3sun Group, specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has launched a fully comprehensive asset integrity service. The Group’s in-house capabilities for working at height support the repair, maintenance and decommissioning of all on and offshore structures, both in o
Global Marine Systems, a specialist in subsea cabling and engineering projects, has recently delivered a T&I (transportation and installation) of a Cable End Module (CEM) in the North Sea. Global Marine’s project engineering department was tasked by Tampnet with demands that included pre-planning, i
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has successfully completed its contract in the German North Sea using its new tool, a multi-mattress deployment system the MDS3, to lay mattresses for client NSW. NSW is the main contractor for the manufacture and installation of export cable for the Gode Wind 1 offs
The steel jacket for the Statoil operated Mariner A platform on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) left the Spanish Dragados yard yesterday, 10 August, and is now on its way to the North Sea. Construction of the large platform sub-structure started in October 2013 and was completed in May this year, on
Brazilian subsea engineering company, Oceanica, is expanding its Saab Seaeye ROV fleet with two new Lynx vehicles. According to the company, each Lynx will be used in conjunction with two new vessels being built for Oceanica’s growing Petrobras activities in the vast Brazilian oil fields. Head of RO
Harkand has successfully completed the $10.5-million upgrade of its Gulf of Mexico based dive support vessel (DSV) Swordfish. The fully International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) compliant, ABS classed, 104 m long, DP2 DSV features a newly upgraded 15-man saturation diving system with a thr
A team from the Northern Diving Group is spending a fortnight at the north-western tip of the British Isles dealing with a rich haul of unexploded bombs. Each summer the bomb disposal experts from Faslane decamp to the ranges at Cape Wrath to get rid of high explosives peppering the seabed. The remo
Stonehenge Metals has completed the functional ocean based testing of the fully assembled Protean wave energy converter. The testing showed that the Protean WEC functioned as anticipated and that it was responsive to wave motion even in very low wave height conditions, according to Stonehenge. Fabri
Deep Down reported net income of $0.2 million, or $0.01 income per fully diluted share, for the second quarter of 2015, compared to a net loss of $1.2 million, or $0.08 loss per diluted share for the second quarter of 2014. Revenues for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 were $6.8 million, compared to
Huawei Marine has completed upgrades on the section from South Africa to Portugal and Portugal to United Kingdom of the West Africa Cable System (WACS) using Huawei Marine’s 100G transmission solution. With the length of the Digital Line Segment (DLS) between South Africa and Portugal beyond 11,450
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), the Marine Institute and Commissioners of Irish Lights have completed the construction of the Galway Bay underwater ocean observatory. The ocean observatory will enable the use of cameras, probes and sensors to permit continuous and remote live und
Wood Group has been awarded a three-year offshore engineering blanket order by PEMEX Procurement International for field development in Mexico’s Gulf of Mexico waters. The agreement, valued at up to US$28 million, encompasses deepwater and complex shallow water concept and basic engineering, and own
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use pipelines and subsea production facilities on the Åsgard field. Statoil is the operator of Åsgard in the central Norwegian Sea, in 200-300 metres of water. Åsgard comprises finds 6506/12-1 Smørbukk, 6506/12-3 Smørbu
QED Naval has launched the Subhub operational model last week at Forth Estuary Engineering’s dock in Leith, UK. The Subhub tidal foundations platform is designed to commission, test, transport, install, and secure a mini array of wave and tidal turbines to the seabed. The crew finalized the setup of
