Sparrows has successfully retained its current North Sea mechanical handling and crane management contract with BP, which will extend the working partnership between the two companies to over 50 years. The contract sees the lifting and mechanical handling specialist operating and maintaining all 21
Ocean Installer said it has recently completed the very first permanent subsea installation at the Johan Sverdrup field, marking the kick-off of the Johan Sverdrup offshore work. The offshore campaign took place late January and involved the installation of a subsea template for water injection. The
Seafloor Systems, a provider of customized hydrographic mapping solutions, has designed the EchoBoat-G2 unmanned survey vessel (USV) that is said to be able to execute survey missions via remote control or semi-autonomous, utilizing the company’s mission planner drone software. According to the comp
DiveCert, a product of Namaka Subsea, has added another diving contractor to its client portfolio as a direct result of exhibiting at Subsea Expo. RockSalt Subsea is a newly formed underwater commercial diving company, based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, servicing the civil, onshore, offshore, oil & g
Alewijnse Marine has won order for the full electrical installation on board the Government of Australia’s new Antarctic icebreaker. The antarctic supply and research vessel (ASRV) will be the centerpiece of the Australian Antarctic Strategy and 20-year action plan and have an operational life of at
Agility Subsea Fabrication, a provider of subsea structures, has been awarded a contract by TechnipFMC for fabrication of one integrated subsea manifold system for the Visund North field in the Norwegian Sea. Agility said the work will be performed at the company’s site in Tønsberg, Norway. The scop
Offshore installation firm Ocean Installer has recently completed what it says is “the very first” permanent subsea installation at the Johan Sverdrup field, marking the kick-off of the Johan Sverdrup offshore work. The offshore campaign took place late January in line with project plans and schedul
The newly merged Underwater Engineering Services (UES) and Seanic Oceans Systems has secured its first contract in Tunisia. As part of the merger between their parent companies ATR Group and Centurion Group last year, the newly formed business of UES Seanic will support Oceana Subsea on a decommissi
Geophysical contractor TGS has posted fourth-quarter 2016 net profit of $24 million, compared to net loss of $121.5 million in the same period in 2015. This comes down to quarterly earnings per share (fully diluted) of $0.23, against $1.19 loss per share same time last year. For the full year 2016,
Energean Oil & Gas has appointed TechnipFMC as the concept and front end engineering design (FEED) contractor for the Karish and Tanin development programme. This follows Energean’s recent decision to develop the fields using a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit to facilitate th
AIS Training has secured a contract with offshore cable installation contractor, DeepOcean to upskill its workers as the company prepares to deliver several new contract wins. The scope of the contract will see AIS train up to 100 of DeepOcean’s workers in mandatory global wind qualifications at its
Geophysical and geological services company Geoex has decided to increase its offer for all outstanding shares of MultiClient Geophysical (MCG) to NOK 1.40 per share. The new offer valuates the total share capital of MCG at approximately NOK 130.0 million. The initial offer made by Geoex was NOK 1.2
Plexus said it will continue to supply wellhead and mudline equipment to Brunei Shell Petroleum for additional two years. The contract extension covers the supply of both Plexus’ High Pressure/High Temperature (HPHT) and standard pressured Wellhead and Mudline systems and services. Today’s contract
TGS said it has initated the ‘Otos’ multibeam and seep study project in the U.S Gulf of Mexico. Acquisition of the multibeam survey is underway and is the first stage of a seep and geochemistry program covering the U.S Gulf of Mexico. The survey is designed to mirror the Gigante multibeam and seep s
