Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP has started commercial operations for its 15,000 km fibre optic deep-sea cable linking Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and the United States. The USD 300 million Hawaiki submarine cable system will deliver 43 terabits of additional capacity – several times the current
A delegation of the European Commission (EC) from DG RTD and DG GROW yesterday visited the Dutch Maritime Technology sector. The sector demonstrated the importance of Research, Development & Innovation for its global competitiveness and underlined the importance of the financial support from the EU
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is awarding contracts with a total value of £1.4 million to three innovation projects designed to support further investigation of promising structural materials and manufacturing concepts to be used in the construction of wave energy devices. ARUP will evaluate new ways o
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has increased its investment in Teledyne Marine pipe tracking technology with the purchase of a HydroPACT 660 system to add to Seatronics’ extensive global rental fleet. The HydroPACT 660 smaller and lighter coil array has been designed to help reduce the operating cos
U.S. oil company Talos Energy which has recently merged with Stone Energy has started production from the Mt. Providence Gulf of Mexico well two months ahead of the original schedule.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has awarded contracts worth $1.6 billion for the world’s largest continuous 3D onshore and offshore seismic survey, covering an area up to 53,000 square kilometers. Adding to the 2D and 3D seismic data already acquired across Abu Dhabi, the new seismic surv
To improve and control flow in water injection wells, Tendeka, has completed a field trial with a major operator to test its sand control technology – Cascade³. Cascade³ is a well screen and flow control completion system which uses intrinsic check-valves built into the lower completion to prevent s
Energy plays a role throughout the lifecycle of dredging projects, and decisions made early in the project initiation phase can have huge impacts on later energy consumption. Also, legislation, relating to emissions and sustainability, is becoming more strict, Central Dredging Association (CEDA) sai
Trendsetter Engineering and Add Energy, the co-developers who created the ‘Relief Well Injection Spool’ (RWIS), have announced that their well kill and optimization hardware has been granted a US patent. The RWIS has been designed and built to enable operators to stop a blowout from prolific reservo
Fairfield Geotechnologies and Ikon Science have formally signed a joint venture agreement to offer complete geoprediction services to the oil and gas industry in North America. The joint venture leverages Ikon Science’s geoprediction technology, which includes innovative workflows for unconventional
Telecom Argentina, Grupo Werthein and Seaborn Networks have revealed the Argentinian landing point of ARBR submarine cable system connecting Argentina and Brazil. The ARBR will be landing in Telecom Argentina’s cable landing station in Las Toninas, Argentina. In addition, Telecom Argentina shall pro
The first project for XblocPlus was recently awarded, and as part of this contract, XblocPlus will be used as reinforcement of the 32 km long Afsluitdijk. The Levvel consortium, including BAM, Van Oord and Rebel, will use the new XblocPlus under the name ‘Levvel-bloc’ for this Afsluitdijk project. P
Rosenberg WorleyParson has awarded PG Flow Solutions’ subsidiary, Calder, a contract to supply a MEG pump package to the Nova field tie-back to Gjøa platform, in the North Sea. Wintershall as the operator of Nova has decided to develop the field with two subsea modules tied back to the Gjøa platform
Submarine cables solutions provider E-marine said it has begun works to install the ‘Mauritius and Rodrigues Submarine Cable System’ (MARS). The first submarine cable between Mauritius and Rodrigues Island is being built to meet the increasing demand for internet connectivity in the region. PCCW Glo
