PCCW Global and Telecom Egypt recently signed a landing party agreement in Beijing. This agreement will enable the Pakistan & East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) cable system to land and cross Egypt, effectively linking Asia, Africa and Europe with a 12,000km ultra-low latency high-speed cable sys
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has finalized the cable route study and mobilized the marine survey vessel for the EllaLink submarine cable system. The survey will be performed over the coming months and permit acquisition continues in line with EllaLink’s plans to be Ready for Service by the end o
L3 Technologies’ Iver4 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) has completed a mission lasting more than 14 hours in San Diego Bay, California. This long-duration mission was completed with a standard nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery configuration – demonstrating the battery’s power endurance, system e
The subsea operation vessel Southern Star recently arrived at the Anjung gas development project, offshore Sarawak, East Malaysia, and underwent inspections to head up critical shutdown work. The vessel went on hire to Shelf Subsea Solutions on the first of this month and sailed from Johor on Sunday
Nexans has been selected to provide power umbilical for a new all-electric actuated multiphase subsea boosting station set to maximize oil recovery from the Equinor’s Vigdis field in the North Sea. Vigdis produces oil through the Snorre field, and OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, has been awarded
TechnipFMC has been awarded integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract by BP for the Thunder Horse South Expansion 2 project located in the Gulf of Mexico. TechnipFMC will manufacture, deliver and install subsea equipment, including subsea tree systems, manif
BP has sanctioned development of the Thunder Horse South Expansion Phase 2 project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The project will further boost output at one of the largest oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico and marks BP’s latest major investment in the U.S. offshore region. The project is expected
CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA), under a subcontract to Jacobs, has completed a comprehensive environmental monitoring survey offshore Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct Authority (PRASA). The survey included physical, biological, and chemical field sampling and data collection at the Aguadilla, Arec
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea said it has recently been awarded subsea IMR and survey and inspection contracts for the 2019 summer season. According to the company, the combined firm value is approximately NOK 40 million ($4.6 million). The awarded contracts are a mixture of two call-offs under
Allseas pipelay vessel Solitaire recently started laying the first line of the Nord Stream 2 twin gas pipeline in Russian waters. Solitaire will spend about a month constructing one of the two approximately 100-kilometres-long sections in the Russian territorial sea. Solitaire is a 300-metres-long a
Oilfield services company, Expro, said it has expanded its subsea intervention capabilities, introducing two new well access solutions in addition to its subsea landing string system technologies. According to Expro, the Intervention Riser System (IRS) will safely establish and maintain well access
A timelapse video shows a 38-meter long OE Buoy, with a potential rated capacity of up to 1.25MW in electrical power production, taking shape in an Oregon shipyard, where shipbuilder Vigor is doing the construction works. Fabricated for Irish company Ocean Energy, this project was funded by the US D
Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has recently held the keel laying ceremony of the cable laying vessel Nexans Aurora. Keel laying marks the start of assembling the grand blocks of a newbuild vessel, destined for the installation of subsea cables by Nexans. The hull is being built at Crist, Poland, whil
ExxonMobil has received government and regulatory approvals and funded the Liza Phase 2 development offshore Guyana. Liza Phase 2 will produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day and further capitalize on the significant development potential of the Stabroek Block, where ExxonMobil estimates produc
