Equinor, on behalf of the Njord licence, has awarded Saipem a subsea service contract using a wireless underwater intervention drone and an ROV. This contact will make Equinor the first user of technology expected to be completed in 2020. “This is a historic contract in the oil and gas industry. It
The mining cutter suction dredger (CSD) Julia, which is part of Kenmare Resources’ Wet Concentrator Plant C development project, has arrived in Nacala, Mozambique. The dredger was shipped from the Netherlands and it will now be transported by road to the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine. Julia is the thi
Belgium engineering firm Tractebel, part of Engie, is developing a concept for an offshore platform that would convert power produced from offshore wind farms into hydrogen using electrolysis.
Subsea 7 has been awarded a sizeable contract for the installation of the submarine cable system on an offshore wind farm project in Taiwan. Subsea 7 defines a sizeable contract as being between USD 50 million and USD 150 million. Project engineering will start immediately at Seaway 7’s offices in L
Spark and the Southern Cross Cable Network (Southern Cross) shareholders have signed agreements and received regulatory approval for Telstra to become a 25% shareholder of Southern Cross. Telstra will also become an anchor customer of the new Southern Cross Next undersea cable, which will now procee
Aberdeen-based controls technology company Proserv has established two separate divisions – Proserv Controls and Gilmore, a Proserv Company, which will sit under the umbrella of the parent company, Proserv Group. Both divisions emanate directly from the firm’s abilities in different segments of the
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) WG Energy Efficiency is well on track with its paper titled: ‘Energy Efficiency of Dredging Activities’. The paper will cover the subject energy efficiency of dredging activities from a project – as well as an equipment related perspective. For a project it is
Sonardyne Brasil has supplied Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) positioning technology to track science equipment and underwater vehicles deployed from Brazil’s oceanographic research vessel, Alpha Crucis. The 64 m-long vessel, which is operated by the University of São Paulo, undertakes research projects
Benthic, part of Acteon, has secured an offshore geotechnical and geophysical contract from TechnipFMC for the Golfinho development, a deepwater discovery off the coast of Mozambique. Golfinho will be developed as a subsea system tied back to an onshore liquefied natural gas facility. For the first
Thai oil and gas firm PTTEP has selected oilfield services giant Halliburton for its Digital Well Program application to automate drilling, completions, and engineering processes across the well lifecycle.
A sophisticated T-bar mini-penetrometer for exclusive in-field seabed strength profiling of box core samples is now available from environmental monitoring experts Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL). The T-bar penetrometer measures the resistance of sediment to continuous penetration at a slo
WASA Dredging, a Finnish marine offshore and inland water construction company, is currently working on the Ålesund dredging program in Norway as the main contractor. Aim of the project is to widen the narrow multiple smaller fairways in the center of Ålesund and by doing so greatly improve the safe
IKM Subsea recently welcomed Norwegian minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg to it Bryne headquarters. Freiberg had invited himself together with representatives from his Government department to view the ROV Onshore Control Center. “This is like science fiction,” Freiberg was quoted
Magma Global has signed a contract with Shell to develop and qualify a flexible single polymer composite (SPC) pipe for cryogenic applications of down to -196oC. Magma was selected for its high precision laser manufacturing capability and experience in development and qualification of composite pipe
