Time is money offshore. While developing a unique marine management review standard for the renewables sector, Green Marine Solutions (GMS) has been saving valuable minutes for its clients. The results are often a victory for both systems and common sense. Practical rather than purely academic Since
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 393 B, has completed drilling of wildcat well 7125/4-3. The well is dry. The well was drilled about four kilometres south of the 7125/4-1 oil and gas discovery and about 105 kilometres northeast of Hammerfest. The exploration target for the well w
Gardline CGG Pte Ltd has been contracted by OGP (International Association of Oil & Gas Producers) to be involved in the last phase of the BRAHSS (Behavioural Response of Australian Humpback whales to Seismic Surveys) project. Gardline CGG will use MV Duke as a source vessel offshore Peregian Beach
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that BP p.l.c. has exercised both one-year options to extend the Field Support Vessel Services contract with Oceaneering for work offshore Angola on Blocks 18 and 31. Under this contract term extension, Oceaneering will continue to provide project management
Technip was awarded by Deep Gulf Energy II LLC a lump sum contract for the development of the Kodiak field, located in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 727 and 771, in the Gulf of Mexico, at water depths ranging from 1,472 meters to 1,710 meters. The project consists of a subsea tie-back to the Devils Towe
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has issued the following statement to announce the discovery of one of the ships belonging to the ill-fated Franklin Expedition which was lost in 1846. “I am delighted to announce that this year’s Victoria Strait Expedition has solved one of Canada’s greatest mysteries,
Seaborn Networks and Alcatel-Lucent have announced that construction of the Seabras-1 submarine fiber optic cable system between the US and Brazil has begun. Seabras-1 system is a six-fiber pair system with an initial maximum design capacity of 60 Terabits per second. “We look forward to continuing
The Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO B.V. and its Danish counterpart Energinet.dk have given their final approval for the development of COBRAcable. This new, over 300-km-long subsea direct-current electricity connection, will directly connect the Dutch and Danish power grids. Completio
Fugro has undertaken two key tasks at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, successfully completing the trenching and burial of inter-array cables for CT Offshore and providing unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey support. Once complete, RWE Innogy’s 160-turbine Gwynt y Môr, in the Irish Sea off the North
iSURVEY Offshore Ltd, a provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has completed a contract with Bibby Offshore’s ROV division worth more than £500,000. iSURVEY supported Bibby Offshore’s ROV and dredging operations onbo
After the successful substation foundation installation at Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, cable installation is planned to begin mid-September. As Subsea World News finds out, cables and connectors for the project have been delivered from Korean LS Cable & System and transferred to the Ndur
Xcite Energy has announced that its 100% owned subsidiary, Xcite Energy Resources plc (XER), has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Statoil (U.K.) Ltd. (Statoil) and EnQuest Heather Limited (EnQuest), in order to share field-specific technical and operational information to evaluate the pot
Statoil’s “Fast-track” fields Fram H-North and Svalin C in the North Sea have now started producing. Statoil’s fast-track development projects are increasing the company’s and partners’ oil and gas production through a combination of standardised subsea development solutions and utilisation of infra
CGG announced that it has been awarded contracts for the 3D seismic acquisition of four major surveys using its BroadSeisTM with BroadSourceTM, marine broadband technology. The four surveys represent a total contract value of over 80 million USD. Three of the surveys have been awarded in the Asia-Pa
