Eidesvik has entered into a contract with Kleven Maritime for building of a large subsea vessel with delivery Q2 2014. The contract has a value of above 1 billion NOK and is the largest single investment in the company’s history. The vessel has a length of 145 m and a beam of 31 m. It […]
Sercel announced the expansion of its marine seismic equipment offering with the launch of the Sentinel® RD, the latest generation of its Sentinel solid streamer. With over 4,000 km of streamers delivered to more than 60 seismic vessels worldwide since its introduction in 2005, Sentinel has become t
Cameron has signed an agreement with CNOOC for the supply of subsea production systems in support of the “Panyu 35-1/2” deepwater gas field developments in the South China Sea. The contract is valued at approximately $100 million and the scope of supply includes six subsea production trees, producti
CNOOC Limited announced that the Company received a report from ConocoPhillips China Inc., the Operator of Penglai 19-3 oilfield, stating that a small amount of oil leaked to the sea when the safety device of a hose coupling automatically parted due to the abnormality during the oil transfer under f
MPM has been awarded the contract for subsea wetgas meters for the Åsgard Subsea Compression by Aker Solutions. The meters will be installed upstream each compressor train, as part of Aker Solution’s retrievable cooler module. The Åsgard field lies in 250 – 300 m water depth in the Norwegian Sea, ab
ION Geophysical Corporation today announced the launch of Calypso, its next generation redeployable seabed acquisition system. Leveraging ION’s industry-leading VectorSeis digital sensors to deliver the same unrivaled broadband imaging, Calypso is designed to operate at twice the depth and to delive
Dolphin Group ASA announces the appointment of Tim Wells as Chairman of the Board for Dolphin Group ASA. Tim has more than 35 years’ experience from the seismic industry. He began his career with Digicon Geophysical in Houston as a Processing Geophysicist and was rapidly promoted to manage their Sou
The cooperation between Cuxport and Offshore Marine Management GmbH (OMM) is gathering pace: the “Bourbon Enterprise”, the first vessel equipped for the maritime cable business at a quay at Cuxport, left Cuxhaven for the last time bound for the North Sea. On its seven trips, the 76-metre long multi-
Ramboll Oil & Gas has landed its first contract for Gazprom’s top development priority, the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field. The field is a part of the Kirinsky block in the major Sakhalin 3 area located 28 kilometres offshore the island of Sakhalin in the Sea of Okhotsk. The area is part of the
China’s manned submersible, Jiaolong, will attempt a deep-sea dive to 7,000 meters. If it succeeds in this mission, China will hold the record for performing the deepest dive. The deep-sea dive will test the vessel’s crew which will conduct a series of tests in the Pacific Ocean starting June 10. Xi
Subsea UK launched its annual scholarship initiative which is aimed at boosting the number of highly skilled subsea engineers in the industry. The scholarship programme, which enables successful candidates to study towards a post-graduate MSc in subsea engineering, was introduced last year by Subsea
Last week an initial breakthrough was made to further accelerate Germany’s shift to renewable energy. The country’s four major grid operators provided the German government with a new plan for a major grid expansion. The government is reviewing the plan and has recently intensified high-level meetin
Davie Yard Joint Venture, consisted of Upper Lakes Group, SNC Lavalin and Cecon ASA, and established to complete the three vessels under construction at Davie Yard, is about to lose one of its participants. SNC-Lavalin decided to cease its efforts to participate in the Davie Joint Venture. After an
SubC Control introduced the HD-Now conversion pod which provides older ROVs with an easy upgrade path to HD capability. Most ROVs have at least one spare fiber. Utilizing a spare presents the easiest method of getting HD video to the surface. In the cases where the ROV has HD-SDI capability, the bot
