Cisco and Superloop have made two deployments of up to 400G for 4600km on the INDIGO West cable from Singapore to Australia, and the INDIGO Central cable from Perth to Sydney. “The INDIGO cable system completes the next stage of our Asia-Pac network infrastructure. We are now the sole operator that
Saipem said it will establish a spool-base on Greenwood Island, Pascagoula, Mississippi. According to the company, the spool-base will be a highly specialized site designed to provide support for vessels performing pipelay activities for offshore oil and gas development projects. With a particular f
Vattenfall has selected the Port of Hvide Sande as the operations and maintenance hub for the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in Denmark. Located on the Danish west coast, the port will be used as a base for O&M of the project’s 49 MHI Vestas V164-8.3MW turbines. Once Vattenfall establishes a facilit
Aberdeen-based subsea 3D scanning specialists Viewport3 has been collaborating with explorer Tim Taylor to process pioneering underwater 3D scans on the bow and stern of a US submarine which was lost in 1942. Viewport3 was contracted by Tim Taylor, CEO of Tiburon Subsea Services and founder of Ocean
Helix Energy Solutions Group has entered into a contract for its newbuild semi-submersible well intervention vessel, the Q7000. The vessel will be performing subsea workover and integrated well intervention services with an undisclosed client offshore Nigeria, an estimated minimum 80-day campaign. H
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) has been awarded a five-year contract for Digital Well Log Data Processing with the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). TGS has been providing Digital Well Log Data Processing services to BSEE since 2004
The last Nord Stream 2 pipe stored within the premises of the port of Karlshamn, Sweden, has left the storage area on Saturday. Nearly 39,000 pipes have transited through the port since October 7, 2017. Out of these, almost 37,000 pipes have been shipped to the pipelay vessels working on the Swedish
Energy consultancy Xodus is to conduct a study which will investigate the integration of offshore renewables into localised energy systems around Scotland. The five-month offshore generation energy systems study, commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland, began last month. Xodus is partnering with Eleme
The Balticconnector project’s offshore pipeline, stretching from Inkoo to Paldiski, has been completed. Baltic Connector Oy informed that out of the five worksites of the project, the offshore pipeline was the first one to reach completion. Environmental considerations, the seabed’s formation, ship
An innovative floating wind turbine utilising Hydro Group connectivity is ready for commercial applications, following site tests which saw it generate 2.2GWh of electricity and face wave heights of up to 6.2 meters during the first half of 2019. The Floatgen Vestas V80 turbine, located in the SEM-R
San Jose-based Deep Ocean Engineering (DOE) has announced the addition of a new type of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to its product line, the Phantom X8. This electric, light work-class, vehicle is the largest and most heavy-duty ROV manufactured by DOE and packs a robust design for deep sea mane
Shell has started a 3D seismic survey over the Pensacola prospect in the Southern North Sea, Cluff Natural Resources said on Monday. The survey is being conducted by Shearwater GeoServices using the Polar Empress and field operations are expected to take approximately two weeks to complete. The vess
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 29 – August 04). https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/08/01/saudi-aramco-taps-mcdermott-for-hasbah-gas-field-work/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/08/01/shell-makes-fid-for-powernap-subsea-tie-back-
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