Shell has started oil production from the Malikai Tension-Leg Platform (TLP), located 100 kilometers off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah. Located in waters up to 500 meters deep, Malikai is Shell’s second deep-water project in Malaysia, following the start-up of the Gumusut-Kakap platform
Intertek Energy & Water experts have been appointed by the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) to undertake a study of potential impacts associated with rock dumping during the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure on mobile sandbanks. The study will focus on the North Sea’s Nort
Oceanteam Solutions has won a contract for engineering and supplying a 4000T and a 2000T turntable for the splicing, storage and multiple loadouts of cables. Furthermore, Oceanteam will accommodate a professional cable handling crew, engineering services and equipment for the complete project. For t
JDR has been awarded a contract by offshore cable installation specialist VBMS, part of Boskalis, to supply 66 kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Located in Aberdeen Bay, the 92.4 MW, 11-turbine development is Scotland’s largest offsho
The video above shows outfitting of the sister multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) the Harvey Sub-Sea and the Harvey Blue-Sea at Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding for Harvey Gulf International Marine. The Harvey Sub-Sea (Hull 249) is a first of two MPSVs, designed by VARD Marine and launched on N
DOF Subsea together with subsea technology companies Sonardyne, 2G Robotics, and Seatronics demonstrated a new underwater surveying technique that could reportedly have an impact on the time needed to map underwater structures and offshore sites. The capabilities of the so-called ‘Dynamic Mobile Map
DeepOcean has secured a contract from Statoil for survey and light construction services in 2017. Offshore work will be undertaken in 2017 with a vessel from DeepOcean’s in-house fleet and survey ROV ‘Superior’. The Superior carried out its first commercial project for Statoil in 2016 under the same
James Fisher and Sons’ subsidiary JFD has expanded into the Chinese market through the signing of a joint venture with Wuhu Diving Equipment Factory. Wuhu Diving Equipment Factory is a subsidiary of Shanghai Salvage Company (SSC). SCC recently awarded a £35-million contract to JFD to manufacture a 2
In conjunction with geophysical and geochemical surveys currently being acquired by its sister company Searcher Seismic, Ecosscope is acquiring environmental baseline data in the Gulf of Papua. Ecosscope and project partners Blue Ocean Monitoring and Gardline Marine Sciences deployed an autonomous s
Mirait Technologies Australia has signed a contract with Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP, the owner and developer of the Hawaiki submarine cable system, for the build of terrestrial infrastructure in Sydney. The Hawaiki submarine cable system is a new trans-Pacific cable, which will link Australia and Ne
Offshore services provider DeepOcean has secured a contract with the Norwegian oil company Statoil for survey and light construction services in 2017. Offshore work will be undertaken in 2017 with a vessel from DeepOcean’s in-house fleet. DeepOcean’s Chief Commercial Officer, Ottar Mæland, said, “We
ROV service provider, ROVOP, has recorded sales of almost £10 million in the second half of its financial year and EBITDA of £3.5 million for the six months to September 2016, an increase of 14 percent and 27 percent respectively over the same period in 2015. The company has also welcomed 15 new cus
4Subsea, a Norwegian technology company specialised in production riser systems and subsea well systems, has launched Portable Annulus Tester (PAT), a product that automates integrity testing of flexible risers. According to the company, PAT is an “Engineer-in-a-box” solution that removes the requir
OceanGate said it has started the construction of the Cyclops 2, a manned submersible with a depth range of 4,000 meters (13,125 feet). The company has ordered two titanium hemispheres and two matching titanium to carbon fiber interface rings from Titanium Fabrication Corp. (TiFab), and a 56” diamet
