Shell has started production at Appomattox floating production system months ahead of schedule. Appomattox floating production system is located approximately 129 kilometres south east of Louisiana in approximately 2,255 metres of water. Shell’s largest floating platform in the Gulf of Mexico curren
Pharos Offshore has boosted its subsea equipment fleet with the SMD built trenching vehicle, Q1000. The Q1000 jet trenching ROV has 1000hp (750kw) of installed power coupled to high – pressure water pumps, capable of up to 3 metre trench depth. Phil Walker, Pharos Offshore Group CEO, said: “The acqu
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has extended the charter of Eidesvik’s vessel Acergy Viking by one additional year. The new firm period will end January 2022, with options thereafter. The Acergy Viking has been on Siemens Gamesa duty for a few years, with previous extension until January 2021. “We a
Underwater services provider ASI Marine is expanding its Saab Seaeye Falcon fleet. Known for sending the 300-metre rated remotely operated underwater vehicle on a five kilometre long tunnel inspection, the company is now adding the 1000-metre rated Falcon version to its collection. The acquisition e
Queensland, Australia, in partnership with Uber, has launched scUber – the world’s first rideshare submarine experience, coming to the Great Barrier Reef. From 27 May, scUber will be available for a limited number of riders to request through the Uber app and riders will have the opportunity to imme
French companies Akuo Energy and Sabella have signed a co-development agreement for the PHARES project aimed towards energy autonomy of the Ushant Island. PHARES (Progressive Hybrid Architecture for Renewable Energy Solutions in islands) project, led by Akuo will see the deployment of a pilot tidal
The €20-million flagship EU tidal energy project, Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal (EnFAIT), has reduced the cost of tidal energy by 15 per cent and grown its supply chain from four to 14 EU countries. EnFAIT is an academic-industry collaboration between nine European partners focused on demonstratin
Reservoir stimulation technology provider Fishbones has appointed Lars-Tore Berg as its chief technology officer and also increased its staff base by 25%. Following successful new projects in Qatar, Egypt and China, the seven new hires will be based across the company’s sales and R&D teams and will
DOF Subsea has secured two contracts in Brazil. The first contract has been awarded by Sapura Energy do Brasil in Northeast of Brazil for final client CELSE (Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe S.A.). Skandi Seven will be utilised for this project and will perform a riser and umbilical installation for a
McDermott and Fugro have agreed on an extension of the CSV Southern Ocean current charter to allow McDermott to complete its scope of work offshore India. The vessel was unable to finalize the expected work scope during the charter period with McDermott as a result of the cyclone hitting the Indian
DeepOcean has successfully completed the 36-inch oil export pipeline spool tie-in project on the Johan Sverdrup field for Equinor, the world’s first offshore diver-less remote hyperbaric tie-in operation. Back in July 2017, DeepOcean won an EPCI contract for performing remote hyperbaric tie-in of th
NOAA, the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS), and partners have launched a new buoy in Fagatele Bay within the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. The buoy will measure carbon dioxide and other important seawater characteristics within the bay’s vibrant tropical coral reef eco
iSURVEY has signed a contract with Lundin Norway to undertake a campaign of drilling hazard surveys in the North Sea and in the Barents Sea. Work begins in June, with a seabed geological survey and continues with the series of drilling hazard surveys, which are planned to continue into the autumn. T
Shearwater has brought into operation a total of 10 vessels for the 2019 northern hemisphere summer season. High customer activity and successful integration of the marine seismic acquisition assets and operations of Schlumberger over the past six months provides Shearwater a 33-month vessel backlog
