French seismic contractor CGG has seen its vessel availability rate plunge to 74%, compared to a 84% availability rate in the first quarter of 2015 and a 94% rate in the second quarter of 2014. According to CGG, this vessel availability rate this quarter is the result of a 10% high steaming rate to
Vattenfall and SWM have begun the pile driving on monopile “SB 62”, marking the start of construction of the Sandbank wind farm 90 km off the coast of Sylt. After the DanTysk offshore wind farm, Sandbank is now the second infrastructure project that Vattenfall and SWM are realizing together. The sis
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is to lead NASA’s 20th underwater astronaut training mission this month. Starting on 20 July, the 14-day NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations sortie, or NEEMO, will see a team of four living and working in the Aquarius underwater research station off the coast of
Arup has been appointed by Laing O’Rourke as its lead design and engineering partner to deliver the lagoon’s 410 metre turbine house and sluice structure block. Arup will provide a variety of services on the project, including structural and geotechnical design, and project management. It will also
Stone Energy has informed that operations at the Cardona #6 development well, located in Mississippi Canyon block 29, have been proceeding ahead of schedule and below budget, and drilling has been completed through the targeted zones. The well encountered approximately 288 feet of net pay in two int
The last two ROVs to leave Australia’s Total Marine Technology (TMT) mark a major milestone in a very significant contract for the company. Typhoon 28 and 29 were the last ROVs to be built for one of TMT’s most significant jobs, the build, install and support of 12 ROVs for Brazil. These two ROVs, l
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring has been awarded a contract for the provision of mooring and rig positioning services to the Australian oil and gas company Woodside. Under the contract with Woodside, Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring will perform mooring and rig positioning services for semi-submers
Ezra’s Subsea Services Division, EMAS AMC has signed a six year Long Term Agreement (LTA) with Saudi Aramco, with exercisable options to extend for another six years, in a consortium with Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE). Under the awarded LTA, LTHE and EMAS AMC will execute offshore p
Authorities at the Danish ports of Copenhagen, Kalundborg and Fredricia have granted permission for GAC EnvironHull’s HullWiper solution to be used within their ports and outside of holding areas. These approvals represent the latest expansion of the service into the Scandinavian region, following t
Fugro informed that its geophysical survey vessel, the Fugro Americas, has successfully completed data collection for a geochemical coring campaign in the Caribbean. The project marks the maiden voyage of the newbuild vessel. Mobilisation for the campaign immediately followed the vessel’s departure
Telebras of Brazil and Islalink of Spain, have signed a EULALINK Joint Venture agreement to build a new submarine optical fibre cable between Europe and Latin America. The subsea cable, which should be complete in early 2018, will link Lisbon (Portugal) with Fortaleza (Brazil). This initiative shoul
French engineering giant, Technip, has informed that the company will accelerate its cost reduction and efficiency efforts worldwide through a restructuring plan in response to the downturn in the oil and gas market. As the company noted in the first quarter of 2015, the sharp fall in oil prices has
2H Offshore has been awarded two separate contracts, one by Hess and a second contract by Enbridge, to verify the design, fabrication and installation phases of the Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs) for the Stampede field development in the Gulf of Mexico. The Stampede field is operated by Hess. Enbridge
Sustainable Marine Energy’s PLAT-O tidal energy platform has generated first power off the south coast of England. PLAT-O tidal platform was deployed at Yarmouth testing site. Jason Hayman, Managing Director of SME, said the installation operation went smoothly. The platform was fitted with two 50 k
