Subsea News


Global Marine inks two North Sea contracts

Apr 20, 2015

Tampet awarded UK-based Global Marine Systems Ltd. two contracts in the North Sea, designed to further enhance high-capacity communications networks in the area and entail highly skilled route survey, cable installation and protection services…

Pain for Petrofac on Laggan Tormore

Apr 20, 2015

London headquartered oilfield services firm Petrofac says its loss on the west of Shetland Laggan Tormore project is to reach US$360 million in 2014-2015 amid delays and industrial action.  Petrofac's work on the project, a 125km subsea…

CSR completes SMD acquisition

Apr 17, 2015

China's Zhuzhou China South Rail Times Electric completed a £130 million acquisition of the UK-based ROV and trenching equipment manufacturer Specialist Machine Developments (SMD), also known as Soil Machine Dynamics. Zhuzhou specializes…

Ezra subsea inks US$55 million in contracts

Apr 16, 2015

Ezra Holdings’ subsea services division, EMAS AMC, has won multiple new awards from various oil and energy companies worth approximately US$55 million. The Lewek Constellation. From EMAS. The scope of work includes project support…

NASNet deployed on Aasta Hansteen

Apr 16, 2015

Nautronix's NASNet array in Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen field is now fully operational and awaiting first field construction, the UK-based firm said. Last year, Nautronix secured an order with Subsea 7 to supply 16 NASNet stations along…

WorleyParsons wins Fortuna work

Apr 15, 2015

Ophir Equatorial Guinea awarded WorleyParsons a contract for provision of engineering and project management services for their Equatorial Guinea Block R Project, the Fortuna project. Block R map…

DNV GL’s new subsea RP

Apr 15, 2015

Steel forgings are important building blocks for subsea components and are often tailored to meet end-users’ specific requirements. This results in long delivery times and repeated follow-ups throughout the supply chain. With DNV GL’s new…

Hydro Group, EnerMech launch new hose

Apr 15, 2015

Hydro Group teamed up with mechanical engineering group EnerMech to launch a new hydraulics hose product, offering lay-up and over-sheathing of hydraulic hoses for use in umbilical, topside and well intervention projects in the oil and gas industry…

Far from dead

Apr 15, 2015

Never let a good crisis go to waste, an industry conference in Oslo, Norway, had been told this morning,  Image from Aker. The phrase, used by former UK Prime Minister and wartime…

Kongsberg in US$10 million Ichthys contract

Apr 14, 2015

Saipem awarded Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies a US$10 million contract for the delivery of subsea structures for the gas export pipeline project of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. Image from Kongsberg…

Technip in Triton subsea gig

Apr 14, 2015

Dana Petroleum awarded Technip a brownfield subsea contract for the Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the central North Sea. Image from Dana Petroleum. This…

Nexans powers Gullfaks subsea compression station

Apr 13, 2015

The Statoil-operated Gullfaks gas field in the Norwegian Sea will use Nexans' innovative power umbilicals combining power, fiber-optic and hydraulic lines in a single cross section. The cables were handed over to Statoil this month.  The…

Olympic Bibby ready for work

Apr 13, 2015

The official naming ceremony took place for Bibby Offshore’s IRM (inspection repair and maintenance) light construction vessel, the Olympic Bibby, at the Kleven Shipyard, Norway. Bibby Offshore signed a charter agreement with Olympic Shipping in March 2014 for the newly built Olympic Bibby…

Subsea 7 wins Petrobras Brazilian work

Apr 13, 2015

Petrobras awarded Subsea 7 a two-year US$200 million contract for continued use of its Seven Seas construction and flex-lay vessel for the installation of flexible lines. The contract work scope will be similar to that of other Subsea…

Aker, Fjord form WellSep alliance

Apr 13, 2015

Aker Solutions and Fjords Processing have formed WellSep, an alliance to develop technology and capabilities for advanced wellstream separation and treatment solutions for the subsea and topside oil and gas industry. The alliance…

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