SeaFlo Consultancy has developed a new dynamic marine and subsea training capability supported by mobile simulators. The Aberdeen-headquartered firm rolled out Marine Professionals Chartership Progression Training to help “fast-track” the careers of marine technicians to chartered engineers and tech
Fugro has supported Ireland’s Corrib natural gas field with an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) work using survey vessel Edda Sun, on behalf of Vermilion Exploration and Production Ireland (Vermilion). The project included deepwater pipeline surveys, inspection of subsea structures, and main
Polarcus, a Dubai-based seismic contractor, has recorded a drop in its vessel utilization in the second quarter of 2020. The vessel activity decreased from 72 percent in Q2 2019 to 50 percent in Q2 2020. According to Polarcus, on a contracted basis the vessel utilization dropped to 50 percent in Q2
Subsea 7 said it has secured a ‘sizeable’ contract with an undisclosed client for work in the Gulf of Mexico. For the company, a sizeable contract is between $50 million and $150 million. The work scope includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea pipelines. It also inc
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved SapuraOMV’s plan for the Kanga-1 geophysical and geotechnical site survey offshore Australia.
Neptune Energy has awarded a subsea inspection contract to geo-data specialist, Fugro, which will employ remote monitoring technology to survey subsea structures at the Cygnus gas field in the UK’s southern North Sea.
Shearwater has through its first deep-water ocean bottom node (OBN) survey project demonstrated its strategic positioning in the OBN market. In March, Shearwater secured its first deep-water OBN award. The project was launched in the second quarter, breaking the cost curve by implementing a wide-tow
Oceaneering International’s Asset Integrity group has received a three-year contract from Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC), a Chevron subsidiary. Oceaneering will provide inspection services onshore Cabinda, Angola, and offshore Angola on Blocks 0 and 14. The contract is scheduled to begin in Q2 20
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Jill has started the geotechnical investigations at the Thor offshore wind project in the Danish North Sea. Jill completed the first borehole drilling out of 20 in total at the site located west of Nissum Fjord, 20km from the shore. As reported in mid-April,
U.S. engineering and construction services company McDermott International has completed its restructuring process by shedding nearly all of the company’s $4.6 billion of funded debt.
Forum Energy Technologies has, as part of its continuing cost reduction plan, reduced and reorganized the corporate executive team. Changes to the executive team will be effective July 10, 2020. D. Lyle Williams Jr., who joined Forum in 2007, will be the executive vice president and chief financial
Shearwater GeoServices has secured two new projects, a seismic survey and processing contract by Oil India, and a project by CGG in Brazil as part of the five-year capacity agreement. The project for Oil India is a combined 3D and 2D towed streamer seismic acquisition and processing contract in the
Aker Solutions has received a letter of intent from Equinor to deliver the subsea production system for the next phase of the Askeladd natural gas development in the Barents Sea in northern Norway.
TGS, in partnership with PGS, has released the final Torngat 3D seismic data results, offshore Labrador. The Torngat survey, which covers approximately 3,300 square kilometres and encompasses sections of the open acreage included in the Labrador South November 2021 bid round, was acquired in 2019 ov
