Recently, a team on the cable vessel Global Sentinel arrived back in Victoria after successfully repairing a faulty connection that resulted a complete NEPTUNE Canada’s network shutdown on September. 20. Technicians from NEPTUNE Canada and equipment provider Alcatel-Lucent had tracked the problem to
The annual Optoelectronic Technical Meeting has established itself as an international event with a unique mix of representatives from operators, service companies, subsea systems suppliers, technology providers, R&D institutes and universities. After being held in Aberdeen for two years, this was t
WASACE is an exciting new international communications system linking the major markets of four continents – Africa, South America, North America and Europe, with undersea fiber-optic cable. It is the largest such project ever mounted in the Atlantic Ocean. The projects’ total fiber length is seven
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Vilje South project on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 225 million. Scope of work includes a subsea tree, satellite p
Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has announced a multi-million pound investment in marine assets for its core North Sea market. From January 2012, the DP3 Diving Support Vessel, Toisa Polaris, will come under the control of Bibby Offshore. The vessel will be taken on a 2-
Energy consultancy Xodus Group has launched a £5 million office in The Hague bringing a truly integrated subsurface and surface capability to the global oil and gas industry. A number of key appointments have been made and Xodus aims to have 20 people operating from The Hague by the end of the year.
The Vilje partners have taken the investment decision to develop Vilje South, an extension to the main field included in its original plan for development and operation (PDO). An oil producer, Vilje lies just to the north of Heimdal in the northern part of Norway’s North Sea sector. The well planned
C-Tecnics introduces the Mantis 20 HD Camera, world’s first underwater inspection camera with a 20x zoom capability. The MANTIS 20 is a compact, full high definition (HD) colour focus and zoom camera. The 1/3‐inch CMOS sensor provides exceptional picture quality with full HD levels of resolution and
BlueView Technologies the world leader in compact acoustic imaging and measurement technology has added Chris Jones as Director of Research and Development. Jones will take charge of our Research and Development efforts to improve current data processing and explore new applications for BlueView’s u
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen have acquired geological material from steep parts of the seabed on the Jan Mayen Ridge. The new knowledge reinforces the belief that there could be petroleum in the area. ”The samples from the seabed at Jan Mayen are remarkable;
BlueView Technologies the world leader in compact acoustic imaging and measurement technology has answered the call for a long range imaging sonar with a wide field-of-view – the all new P450 Series now with S2 electronics is available in five new models including two deepwater options. Each model h
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that M. Kevin McEvoy, President and Chief Executive Officer, will deliver a presentation at the Jefferies 2011 Global Energy Conference in Houston, TX on Thursday, December 1, 2011. The conference slides will be accessible after the close of the market on Tu
Chevron Corporation reports that while its subsidiary, Chevron Brasil Upstream Frade Ltda., has not received formal notice from Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency (ANP) suspending its drilling license, the company has voluntarily suspended its current and future drilling operations, offshore Brazil.
FES International has secured a $4.7M deal to supply, Maersk Oil UK with 22 bespoke diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSC) for its Gryphon floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the North Sea. The FES DBSCs are designed to enable quick, efficient and cost effective installat
