Plexus Holdings secured a purchase order to supply and rent its new product POS-SET Connector™ utilising POS-GRIP friction grip engineering, to be used by Centrica Energy Exploration and Production for abandonment operations on a gas well originally drilled 32 years ago in 1982 offshore Holland. Thi
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its affiliate, Yokogawa Kontrol (Malaysia), has received an order from a consortium comprising JGC Corporation (Japan) and Samsung Heavy Industries (South Korea) that will supply control systems and safety instrumented systems for PETRONAS’s second floati
Damage on the export subsea cable of Anholt offshore wind farm in Denmark has been repaired and the operations on the 400MW wind farm are back on track. The repairs of the damaged cable took four weeks and two days, after the defect was detected on February 21. Over the weekend, the last part of the
KrisEnergy, an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that the CGG Amadeus vessel has started a 570 sq. km. 3D seismic acquisition program in the Block 120 exploration acreage offshore central Vietnam. Block 120 covers 6,869 sq. km overlying the Quang Ngai Graben and the Tri Ton Hor
An independent compilation of knowledge about the effects of dredging and sediment disposal on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area has found the impacts will differ, depending on the location, timing, size and type of dredging and disposal activity. The Dredge Synthesis Report was produced by
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency will host “Shallow Survey 2015” and a number of associated events in Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, from 14-18 September 2015. The theme of the conference “High Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water” will be explored using
Osbit Power has secured a contract to provide three sets of offshore well intervention equipment to Helix Energy Solutions. According to Osbit Power, the project is the second largest order that the company has received, to date. Having already secured contracts to deliver twin Launch and Recovery S
Solstad Offshore in Singapore has awarded IKM Subsea Singapore a contract to provide ROV services onboard their DLB “Norce Endeavour” for construction support projects offshore Thailand for 2015. The barge will be mobilized in Singapore. IKM Subsea will provide the Merlin WR 200 Workclass ROV togeth
Norwegian Ship owner Volstad Maritime and shipbuilder Kleven last weekend held an open day and a naming ceremony for the Grand Canyon II Offshore Construction/ROV/IRM Vessel. The ceremony in Alesund, Norway, was witnessed by more than two thousand people. The 126-meters long vessel designed by Skips
Nautilus Minerals has been advised by Soil Machine Dynamics Limited (SMD) that the umbilical winches for the three Seafloor Production Tools (SPTs) have successfully completed Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT). Mike Johnston, Nautilus’ CEO, commented, “Completion of FAT on the umbilical winches marks
The Alumarine Shipyard has completed the construction of a new workboat under 12 meters, designed for diving operations, subsea works and material transport. This Bureau Veritas-certified workboat is the second model of this range, designed to ensure high stability, high load capacity and high speed
FES International has produced and delivered two automatic Diverless Bend Stiffener Connector (DBSC) units to Oceaneering which were installed at the Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 development located off the Angolan shore, West Africa. The automatic DBSCs are
Work will start later this month on the next phase of a major project to strengthen the Headland’s sea defenses against the effects of coastal erosion and flooding. The work, which will cost £9.6m and be funded by the Environment Agency, Hartlepool Council and other organisations, will involve putti
Marine safety seals manufacturer, Roxtec, has provided its waterproof sealing solution to the largest and most powerful tidal turbine in the world. Manchester-based Roxtec UK managing director, Graham O’Hare, said the deal with Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited (SRTP) involved Roxtec supplying the
