MacArtney said it will soon supply and test several underwater connectors for INFN – the National Institute for Nuclear Physics. INFN for the IDMAR Research Infrastructure in Sicily supports, among others, the KM3NeT (Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope) infrastructure in the Mediterranean Sea. MacAr
MODEC, Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni have agreed to invest in a long-term charter business, currently promoted by MODEC, to provide a floating production, storage, and offloading system (FPSO) for use at the Marlim field, offshore Brazil. Based on the agreements, Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni will invest in M
Portugal’s Navalrocha shipyard has completed repair and refit of Polarcus Naila vessel. The drydock project involved a broad package of work for the ultra-modern 14 streamer 3D/4D seismic vessel. Navalrocha commercial director Sergio Rodrigues said: “The Polarcus Naila visited Navalrocha shipyard fo
Renewable Strategy Limited (RSL) has deployed computerized maintenance management software on the Formosa 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan.
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), has bounced back in black in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2019, as revenues hiked some 23 per cent from same time last year. The Oslo-listed seismic player reported quarterly profit of $10.7 million, or 3 cents per share on revenues of close to $333 million, ag
Oceans of Energy has doubled the capacity of its first offshore floating solar farm in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch company, which installed its first modules in November last year to put them through the winter storms, has now set up 56 solar panels with a total capacity of 17 kilowatts. Accordin
The Brazilian-built pipelay support vessel (PLSV) Skandi Vitoria has been awarded a contract with TechnipFMC. The contract will begin in January with validity of two years plus options. The vessel has been in lay-up since summer 2018, after being previously on a contract with Brazilian state oil com
Subsea Integration Alliance (Subsea 7 and OneSubsea) has won of an exclusive contract from Equinor for the front end engineering design (FEED) study on its Bacalhau (formerly Carcará) project, offshore Brazil. The Bacalhau field is located 185 kilometers from the coast of the State of São Paulo, in
Aquaterra Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oceaneering International to offer complete decommissioning and late life solution packages to the North Sea oil and gas industry. Under the MoU, the companies will offer tooling and services in four distinct areas: platform well a
Telenor Maritime has expanded its US presence at the NJFX cable landing station campus. The Norwegian mobile operator at sea is establishing a direct connection to Norway via the 7200km Havfrue subsea cable system, which traverses the North Atlantic and connects the U.S. at NJFX to mainland Northern
SIMEC Atlantis Energy said that its 6MW tidal energy project MeyGen has exported close to 25 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable electricity to the national grid. MeyGen exported over 13.8GWh of renewable electricity in 2019, according to Atlantis’ operational update, equivalent to the average annual
International Oil Company (IOC) has hired Frontera to undertake geohazard survey offshore Mexico. Mobilization for the project is underway and offshore work is expected begin and complete during March 2020. Frontera is an established offshore services contractor in Mexico since 2001. To remind, in A
Valeport has pledged its support to a campaign to protect the ‘underwater rainforest’ which is under threat off Tor Bay, on the South West Coast of the UK. The hydrographic and oceanographic instrument manufacturer will partner with a UK coastal zoo and aquarium to help protect seagrass, a plant tha
Fugro has secured a geotechnical contract for Apsara oil field in Block A, offshore Cambodia, as part of the nation’s first hydrocarbon development. The Apsara field lies over the Khmer Basin, an unproduced geological basin in Cambodian maritime waters in the Gulf of Thailand. Fugro will carry out a
