Fugro and the Colombian Maritime Authority (Dirección General Maritima, DIMAR) have completed a joint environmental seep hunting study to help assess the country’s resource potential in the Caribbean Sea. The study involved shallow water seabed sediment coring, geochemical analyses, and seabed heat
Nokia has announced that Angola Cables is trialing Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the USA and Africa. The route provides direct, low-latency trans-Atlantic routing and simplifies the turn-up of services to better serve data consumpti
PCCW Global and PEACE Cable International Network will cooperate on the PEACE South extension of the Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) submarine cable system. This cooperation positions PEACE as a major cable system to head south from the Europe-Asia route, in a move that will deliver c
Pipeline technology specialist STATS has wrapped up a six-month pipeline isolation campaign offshore and onshore Malaysia. The work covered 12 pipeline isolations on behalf of partner Handal Energy for a major operator in Malaysia, and is said to be the largest integrated campaign undertaken by STAT
Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) submarine cable system has landed in La Siesta Beach (Djibouti) and the marine installation is underway. The cable is being developed by Djibouti Telecom, Somtel, Telkom Kenya and SubCom. In addition to the installation of the trunk, the installation of the
Kraken Robotics has finalized the contract for the OceanVision project with the Ocean Supercluster and industry partners, Petroleum Research Newfoundland and Labrador, Ocean Choice International and Nunavut Fisheries Association. OceanVision is a three-year, $18.8 million, project focused on the dev
InterMoor has started working on a chain inspection job offshore Brazil, in partnership with 3 other Acteon Group sister companies. The team will inspect the mooring lines of six FPSOs. The project consists in performing full inspection on all mooring lines, an equivalent of 28km of chain/polyester.
EDS HV Group (EDS), part of the James Fisher and Sons, has completed electrical safety commissioning and consultancy work at Formosa 1 (Phase 2) offshore wind farm. EDS will be providing skills to local people enabling them to safely and efficiently run their own HV network. EDS’s safety rules were
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Schlumberger has booked some $10.1 billion loss for 2019, despite relatively flat revenues, recognizing material pretax charges driven by market conditions, particularly in North America. “In contrast, after two years of strong growth, North American revenue fell sharply, driven largely by the land
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has started the 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition under the previously announced contract in the Middle East. The work will be undertaken through most of the first quarter 2020. The revenue stream from this contract, as well as progress made with short term cre
L3Harris Technologies has been selected to provide an unmanned undersea vehicle for expeditionary undersea missions for U.S. military forces by the U.S. Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). DIU has awarded an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) to L3Harris for the U.S. Navy’s next generation sm
PSW Group has signed an agreement for operation of the former EMAS spoolbase located in Gulen Industrial Harbor, Western Norway. The agreement covers all activities related to the production and spooling of pipelines for offshore use. The spoolbase, which was constructed in 2014 to optimize handling
AW-Energy Oy has received certification by Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its WaveRoller device. The certificate was presented in person by LR’s senior vice president of Clean Energy and Innovation, Tristan Chapman, to Sami Tuhkanen, chairperson of AW-Energy. “We are delighted with the certification for
