Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has cut the first steel for a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte. The SOV yard number 315 is of the SX195 design from Ulstein, and is destined to operate for GE Renewable Energy on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German No
Swire Seabed has secured a framework agreement with Wintershall Norge for the provision of marine subsea services in the North Sea. The framework agreement will begin this year and has a duration of three years, plus four years options. The work to be performed under this agreement includes the supp
Oceaneering has entered into a contract with Subsea 7 to supply an umbilical and flying leads for Shell’s deepwater Vito development in the Mississippi Canyon area of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The contract is for an electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical, and flying leads, totaling approximat
The Sunshine Coast Council and RTI Connectivity (RTI-C) have reached an agreement on a new international submarine cable that should become Australia’s fastest telecommunications connection to Asia and second fastest to the United States. The project includes a 550km undersea fibre optic cable which
Equinor and its partners Shell and Total submitted an application for an exploitation permit for a subsea reservoir for injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). This is the very first time the Norwegian authorities have announced a licensing round for injection and storage of CO2. Equinor and
Alam Maritim Resources’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Alam Hidro, and Australian company AME Subsea have entered into a shareholders agreement for the purpose of venturing and providing offshore underwater and subsea services. The services will include a complete work program of underwater, structural an
The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, has launched the world’s first ocean cleanup system from the San Francisco Bay. The cleanup system (System 001) is set for a two-week trial before continuing its journey toward the Great Pacifi
The Norwegian-based diving contractor SubseaPartner has been awarded a contract to provide air diving services at the Hummingbird Spirit FPSO operated by Teekay. According to the company, project delivery is scheduled to take place in British sector this year. Olympic Shipping has been chartered by
Norway’s largest and longest pipeline, laid by the vessel Saipem Castorone, has reached the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea late last week. The 36-inch pipeline, which extends 283 km from the Mongstad oil terminal outside Bergen to the giant field in the North Sea, was installed right next to
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 03 – September 09). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/09/05/pipe-laying-kicks-off-for-nord-stream-2-in-gulf-of-finland/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/09/05/saudi-aramco-awards-marjan-field
DOF Subsea said it has been awarded frame agreement for marine subsea services from Wintershall. During the course of the contract, Wintershall may call-of services as required within survey, IMR and light construction using DOF Subsea’s integrated PM&E teams and fleet of subsea vessels. The duratio
Bibby HydroMap has welcomed Gary Fenwick as its new HSE Manager. Fenwick brings 18 years of HSE expertise working in the petrochemical and marine industry. He will be responsible for the HSE department and for all our HSE compliance with industry best practice within Bibby HydroMap for all the compa
Eidesvik Offshore has secured a contract for its vessel Viking Neptun to support work on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
The Phoenix Submarine Rescue Team deployed on board the M/V HOS DOMINATOR completed submarine rescue operations off the coast of Catalina Island, which culminated in a satisfactory Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) by Undersea Rescue Command’s (URC) parent command (Submarine Squadron ELEVEN) to
