Nigeria and Cameroon are to receive a boost to Internet connectivity after Nexans delivered Repeatered Optical Cables for the Nigeria-Cameroon Submarine Cable System (NCSCSC) in a contract with Huawei Marine Networks. Nexans will supply approximately 1,100 km of the Repeatered Optical Cables (ROC-2)
Sweden’s MMT has signed a call-off Contract with Shell in Europe for ROV survey services. The call-off contract covers a survey program with various types of surveys, and MMT said they are especially pleased for Shells interest in its Surveyor Interceptor ROV. According to the company, the time peri
Expro, has strengthened its operations in the North Sea with $25 million in contract wins secured in the UK and Norway, where it will officially open a new facility later this month. The company has been awarded a subsea contract for oil and gas producer, Wintershall Norway, in the Haltenbanken area
Statoil has kicked off production from Smørbukk South Extension at the Åsgard field, two and a half years after the project was sanctioned. Through a combination of wells with long well sections and new completion technology, oil and gas are now produced from a reservoir previously regarded as not f
MMT, a Sweeden-based high-resolution marine surveys specialist, has signed a call-off contract with Shell in Europe for ROV survey services. According to MMT, the call-off contract covers a survey program with various types of surveys. The company says it is especially pleased for Shell’s interest i
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 01 – September 06). Aker Solutions notified employees that it has become necessary to reduce the workforce capacity in its Norwegian subsea business because of a continued market slowdown. A
Dutra to Dredge Oakland Harbor The Dutra Group, based in San Rafael, California, has been awarded a contract for the maintenance dredging of the Oakland’s inner and outer harbors. New 2070 Dragon Dredge from Ellicott Ellicott Dredges LLC has announced a completely new design 20” (500 […]
Wintershall and its partners Petoro and Centrica have today received approval by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Maria development, offshore Norway. The approved development solution for the Maria field involves two subsea templates locat
The TEN Project’s four subsea manifolds and two riser bases were fabricated by FMC Technologies in Houston, USA. They were recently loaded out onto a transport vessel on their way to Ghana to be installed on the seabed in the TEN fields. Operated by Tullow, the TEN Project is Ghana’s second major oi
Tiburon Subsea Services has selected GreenSea Systems to supply its new controlling and operating system for their science class ROV “Otis”. GreenSea Systems is a specialist in automation and navigation for unmanned underwater vehicles. According to Tiburon, the new control, navigation and station-k
UK-based marine systems manufacturers Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has supplied the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) with a high-powered Vibrocorer system. The OSIL Vibrocorer can collect cores up to 9 meters in length in dense and compacted sediments. A vibrating motor in a sealed pres
UK oilfield services player, Expro, is forced to make further job cuts as a response to the progressing challenges on the market. In addition to workforce reduction announced earlier in March, Expro plans to make approximately 60 further redundancies across its Europe and Commonwealth of Independent
Expro, a UK-based oilfield services provider, pressured by the challenging market conditions, is gearing up to cut 60 positions across its Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) operations. The majority of these are expected to be in the UK, the company said in an e-mail on Thursday. Ne
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of August has seen companies adjusting to tough market environment with further workforce reductions, shipowners laying-up vessels and some major deals
