 Mln in Contracts
Flexlife has won a number of contracts this year to date valued at over USD 6 million for oil and gas operators in the US Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea and Malaysia. According to Flexlife, the contracts are separate from the recently announced award from Apache North Sea Limited for subsea project m
2H Offshore Boosts Teams in Aberdeen and Kuala Lumpur
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has strengthened its flexible marine riser engineering capabilities by expanding its teams in Aberdeen and Kuala Lumpur. A flexible riser engineer, Gilles Gardner, has been hired as a technical manager to support 2H’s growing flexible riser engineering service offerin
GE, Enpro Subsea in Fluid Well Intervention Pact
GE Oil & Gas and Enpro Subsea announced an agreement to jointly market and provide fluid intervention services that offer oil and gas operators a cost-effective way to improve production rates in producing wells. The volume of hydrocarbons extracted from offshore fields with subsea wells is typicall
Fairfield to Start Dunlin Decommissioning Programme
Fairfield Energy and MCX Dunlin Limited (“MCX”) are planning to begin a Decommissioning Programme for the Dunlin field cluster in the northern North Sea, subject to the necessary regulatory approvals. Fairfield acquired Dunlin, Dunlin SW, Merlin and Osprey fields from Shell and its partners in April