Shell and the USCG have recovered approximately 2,012 barrels (more than 84,000 gallons) of an oil-water mixture following the release of oil from its subsea infrastructure at Glider field in the Gulf of Mexico. The joint response mobilized more than 150 people, five on-water recovery vessels for sk
Total has held official inauguration ceremony of the Laggan-Tormore fields on Monday in UK. The inauguration was held at the Shetland Gas Plant in the presence of government and industry partners including Amber Rudd MP, the UK Government secretary of state for energy and climate change and Patrick
Tracerco has completed a $5-million upgrade of its facilities in Houston. The new facilities include an environmentally controlled subsea simulation tank used to prepare subsea diagnostic technologies prior to mobilisation offshore. In addition, the company has expanded and upgraded their reservoir
Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists diving in the ancient harbor in the Caesarea National Park recovered statues, thousands of coins 1,600 years old and other finds from the seabed. A discovery by two divers in the ancient port of Caesarea in the Caesarea National Park before the Passover ho
Shell has been given green light by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to start repairs at Glider field, following the release of oil from its subsea infrastructure last week. Glider field is located in Green Canyon Block 248 in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident was report
Oil and gas offshore service vessel operators are becoming increasingly interested in the offshore renewables industry as their main market deteriorates; however, vessel operators that specialize in the renewables sector such as Chevalier Floatels have an edge over the new competitors in that their
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 09 – May 15). Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore has terminated the charter party for the offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Spearfish, due to non-performance of the charterer’s obliga
Norway’s offshore union, Industri Energi (IE), believes that oil services company Subsea 7 operates with diver contracts that violate the Norwegian Working Environment Act. Namely, in January this year, Industri Energi carried out an inspection on Subsea 7’s diving vessel Seven Falcon in Haugesund,
Singapore-listed EPIC contractor, Swiber, has reported net loss of USD 0.2 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016 (1QFY16), compared to profit of USD 70 000 same time last year. The loss per share for 1QFY16 was 0.6 US cents against a loss of 0.4 US cents in 1QFY15. Swiber said its botto
Weakening of US dollar has helped the Norwegian shipowner Farstad to bounce back to profit during the first quarter of 2016. Farstad’s profit after taxes (PAT) was NOK 94.2 million, versus the loss of NOK 304.2 million a year earlier. To remind, Farstad also recorded net loss of NOK 1.32 billion for
The first tower components for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension project have begun arriving at MHI Vestas’ pre-assembly site in the Belfast Harbour. The middle tower sections which arrived this week will support the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW wind turbines at the Burbo Bank wind farm located in Liverpo
DOF Subsea reported profit for the first quarter 2016 of NOK 316 million compared with NOK 139 million profit for the corresponding period in 2015. For the Q1 2016 period, the company had net financial income of NOK 192 million, versus net financial loss of NOK 320 million same time last year. NOK 3
Orkney-based Scotrenewables Tidal Power has launched its 2 MW SR2000, the world’s largest energy generating tidal turbine.
A crude oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico from a Shell subsea well-head flow line, approximately 90 miles south of Timbalier Island, Louisiana, Thursday. Shell reported that a two mile by thirteen mile sheen was observed in the area of its Glider field, a group of four subsea wells located in
