Oslo-listed SeaBird, a seismic data provider for oil and gas companies, has signed an agreement to provide a vessel for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. The project is anticipated to start in late December 2016 and will have a duration of approximately 45 days. SeaBird will be using t
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has unveiled its quarter-scale WaveSub device currently under construction in Pembroke Dock, South Wales.
ROV service provider, ROVOP, has recorded sales of almost £10 million in the second half of its financial year and EBITDA of £3.5 million for the six months to September 2016, an increase of 14 percent and 27 percent respectively over the same period in 2015. The company has also welcomed 15 new cus
4Subsea, a Norwegian technology company specialised in production riser systems and subsea well systems, has launched Portable Annulus Tester (PAT), a product that automates integrity testing of flexible risers. According to the company, PAT is an “Engineer-in-a-box” solution that removes the requir
OceanGate said it has started the construction of the Cyclops 2, a manned submersible with a depth range of 4,000 meters (13,125 feet). The company has ordered two titanium hemispheres and two matching titanium to carbon fiber interface rings from Titanium Fabrication Corp. (TiFab), and a 56” diamet
Ashtead Technology is delivering nCentric wireless mesh communication network to assist Fugro Subsea Services operation in North Africa. Utilising nCentric Nova Node technology combined with the HyperBox, Ashtead has supplied video streaming and data transmissions between four vessels during the ins
UK-based Global Marine Systems has secured a contract from Tampnet to enhance inter oil-field communication networks in the North Sea. The work, which focuses on the installation of a platform to platform fibre optic cable, will be undertaken in 2018 by one of the company’s installation vessels. It
South Stream Transport B.V. has awarded the Swiss-based Allseas a contract to lay the first line of the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline in the Black Sea, with an option for laying the second line. According to the contract, Allseas is to lay more than 900 km of pipes on the seabed. Allseas will eng
Petrofac has completed the provision of risk assessment and engineering support on the two 48 km subsea cables connecting the Lincs offshore wind farm with the onshore transmission system. Following a full assessment of the impact of external risks to the cable, such as fishing and anchor damage in
Ardent has completed removing the Troll Solution jack-up, reportedly the largest wreck removal completed in 2016. Weighing approximately 7,000 tons, the jack-up Troll Solution experienced a debilitating accident while carrying out maintenance work on the wellhead platform CAAN-A in 2015. Prior to Ar
Polarcus has received two letters of intent from two undisclosed clients for two additional marine seismic projects offshore South America. The projects, one 3D using Polarcus’ RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition and one 4D monitoring survey, should begin in Q1 and Q2 2017 respectivel
French naval defense and energy specialist DCNS plans to create a subsidiary dedicated to marine renewable energies.
The video above shows inter-array cables installation project by Siem Offshore Contractors on the Nordsee One offshore wind farm in the German Bight of the North Sea. SOC installed approximately 70 kilometres of inter-array grid cables on the Nordsee One OWF between June and August 2016. All 59 cabl
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), who is leading the search for the missing MH370 flight, informed that Chinese Dong Hai Jiu 101 vessel has concluded the underwater search and is heading back to Shanghai. On Saturday, Dong Hai Jiu 101 began its passage to Fremantle to demobilize the Pho
