Nexans has secured a contract from Norway’s Statnett to supply and install a new high-voltage subsea power link crossing Hadselfjord in the far north of the country. The current Hadselfjord cable, installed in 1977, has exceeded its technical design life. The project aims to further boost electricit
The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has appointed FTI Consulting liquidators to financially troubled seismic contractor Polarcus. The company’s assets were taken over by its lenders following a loan default earlier this year. Last week, Polarcus received notification from the lenders that they no
Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business has secured a well project management contract in Australia with PTTEP.
Royal IHC has been modifying McDermott’s pipelay and construction vessel Amazon in the port of Rotterdam for several months. On behalf of Royal IHC, Heerema’s Sleipnir has now successfully installed the J-lay Tower onto McDermott’s vessel. IHC manages the whole modification of this project, from the
Oil and gas exploration firm Providence has secured the approval from the Irish government to undertake a seabed and shallow geophysical survey and an environmental baseline and habitat assessment survey, at the K-Site location, Barryroe in the North Celtic Sea. The offshore survey, when completed l
Sypris Technologies, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, has recently received orders for its Tube Turns D-bolt and Tool-less specialty closures for use in high-pressure oil and gas applications. Specifically, contracts include the Anchor Field development project in the Gulf of Mexico and the planned
TechnipFMC pipelay vessel Deep Blue has recently completed spooling of Energean’s Karish steel catenary risers at its spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama. The Deep Blue is currently transiting to Limassol, Cyprus where it will perform mobilisation of the riser end structures. TechnipFMC won an integrated e
Survey specialist Sulmara Subsea, through its APAC entity, has entered into a new partnership with Singapore-based autonomous marine robotics specialists BeeX Autonomous Systems. Glasgow-based firm recently opened a regional office in Singapore, with James Hope as regional manager. Founded in 2019,
Subsea tree order intake in January 2021 has seen the awards totalling 69 units, getting off to a fast start, according to market research provider Westwood. Notable awards came for Petrobras’ Buzios development, Santos’ Bayu Undan Phase IIIc, Energean’s Karish North, as well as the North El Amriya
The Asia Pacific region continues to provide a wealth of opportunities for the UK’s subsea engineering sector, both in traditional oil & gas and in the growing renewables market, the industry body said. A new summary of activity compiled by Subsea UK shows, that despite the challenges, discoveries c
Technology and engineering company Emerson has introduced a new software to boost process automation and the application of the Roxar 2600 Multiphase Flow Meter (MPFM) for the oil and gas industry. The Rapid Adaptive Measurement software architecture enables the Roxar 2600 MPFM to do parallel comput
Italian cabling specialist Novacavi has recently made its own technological-productive contribution to the mineral growth test started for the platform protection from corrosion and to favour colonisation by marine organisms on the ENI Viviana 1 platform. Viviana is a monotubular structure, located
Australian offshore petroleum regulator NOPSEMA has taken action against Woodside related to decommissioning of the Enfield field and Nganhurra FPSO.
UK-based RS Aqua has signed an exclusive partnership with Canada-based ROV developer SEAMOR Marine. The partnership enables RS Aqua to distribute SEAMOR Marine’s inspection-class remotely operated vehicles in the UK as well as Ireland. SEAMOR Marine is also one of a few ROV companies in Canada to ex
