C-Kore Systems has completed a contract with A/S Norske Shell, where the C-Kore subsea testing tools were used to assist with fault-finding in the Draugen field in Norway. With the use of the C-Kore tools, Shell was able to locate the source of low IR on the field, the company said. Børge Nedal, She
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)-operated human-occupied research submersible, Alvin, has made it’s 5000th dive at the end of November 2018. Alvin made its 5,000th dive during an expedition to the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California. The Navy-owned sub has been through a series of upg
Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR) has become the first company to invest in Sonardyne’s new Long BaseLine (LBL) and Inertial Navigation System (INS) software, Fusion 2. The announcement was made following Sonardyne’s launch event at OSEA 2018 in Singapore. STR will upgrade its existing 6G hardware
Chet Morrison Contractors (Morrison) has recently completed EPCIC project for DeNovo Energy on Iguana field offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Work scope for the Iguana field development included facilities for three development wells installed through a Conductor Supported Platform (CSP) and a 45-kilome
EGS has wrapped up geophysical survey of Coral Sea Cable System connecting Sydney to PNG and Solomon Island. The RV Northern Endeavour recently returned to Honia, marking the completion of its trip to Auki, Noro and Taro. According to EGS, the vessel has been in Solomon waters for close to a month,
Rolls-Royce has signed agreements for the supply of mooring equipment to two drilling rigs under construction in Singapore and China.
Sea-state monitoring specialist Miros Group has won a deal to supply eight oil spill detection systems to Brazilian oil major Petrobras.
ECA Group has been awarded a two-year contract for ISS (in service support) by the French Navy Fleet Support Service (SSF). Under the contract, ECA Group will provide corrective and preventive maintenance of the H2000 “Diomede” ROV used by Cephismer (Diving and Intervention Unit), initially supplied
McDermott said it has been awarded a sizeable ($1-$50 million) contract from Shell for new subsea umbilical and flowline installation at the Great White Frio development in Alaminos Canyon Block 857 in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. McDermott’s scope of work includes project management and engineering; in
Tekmar Energy has been selected by Van Oord to deliver its cable protection system (CPS) TekLink Mechanical Latch for the Borssele 2 (site III and IV) offshore wind farm. As part of the project, Tekmar said it will be supplying their latest TekLink Generation 8 cable protection system. The product w
Hydroid, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has completed testing of the REMUS 600 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with the newly integrated HISAS 2040 synthetic aperture sonar for an international navy customer. The HISAS 2040 system is engineered and manufactured at Kongsberg Maritime in Hort
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has partnered with MAKO Turbines to deploy a tidal turbine at its Barney Point Terminal in Gladstone. It is part of a six-month trial aimed at demonstrating how tidal flows at the Port of Gladstone can be harnessed to produce electricity. The demonstration is the fi
Hydraulic subsea tools specialist, Webtool, is developing a Fast Intervention Tool for subsea pipeline decommissioning in conjunction with Chevron Energy Technology Company. The tool will crimp, seal, and cut the pipe reducing the potential for contamination of the marine environment, potentially re
System integrator Alewijnse Marine has completed electrical outfitting works on board DEME’s new subsea cable layer Living Stone. The Living Stone has been designed to support wind farm installation and interconnector operations and recently started its first assignment at the Hornsea Project One wi
