Subsea News


Subsea Expo 2022 Set to Return 'in-person' Next Week in Aberdeen

Feb 18, 2022

When it opens its doors on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, to welcome more than 3,000 delegates from around the world and over one hundred exhibitors, Subsea Expo 2022 will be sending out a strong signal that life and business are beginning to return to normal…

Arbitration to Resolve Magseis Fairfield, Fairfield Industries Dispute

Feb 18, 2022

Norway-based ocean bottom node survey firm Magseis Fairfield ASA, which has been in a mediation process with Fairfield Industries Inc. regarding certain contractual claims between the parties, said Friday that the mediation has been canceled and that the dispute would be solved by arbitration…

Reach Subsea to Buy iSURVEY

Feb 18, 2022

Reach Subsea, a subsea services company, said Thursday it had agreed to buy the offshore survey services firm iSurvey in a transaction valued NOK 135 million ($15,1 million). Separately, it was announced that Wilhelmsen had acquired a 21% stake in Reach Subsea…

Wilhelmsen Acquires Stake in Reach Subsea

Feb 17, 2022

Wilhelmsen has acquired a 21% stake in Reach Subsea ASA, and together the firms will form a strategic partnership to commercialize the Reach Remote concept, bringing Reach Subsea into new industry verticals and geographical regions.Jan Eyvin Wang…

GC Rieber Shipping Delivers 'Polar Onyx' to New Owners

Feb 17, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel firm GC Rieber Shipping has delivered the SURF / Construction vessel Polar Onyxto the new owners.GC Rieber Shipping first announced the agreement to sell the vessel to Taiwan-based offshore wind service conglomerate…

Archer Knight to Support All Neptune Energy's Diving Ops on UKCS

Feb 17, 2022

Archer Knight has secured a diving technical authority contract award with oil and gas firm Neptune Energy. The three-year deal will see the company providing Neptune Energy with specialist support for all diving operations in the UK.Under the deal…

Reach Subsea Nets 'Decent-sized' OBN Contract in Mediterranean Sea

Feb 17, 2022

Oslo-listed subsea services provider Reach Subsea has won a contract in the Mediterranean Sea for start-up early in Q2 2022, representing about 130 project days. The project, with an undisclosed client, involves the support of an Ocean Bottom…

DeepOcean Charters Hornbeck Offshore's 'HOS Warland' for Gulf of Mexico Ops

Feb 16, 2022

Subsea services company DeepOcean has chartered Hornbeck Offshore's HOS Warland multi-purpose service vessel supporting the US Gulf of Mexico operations.'The HOS Warland will extend DeepOcean’s capabilities in the larger construction end of…

Nova Innovation to Develop 15MW Tidal Array at Yell Sound, Shetland

Feb 16, 2022

Tidal energy company Nova Innovation plans to develop its largest tidal energy array to date at Yell Sound in Shetland. The company has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland to develop a 15MW tidal array at Yell Sound, between the islands of Yell and Bigga…

Helix Energy Solutions in 12-month Decom Deal in Brazil

Feb 16, 2022

Helix Energy Solutions Group has won a field decommissioning contract of an undisclosed value with Trident Energy in Brazil.The project is located off the coast of Brazil in the Pampo and Enchova Clusters in the Campos Basin. The 12-month firm contract is scheduled to begin in late 2022…

Sonardyne Launches Wireless Seabed UXO Disposal Capability

Feb 15, 2022

Marine technology company, Sonardyne said Tuesday it had launched a secure, wireless underwater initiation capability aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance during offshore energy projects with the…

Proserv's Cable Monitoring System for Dogger Bank Inter-array Cables

Feb 15, 2022

Offshore installation contractor DEME Offshore has awarded Proserv Controls a contract for the provision of the inter-array cable monitoring system, or CMS, for the first two phases, A and B, of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK.Proserv…

How AUVS Can Spot Oil Plumes After an Ocean Spill

Feb 14, 2022

On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, sank in the Gulf of Mexico and terrified the world. This horrific accident — recorded as the largest oil spill in history — killed 11 workers and released 210 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean…

Baker Hughes Expands in Guyana

Feb 14, 2022

Energy technology company Baker Hughes announced it has opened a new 'supercenter' facility for oilfield services and equipment in Guyana. The facility, which spans more than 8 acres, will support regional customers and bolster Baker Hughes’ localization efforts within South America…

Worley Gets Funding for Enhanced Subsea Gas Tieback Project

Feb 11, 2022

Worley's Aberdeen office has been given £765,000 support from Scotland's national economic development agency Scottish Enterprise for full pre-production testing of its pseudo dry gas (PDG) liquid removal system.According to Worley, the Enhanced…

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