Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 17 – August 23). A diver has been airlifted to hospital after a dive boat in Bridlington Bay called the UK Coastguard. The call came in at 2.35pm on August 16, reporting that the 60-year-old fe
Royal IHC has named and launched the pipelaying support vessel Sapura Rubi in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The Sapura Rubi was ordered by Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill. It is the fifth in a series of
On Friday 21 August the Polarled gas pipeline crossed 66 degrees and 33 minutes north of the equator and became the first pipeline to cross the Arctic Circle, Statoil reported. The 482-kilometre long and 36-inch wide pipeline will run from Nyhamna in western Norway to the Aasta Hansteen field in the
UK flowmeter specialist Litre Meter has supplied a number of VFF flowmeters for the Martin Linge field development project in the North Sea. Litre Meter has supplied 14 positive displacement flowmeters including MF30, HF20, VFF8 and V125 models, all constructed in Duplex stainless steel. The meters
Alseamar, designer of the Sea Explorer underwater glider, has recently completed a pre-exploration survey for an undisclosed oil company with 2 of its gliders fitted with Minifluo hydrocarbon sensors. According to the company, it’s the first geochemical exploration survey ever conducted with Sea Exp
Conductor Installation Services (CIS), an Acteon company, has installed directional conductors to form the basis of two new production wells as part of a major project offshore Australia. “Because the project plays such a vital role in the supply of gas to Australians, we are acutely aware of how im
Underwater gold mining for a long time has been a very labor intensive and often low yielding process. Divers are often put into freezing cold and often dangerous waters in order to dredge gold rich sands to make their fortunes. Currently the biggest issues stem from the ability to operate at depths
Energinet.dk is planning a replacement of two sections of the submarine cable at the Anholt offshore wind farm during September and October. In February, there was an error in the submarine cable that connects the Anholt offshore wind farm to the grid on land. Since then, Energinet.dk in cooperation
The WEDA Mexico Chapter, representing all regions in Mexico, will at its 2015 Annual Meeting bring together dredging contractors and manufacturers from across the globe, senior U.S. and Mexican government and port officials, experts in the infrastructure, energy and dredging sector. Dredge Yard, the
The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) has launched a call for proposals for new technology solutions to deliver cost efficiencies in through tubing logging during plugging and abandonment operations. Organisations that are developing new technologies that specifically address the quality of ceme
Offshore Energy Today recently reported that the steel jacket for Statoil-operated Mariner A platform had sailed away from Dragados Offshore’s yard in Cádiz, Spain, heading for the field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The operator of the Mariner field, Norwegian oil giant Statoil, published a vi
Nord Stream AG conducted annual maintenance works on its twin gas pipeline system between August 11 and 20, 2015 with a temporary shutdown of both lines. Regular maintenance works are an essential part of Nord Stream’s long-term pipeline integrity management strategy to ensure that the pipelines wil
Kongsberg Maritime announces the creation of a European support centre in Southampton, UK, for its Seaglider autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). Seaglider is a buoyancy driven AUV manufactured by Kongsberg Underwater Technology in Lynnwood, Washington, USA. The product has been designed to be as ef
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has recorded revenues of USD 12.1 million in the second quarter 2015, down from 32.3 million in the previous quarter and from USD 42.5 million in the second quarter 2014. The results were negatively affected by extraordinary costs related to the company’s cost redu
