Subsea
Students Visit Subsea 7
Oil services company Subsea 7 hosted a visit for ‘Young Women into Energy’ students at its Aberdeen workshop. Every year, North East Scotland College runs a skills for work energy course for girls in secondary school. The course is part of an initiative to encourage school pupils to consider enginee
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 30 – April 05). Fugro has been awarded a five-year contract with an estimated value of USD 100 million by Total E&P Congo. The agreement is for ROV services and remote subsea tooling in the Moho
Seatricity Oceanus 2 Almost Ready for Redeployment
Seatricity has informed that the winter refit of its Oceanus 2 wave energy convertor is nearing completion. Over the next few days, Seatricity’s patented hydraulic pump, which was stripped down over the winter for component analysis, will be reassembled at The Cylinder Service Center Ltd of Washingt
Vattenfall Seeks Geotechnical Contractor for Horns Rev 3
Vattenfall has invited tenders for the geotechnical investigation of Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. The job on the offshore wind farm, located in the North Sea, will cover seabed CPTs to minimum 50m penetration, geotechnical boreholes (50m), P-S logging and pressure meter testing as well
BGR to Charter Survey Vessel for Panorama 2
The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) from Hannover, Germany plans to hire a vessel to conduct offshore geophysical surveys. BGR has invited tenders for the provision of a research vessel, intended for the Institute’s project “Panorama 2” which includes conducting 2D refl
Eni Nominates Next Saipem CEO
Eni has proposed Stefano Cao as the next chief executive officer of Italian oil service company Saipem, to replace Umberto Vergine at a shareholder meeting in April. Furthermore, Eni, which holds 43 percent stake in Saipem, approved the proposal of the following candidates for appointment to Saipem’
NOC to Show Global Ocean Computer Models at Ocean Business
The spread of oil spills and marine pollution through the world’s oceans can now be simulated on computer models developed by the National Oceanography Centre to help the marine industry manage and measure risk. These techniques will be demonstrated at Ocean Business, the ocean technology event host
CGG Challenges Dolphin Record Claims
After the recent announcement from Dolphin about mobilisation of what the company described as “world’s largest floating object” by deploying a seismic spread of 12 streamers offshore Myanmar, Subsea World News received a notice from CGG claiming the announcement as “misinformation from Dolphin”. Th
Russian Trawler Sinks, 56 People Dead
Russian trawler Dalny Vostok has sunk in the Sea of Okhotsk leaving 56 dead out of 132 people on board. According to the reports from Russian news agency Tass, the trawler sunk within 15 minutes around 250 kilometers south of the city of Magadan, on Thursday. Sixty-three people were rescued, and thi
ESS Profits Driven by Focus on Green Energy Market
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has recorded profit of £3.4 million and generated revenue of £15.6 million, according to its latest published accounts. According to the Aberdeenshire-based subsea engineering specialist, revenue increased by 88% due to the ESS’ diversification from its traditional oil an
HCS Launches Mobile Workshops for Safer Subsea Ops
HCS Control Systems has launched a fleet of new mobile workshops which will, according to the company, make the maintenance of critical subsea control systems offshore much safer. The company, which designs, manufactures, assembles and tests subsea equipment, has invested £750,000 in the development
Prysmian Lands EUR 230 Mln 50Hertz Cable Deal
Prysmian has secured a new award by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH, a subsidiary of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, transmission grid operator in Germany, worth approximately €230 million to design, produce and install a power cable system for the offshore wind park cluster West of Adlergrund in the German Baltic
Subsea Masters Sets Up Maintenance & Repair Base in Canary Islands
Subsea Masters, a subsidiary of UK-based GEV Group, has agreed a joint venture with a Las Palmas shipyard in the Canary Islands to provide rig maintenance and repair for the West African offshore drilling market. The agreement, signed with Zamakona Shipyard, is set to give the UK group a base from w
GE, Statoil: Final Call for Open Innovation Challenge
GE Oil & Gas and Statoil have issued their final call for entries for their Open Innovation Challenge which launched in January 2015, Subsea UK reported. GE & Statoil issue final call for five $25,000 cash prizes; The partnership is crowdsourcing solutions to reduce trucking of sand in fracking proc