SapuraKencana Energy (SKE), subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad, has been given the go-ahead by Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) for the SK310 B15 gas field development project in Malaysia. Following the approval, SapuraKencana said it would start the development phase for this project wit
Hydro Group has secured a contract with Atlantis Resources to supply connection systems for the MeyGen tidal array project. Atlantis Resources, the developer behind MeyGen tidal project, has selected Hydro Group to supply the complete export connection system for one of the tidal turbines. The agree
Coretrax, a wellbore clean up and abandonment specialist, has completed a three-year decommissioning contract with operator Hess Corporation for the first designated abandonment campaign of its kind. The project began in 2012, involving 30 well abandonments at the FFFA and IVRR fields in the UK Nort
iSURVEY, a provider of survey and positioning services to the oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has secured a framework contract with Total E&P UK for the provision of rig move navigation and positioning services. Starting October 12, 2015, the three year framework con
Bourbon has posted higher revenue for the first nine months of 2015, despite reporting a drop in utilization rates and average daily rate in all segments. Namely, a strong US dollar and an increase in the size of the fleet has pushed Bourbon’s revenues up by 6.8 per cent year-on-year. In the first n
DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain. Van Oord: Dredging Companies Venturing into Offshore Wind (Interview) During the Offshore Ener
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of October marked announcements from some of the major subsea players including Subsea 7, Technip and Saipem. The trio managed to secure new contracts i
RenewableUK is launching a new accord today, November 3, 2015, which allows its member companies to demonstrate their commitment to supporting the health and safety standards in wind, wave and tidal energy. According to RenewableUK, signing up to the accord means that companies are committing themse
Cyta and Telecom Italia Sparkle announced that the new KIMONAS subsea cable subsystem linking Cyprus with Crete will come into full commercial service by the end of 2015. KIMONAS will be Cyta’s first wholly owned optical fibre cable subsystem connecting Cyprus and Greece. The subsystem, that will co
AquaComms has selected Ciena to facilitate 100G connectivity on its new AEConnect subsea cable system from New York to London, and beyond to greater Europe. Leveraging Ciena’s GeoMesh solution, AquaComms will provide low-latency, reliable and scalable connectivity to support the needs of the web-sca
Australian wave energy developer, Carnegie Wave, has started capital raising via a share purchase plan (SPP) to raise up to Au$5 million for its Garden Island CETO 6 and renewable microgrid projects. The SPP will allow all eligible Carnegie shareholders to purchase between Au$3,000 and Au$15,000 wor
Searcher Seismic has started the Haere 2D seismic survey offshore Papua New Guinea PNG. The survey, in cooperation with the Department of Petroleum and Energy (DPE) and project partner BGP, comprises ~17,000 km of 2D long-offset, high resolution, broadband seismic over the Gulf of Papua. The has now
SapuraKencana Australia has contracted Subcon for the supply of the gravity anchors and cathodic protection for the John Brookes Pipeline Repair project. Subcon’s scope for this fabrication package includes the supply of eleven heavy density concrete gravity anchors to restrain the pipeline from upl
Island Offshore has decided to lay up the ROV and survey vessel Island Spirit for the winter season. Island Spirit performs IMR work, survey work and ROV operations, however, the company said it expects the activity in this segment is to decline in the coming months. “We are working on relocating so
