NEC Corporation has signed a contract with RTI Connectivity to supply a high capacity optical submarine cable for a new system connecting Hong Kong and Guam. The 3,900 km Hong Kong Guam cable system (HK-G) is scheduled to begin operation in January 2020. The system features 100 gigabit per second (G
Shearwater GeoServices has signed agreements with TGS for two surveys, one firm and one optional, to be conducted offshore Norway. The surveys are scheduled to start between March and May 2017 and total approximately 15,000 sq km. Shearwater said that the surveys will be performed by two of the comp
Polarcus has received a letter of award from TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company for acquisition of 30,000 square kilometers of 3D multi-client data in Europe. Approximately 20,000 square kilometers will be acquired in 2017 utilizing two Polarcus vessels and its XArray multiple source acquisition method t
Altus Intervention, a subsidiary of the Qinterra Group, has won a contract extension with Statoil for power mechanical services on a number of its North Sea and Norwegian Sea fields. The new two-year agreement will see Altus deliver its services across Heidrun, Statfjord, Snorre, Sleipner and Statoi
Works have continued on the new sea defenses at Rossall with the major changes now visible at promenade level, reports the Wyre Council. Since the last update, one thousand intermediate blocks have been installed. According to the council, almost one third of the upper promenade has been brought up
The 2016 total offshore discovered liquids resources reached only slightly below 2.3 billion bbl, 90% lower than in 2010, Energy intelligence group Rystad Energy has informed. The group says the drop is most significant to the overall decline in discovered volumes; and in fact, total global discover
Jan De Nul Group has finished dredging the 76 km long navigational channel that leads to the Port of Maputo in Mozambique. The company’s cutter dredger J.F.J. De Nul, hopper dredger De Lapérouse, along with some other dredgers, delivered the project several months ahead of schedule. According to Jan
Global Marine Systems has been awarded the renewal of the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement (ACMA), alongside its Atlantic partner for maintenance services, Orange Marine. The new contract began on January 1, 2017, and runs for five years, through to December 2021. ACMA is a non-profit cooperativ
Searcher Seismic, together with project partner, CGG, has reported that the PSDM reprocessing of 1,668 square kilometers of 3D seismic data in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia has started. The multi-client company said on Thursday that the project comprises broadband PSDM reprocessing of the W
National Grid Viking Link (NGVL) and Energinet.dk (ENDK) have invited tenders for the supply of several services for the Viking Link interconnector between UK and Denmark. The scope of work under the contract includes detailed design, engineering, procurement, manufacture, installation, construction
Maritime solutions and services provider MISC Berhad has begun the FSO Benchamas 2 conversion work for Chevron at the MMHE West Yard in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. To remind, MISC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, MISC Offshore Floating Terminals (MOFT), signed a contract for the lease and operation of an FSO
DeepOcean has been awarded cable installation and trenching work by Nexans for ScottishPower Renewable’s East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Offshore work will be undertaken by 2019 with the Maersk Connector and purpose built power cable plough, ACP2, supported by DeepOcean’s in-hou
Maritime Developments (MDL) has dispatched the new 4-track pipelay tensioner to Asia Pacific, after securing the first job for the system with an undisclosed offshore contractor. The portable 110-tonne unit will be used for an umbilical installation in the Indian Ocean, to transition 28km of product
The Carbon Trust has launched tenders to assess the challenges of electrical systems, mooring systems, and logistics in large arrays of floating wind turbines.
