The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the invalidation of several of WesternGeco’s marine streamer system patent claims, ION Geophysical has informed. According to ION Geophysical, four of the six claims, that were based on the District Court’s award of damages to W
Energean Oil & Gas has received class approval from DNV GL for the basic design of the newbuild Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel that will be deployed at its Karish and Tanin development, offshore Israel. “This rapid obtainment of class approval reflects the maturity of the F
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has introduced a new version of the company’s SL17 cable, the A1 variant. This new cable type features a similar structure to the standard SL17 cable product but with a more compact assembly resulting in a design that has been refined for certain applications, t
GlobeNet has deployed a new 2,500 km submarine cable that will link Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires. This new infrastructure will connect Argentina to the GlobeNet network in Brazil, effectively linking the Southern Cone of South America to the United States and the world. “Our submarin
Dutch offshore accommodation provider has secured a contract in the oil and gas sector in the Dutch section of the North Sea.
Atlas Elektronik UK has delivered an autonomous minesweeper system to Royal Navy, capable to clear sea lanes of mines. The system has been built by Atlas Elektronik, under a £13 million contract with the Ministry of Defence which has sustained around 20 jobs and created 15 new jobs with the company.
Teledyne Marine and Research Products Development Company (RPDC) have signed an agreement to collaborate on global commercialization of new technologies developed within Saudi Arabia. “We are pleased to have entered into this cooperation agreement with RPDC,” said Mike Read, president of Teledyne Ma
Ardyne has been selected by Statoil for the design and development of a combined casing vibration and pulling system targeted for use in the North Sea. The company will perform modelling and analysis followed by prototype design and testing in support of the project goals, Ardyne informed. The contr
IKM Subsea has been awarded an ROV services contract from Statoil for the Johan Sverdrup platform starting in Q3 2018. The contract was won through an e-auction event that was performed as one of the final stages of the tendering process, the company said. The scope of work consists of provision of
McDermott International has received a detailed design of offshore jackets contract from Qatar Petroleum for the North field expansion project. The detailed design of the jackets is an important step towards awarding the procurement, fabrication and installation (EPCI) contract by the end of this ye
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has completed the final splice of the Hawaiki submarine cable, on schedule to enter the service in June 2018. With the final splice and all cable station installations complete, the Hawaiki cable system has end-to-end connectivity and is entering final system te
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 30 – May 06). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/01/pioneering-spirit-delivers-first-line-of-turkstream/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/04/30/saipem-kicks-off-sverdrup-pipelaying-ops/ https:/
Heavy lift shipping and offshore transportation & installation contractor Jumbo has completed work on the first LNG import terminal in Bangladesh. In 2017 Jumbo was awarded a contract by Geocean for the Moheshkhali Project. The Moheshkhali floating liquefied natural gas import terminal is being deve
Ocean innovators in Canada will soon have a new place to work and collaborate, with the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship, known as COVE, set to open this spring. Five companies have signed tenant agreements for the new ocean hub located on the former Coast Guard site on the Dartmouth w
