China’s most sophisticated research vessel Kexue (Science) departed from the eastern city of Xiamen on January 10 on a new expedition to a west Pacific seamount. According to reports, the second expedition to the Yap Seamount sea area will focus on deep-sea environment and ecology, said Dong Dongdon
Ezra’s wholly owned subsidiary London Marine Consultants (LMC), has been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard of Singapore, to supply an external turret mooring system for the Libra field’s Extended Well Test (EWT) FPSO vessel. The Libra oil field is a large, ultra-deep
Matrix Composites & Engineering (MCE) has delivered one of the largest installation buoyancy structures in the world to Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC). The structure weighs 103MT in air and provides 150MT of uplift in seawater, the equivalent of eight large public buses. Made from a modular design
Mooreast Asia has expanded to a larger facility in the West of Singapore. The new facility is twice the size of the previous facility in the East. The new 12,000 sqm facility is located at 14 Benoi Sector, Singapore 629847. Mooreast Asia is able to house its offices, workshops, fabrication yards and
Orkney’s marine energy industry has been the focus of a fact-finding visit by Japanese politicians and business leaders. The 10-strong party from the Nagasaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, toured the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Stromness at the weekend to learn more about Orkney’s
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 05 – January 11). The largest ship in the world, ‘Pieter Schelte’ has arrived to the Port of Rotterdam today, Thursday January 08. The ship will be docked in Alexiahaven where the final assemb
In December, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) received the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the 34/10-53 S (Rutil) discovery in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen area in the North Sea. Production start-up is scheduled for the first quarter of 2017. Rutil is a gas discovery. The operator
Damen has delivered a new DOC 8500 cable laying vessel to international offshore contractor Van Oord. Named Nexus, the 126-metre vessel is intended for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind farms. Van Oord is currently making preparations for the Gemini offshore wind farm which wi
Danish strategic partnership Megavind has recently presented the report “Increasing the value of wind in energy systems with large shares of wind”. The ninth strategy report from Megavind provides recommendations with a focus on the internal optimization of wind farms. The report discusses future te
The pinger locator in a search for AirAsia QZ8501 Flight has detected pings believed to be from the plane’s black box. Head of the search and rescue agency, Soelistyo, couldn’t confirm the existence of a black box, before a detailed examination has been conducted. “We have our fingers crossed it is
Petrobras has made a new oil discovery after drilling the well 9-SES-188D (Petrobras nomenclature) / 9-BRSA-1280D-SES (ANP nomenclature), located at concession area BM-SEAL-11, in block SEAL-M-426, in Sergipe Basin ultra-deep waters. The results confirm the light oil and gas discovery in Farfan area
Statoil has announced the ambition to extend the life of the Norne field to 2030, despite it being initially scheduled to shut down during 2014. The Norne field came on stream on 6 November 1997, and the initial development plans called for the field to be shut down during 2014. But the Norne advent
Ezra Holdings Limited’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has secured a subsea construction contract with Apache Energy in Australia valued in excess of A$130 million (US$105 million). The awarded scope of work includes project management, engineering, transportation and subsea installation of an
Ezra, has reported an increase in profit after tax (PAT) from US$8.7 million in 1Q14 to US$60.6 million in 1Q15. However, revenue of US$321.0 million for the first quarter ended November 30, 2014 (1Q15) was slightly lower from the corresponding period (1Q14). Adjusted EBITDA for the Group increased
