Fugro has won a contract to collect seafloor data for the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), on behalf of the New South Wales Government, Australia. The project will deliver data as part of OEH’s Seabed NSW programme, announced earlier this year, and involves the collection of high resolution
i-Tech Services Division at Subsea 7 has utilized the Newton Labs M500UW laser scanner systems to create high precision scans for a Hess Corporation project. The Hess Corporation work specifically required scan resolutions at 500 meters depth in the range of 0.1mm resolution to solve a maintenance i
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from July 30 – August 5, 2018.
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 30 – August 05). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/07/27/naval-energies-shelves-tidal-energy-plans-with-openhydro-in-liquidation/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/07/30/inpex-begins-gas-production
In June this year, LLOG Exploration delivered first production from their Crown and Anchor field in the Gulf of Mexico. This milestone also represents an achievement for Aberdeen-based Enpro Subsea, as it is the first of multiple deployments by LLOG of its patented Flow Access Module (FAM) technolog
Marine consultancy, ABPmer, has welcomed Robin Stephens, Dr Ian Wade and Dr Sarah Taws to its Metocean Team. The appointment of these metocean specialists is said to reflect the company’s focus on broadening its metocean consultancy service. Robin Stephens, Head of Metocean Consulting, joins ABPmer
Subsea 7 said it has been awarded a contract by Nexen as part of the Buzzard Phase 2 Project, located approximately 55 kilometers off the north-east coast of Scotland. According to the company, the contract is worth between $50 million and $150 million. Subsea 7’s contract scope includes project man
High voltage engineering specialist, EDS HV Group (EDS), now part of James Fisher and Sons, has completed installation, termination and testing work at the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm (BOD). The BOD project has enabled owner and developer, EDF Renewables UK, to trial new technology and it
Sea Puffin 1, the world’s first daughter craft based on surface-effect-ship (SES) technology, has kicked off two months of sea trials at Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 1 and Ørsted’s Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea.
Balltec has recently secured a contract from Intermoor in Houston, USA, for the supply of its MoorLOK subsea mooring connectors. The UK-based company will supply 9 MoorLOK connectors for a project off the coast of West Africa. The connectors, rated to an MBL of 800 Metric Tonnes, are due to be deliv
Hurricane Energy has informed that the turret mooring system, including the newly-constructed buoy for the Aoka Mizu FPSO, has been installed at the Lancaster field in UK. The installation, part of the LancaOster Early Production System (EPS) development, is a subject to final classification society
French geoscience expert CGG has reported net profit of $49 million for the quarter ended June, 2018, against net loss of $170 million same time last year. For the second quarter 2018, the company generated $314 million in revenue and operating income of $26 million, against revenue of $350 million
TGS has began the acquisition of the new Erlend Wild West multi-client 3D seismic data West of Shetlands. This survey will cover a minimum of 1,000 km2 in the UK West of Shetland region and ties into TGS’ existing EW12 3D data. TGS will harness its acquisition and broadband processing expertise in t
Mexico’s National Hydrocarbon Commission (CNH) has approved Eni’s Development Plan (PoD) for the discoveries of Amoca, Miztón and Tecoalli, located in Area 1 in the shallow waters of the Campeche Bay in Mexico. This achievement comes 32 months after Eni signed the Area 1 Production Sharing Contract
