Subsea
Maersk Drilling Names New CCO
Ana Zambelli, currently Managing Director for Subsea Operations at Transocean, will take up the role as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) in Maersk Drilling. She will start June 01, 2015 reporting directly to CEO Claus V. Hemmingsen. Ana Zambelli will assume the position as CCO after Martin Fruergaard,
WGK Supports OSRL Containment Project
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has secured a five year contract with Oil Spill Response (Capping) Ltd (OSRL) to provide the maintenance support for a key part of a containment toolkit that would be used to control hydrocarbon release in the event of a subsea well control incident. The multi-million dollar p
MMT Checks Dong’s Pipelines
Sweden-based MMT has recently completed a pipeline inspection for Dong E&P in the North Sea, Danish sector. MMT was earlier awarded a long term service agreement with Dong Energy Exploration and Production and has been performing the annual inspection on the Dong pipelines in the North Sea since 200
WaveRoller Gets Lloyd’s Register Endorsement
WaveRoller®, developed by Finnish AW-Energy, has received its first endorsement from Lloyd’s Register Energy. The independent certification organization Lloyd’s Register Energy issued a Statement of Feasibility to the WaveRoller® technology as a first step in the certification process. The aim with
Saipem Cleared for Black Sea Pipeline Work
Saipem is to resume its pipeline construction operations in the Black Sea after receiving a go-ahead notice from South Stream Transport B.V. The notification comes just a few day after Gazprom, now a 100% owner of South Stream Transport, announced further development on Turkish Stream project, setti
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 04 – May 10). A new subsea company was launched at OTC in Houston today May 4, 2015. Underwater Integrity Solutions (UIS), headquartered in Houston, is an independent company focused on underwater
Ecosse Subsea Systems Adds MASfab
Banchory-based subsea technology specialist, Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS), has acquired MASfab for an undisclosed sum. The County Durham-based MASfab provides a range of fabrication, welding and construction services to the oil, gas and renewables sectors. As part of the deal MASfab has been awarded
Subsea 7 Lands USD 300 Mln Maria Gig
Subsea 7 has been awarded of a contract with a value of approximately USD 300 million for the Maria field development by Wintershall Norge AS. The pipeline and subsea construction contract consists of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 95 kilometres of rigid flowlines
Cable Layer Ile de Sein Delayed After Fire in Hawaii
A cable-laying vessel ‘Ile de Sein’ caught fire on May 4 while it was docked in Honolulu, Hawaii. According to reports, the fire started from the generators compartment. Namely, fire works inflamed cables in one of the diesel generators and fire extended to the two vessel. The fire broke out at arou
Vertech Invests in Growth
International oil service firm Vertech, part of Global Energy Group (GEG) has announced plans for rapid growth at its new Aberdeen office in the next five years. Only a few months old, the Granite City arm of the Australian company, said it aims to achieve £40 million annual turnover from the base.
50Hertz Awaits Ostwind 1 Subsea Cable Route Approval
50Hertz informed it has reached another important milestone in the approval procedure for the Ostwind 1 offshore cable project. The public hearing for the submarine cable route in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the grid connection of the Westlich Adlergrund cluster (project Ostwind 1) was hel
Polar Duchess in 3D Barents Shoot
Dolphin Geophysical, in partnership with TGS, is currently acquiring 4,100km² of Multi-Client 3D Broadband seismic in the Barents Sea. The Polar Duchess is utilising 12 streamers and is working towards a planned completion date in June 2015. The Ringvassøy survey will cover open acreage of the Norwe
Kvaerner Earns $18.3 Mln in Q1
Kvaerner, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, has recorded net profit for total operations of NOK 137 million ($18.3 million) in first quarter 2015, compared to NOK 63 million ($8.4 million) in the corresponding quarter last year. Basic and diluted earnings per share for t
Scientists Study Ocean Acidification Effects at Raunefjord
In a new experiment with the KOSMOS mesocosms, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel address key questions about the impacts of ocean acidification on the food web and biogeochemical cycling. As part of this study, which runs until the end of June in Raunefjord, Bergen (Nor