Installation of the Nord Stream 2 twin pipelines in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone has been finalized with the end of pipelaying on the second line of the 374-kilometer long section. The first line was completed in Finnish waters in April 2019. In total, to date over 1,800 kilometers of the Nor
JFD has acquired the closed bell saturation diving system and associated assets formally owned by The Underwater Centre. The acquisition should enable JFD to re-establish the global closed bell diver training programme – also known as sat diver training – and the only UK-based training capability th
Woodside has achieved first oil from Greater Enfield Project, through the Ngujima-Yin floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) on Sunday. The Greater Enfield Project was approved in 2016, to develop the Laverda Canyon, Norton over Laverda and Cimatti oil accumulations through a subse
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 19 – August 25). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/08/21/adnoc-dishes-out-3-6b-in-deals/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/08/20/subsea-7-eyes-fresh-ideas-with-engineering-conversion-programme/ h
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GEPS Techno’s hybrid WAVEGEM platform, combining solar and wave energy, has left the shipyard in Saint-Nazaire for sea trials at SEM-REV site in France. The SEM-REV open ocean test site off western France, is operated by Centrale Nantes and co-financed by Pays de la Loire region. Officially inaugura
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF Group, reported profit in the second quarter of 2019 of NOK 14 million ($1.5 million), compared to loss of NOK 292 million ($32.4 million) in the corresponding period in 2018. Year-to-date result for 2019 came out negative, with loss of NOK 10 million ($1.1 million),
Schlumberger announced that it will open source its data ecosystem and contribute to The Open Group Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU) Forum to accelerate the delivery of the OSDU Data Platform. Oil and gas companies will be able to accelerate their digital progress by moving data to the cloud usi
Subsea and offshore solutions provider Unique Group has appointed Jaguar Oilfield Services Guyana as its approved partner and operator in Guyana for its Water Weights brand of load testing solutions. Jaguar Oilfield Services’ personnel will be fully trained in the operation and maintenance of Water
Shearwater GeoServices has established a new Brazilian subsidiary ‘Shearwater GeoServices do Brasil Ltda’ and opened a new office in Rio de Janeiro. The strengthened presence in Brazil follows Shearwater’s continued growth over the past 12 months, including extensive marine seismic acquisition offsh
A Saab Seaeye Falcon electric underwater robotic vehicle is to help support a network of oceanographic and atmospheric sensors that are part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) transforming ocean research. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the overall OOI program is managed by Massa
Ocean Power Technologies said it has deployed its PB3 PowerBuoy in the North Sea for Premier Oil. This latest deployment of a PB3 PowerBuoy will serve Premier as an autonomous intelligent platform to provide communications and remote monitoring services at Premier’s Huntington field in the central N
Bibby HydroMap has kicked off UXO survey operations on the 760MW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Wind Farm Zone Sites III & IV on behalf of Vattenfall. The second UXO survey for the UK-based seabed survey company on the Hollandse Kust Zuid Wind Farm Zone comes after Vattenfall was announced as the winner
Shell and its partner Cluff Natural Resources have completed a 3D seismic survey extending to approximately 420 square kilometers over the Pensacola Prospect in the Southern North Sea. The survey, conducted by Shearwater GeoServices using the Polar Empress, was completed on time and with no health,
