The development of the largest new field discovered in the UK North Sea for a decade has been approved by the UK Oil & Gas Authority, Maersk Oil reports. The Maersk Oil operated high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean field in the UK Central North Sea is expected to produce enough gas to meet
Australia’s Blue Ocean Monitoring, an operator of autonomous ocean data collection platforms for oil & gas and environmental applications, has opened offices in the United Kingdom and the USA. The United Kingdom office is headed by Keith Wallace who has been appointed General Manager – Europe & the
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 24 – August 30). Schlumberger and Cameron have signed a definitive merger agreement in which the companies will combine in a stock and cash transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Camero
BMO Offshore has won the competitive tender for providing vessel motion monitoring systems for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, jointly owned by SSE and RWE. In April 2015, SSE issued a Request for Information for Vessel Motion Monitoring Systems on the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, whi
The profile of Wales as a potential location for marine energy projects has increased dramatically over the past 12 months, demonstrated clearly by the growing number of developers from across the globe who are showing an active interest in developing projects in Welsh waters. Attracted initially by
IKM Testing has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Oceaneering’s Norwegian On-site Machining & Cutting business. On-site Machining includes Flange Facing, Pipe Cutting and Beveling, Line and Hole Boring and Plane and Groove Milling. The topside Cutting services include Abrasive Water Jet C
Hydrex mobilized an emergency team to Dubai to perform underwater inspection and repair on a 184-meter chemical tanker after it hit a buoy. After the equipment arrived at the vessel’s location the team started the operation with an underwater survey of the ship. The inspection revealed that only a s
The Government of Finland has given its consent for a project for the construction of an undersea cable connection by C-Lion 1 Oy in Finland’s economic zone. The project, with the name Sea Lion, comprises an undersea fibre optics cable 1175 kilometres long from Santahamina in Helsinki to Markgrafenh
Norway’s KB Dykk, a subsidiary of NTS ASA, has signed an agreement with Cermaq Norway for the rental of service vessels and provision of diving services in Finnmark region. According to NTS, the agreement will start on September 1 this year with a duration of three years and nine months, and involve
Energy and process industry specialist, the px Group, has signed a long term agreement with North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP) to operate and maintain (O&M) the St. Fergus Gas Terminal and associated Frigg UK and SIRGE offshore pipelines. The O&M agreement, signed on August 27, will take effect on
Italy’s Saipem has been awarded by the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (KNPC) for Package 4 and Package 5 of the Al-Zour New Refinery Project (NRP), located 90 km south of Kuwait City, for a total amount of approximately $1.3 billion, Saipem share. The Al-Zour NRP will be one of the largest oi
The Navy installed ocean cables under the seafloor off the coast of Naval Station Mayport, Florida, to complete another major step in delivering the Undersea Warfare Training Range. “Our team worked with multiple government and industry counterparts to install 6.8 miles of undersea trunk cable July
Harkand has recently completed the $10.5-million upgrade of its Gulf of Mexico-based dive support vessel (DSV) Swordfish. The video shows the newly upgraded vessel featuring a 15-man saturation diving system with a three-man bell along with a new 165’ surface diving system. The MT 6016 L vessel is d
McDermott has been awarded a lump sum contract by Saudi Aramco for brownfield work in various fields offshore Saudi Arabia. Work on the contract is expected to be executed through the second quarter of 2018. The award follows the June 2015 signing of a second Long Term Agreement (LTA) between McDerm
