Polarcus said it has once more agreed to postpone the redelivery of seismic research vessel Vyacheslav Tikhonov with Sovcomflot (SCF). The vessel was due for redelivery until January 15, 2020, while potential projects were pursued by SCF. The redelivery of the vessel has now been agreed until the co
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has entered into a new agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) to provide underwater hull maintenance and repair services for their fleet of 58 ships. The new agreement is a continuation of the long-term relationship between the two companies. RCCL VP of Glob
SapuraOMV Upstream has produced first gas from its Larak field offshore Malaysia following the start-up at the end of December. The Larak field is part of gas fields discovered in 2014 under the SK408 production sharing contract (PSC). The fields are tied back into an existing processing facility an
Three60 Energy has won a framework contract to deliver engineering and support services for Neptune Energy’s UKCS portfolio. The contract will see Three60 Energy provide both concept and front-end engineering studies as well as engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning activities for
Subsea technology company Seatools has secured a contract from an undisclosed EPC player for the design and delivery of a piling template hydraulic and instrumentation system. The system will be used for pile installation during the construction of an offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Pile installation
Deep Down has received orders from two independent oil and gas operators for emergency umbilical repairs. Both projects include design, engineering and the manufacture of associated umbilical accessories. One solution is for a damaged umbilical, which will be retrieved, repaired and reinstalled in t
Avaroa Cable has confirmed that the Manatua One Polynesia submarine cable system has been brought ashore in Rutaki village, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The cable will provide international connectivity to Rarotonga and Aitutaki when it goes live in May 2020 with a capacity of up to 10Tbps. It will conn
LEKOIL has informed, on behalf of Optimum Petroleum Development Company, the Operator of the OPL 310 License, and LEKOIL Nigeria, that the site survey on OPL 310 has started. Following on from the drilling of Ogo-1 and Ogo-1 ST in 2013 which encountered hydrocarbons within the SynRift and PostRift,
Ocean Infinity has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). The four-year agreement focuses on expanding deep-water autonomous technologies to advance the transmissi
The Sangomar field development Phase 1 has been approved by the Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture and has entered the execute phase of activities. Woodside, as operator of the RSSD joint venture, has executed the purchase contract for the floating p
Natural Power has assisted AQUIND with the application for development consent for the AQUIND Interconnector. The application to the Planning Inspectorate was accepted on 12th December 2019. The AQUIND Interconnector is a new 2,000 MW subsea and underground high voltage direct current bi-directional
Subsea 7 and OneSubsea’s Subsea Integration Alliance has secured a very large contract by Woodside for the Sangomar field development Phase-1 project located in the Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Offshore Deep oil blocks, in Senegal. This contract was initially awarded in December 2018 subject to fi
Geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy Cathie has been contracted by Saipem to provide interpretation of the geotechnical conditions encountered at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm situated off the Fife coast in the UK. Cathie has also played a key role in the characterizat
A grand opening ceremony for the TurkStream gas pipeline, laid in the Black Sea, took place today. TurkStream is a link between the gas transmission systems of Russia and Turkey. The gas pipeline has two strings with a combined throughput capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters. The first string will
