Subsea News


Ocean Installer inks first Australian contract

Jan 26, 2017

Norway-based subsea contractor Ocean Installer has been awarded its first contract offshore Australia. The firm work scope encompasses the installation of flexible risers and flowlines as well as options for additional support work. Ocean…

TechnipFMC inks RLWI gig with Inpex on Ichthys

Jan 26, 2017

TechnipFMC inked an agreement with Japan's Inpex for riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services in the Ichthys field, about 220km offshore of Western Australia, for the Ichthys LNG Project. Under the agreement, the first the new firm has announced since launching last week…

McDermott lands Middle East contracts

Jan 25, 2017

McDermott International announced a double win in the Middle East today (25 January), including a contract for the largest offshore oil field in the world. Its first “substantial contract,” from Saudi Aramco, is for engineering, procurement…

Teledyne releases Klein side-scan/bathymetry module

Jan 23, 2017

Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of the Gavia autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), has released a side scan/bathymetry module that incorporates US-based Klein Marine Systems’ UUV-3500 high-resolution side scan sonar with optional bathymetry sonar…

Webtool develops resettable ED cutter

Jan 23, 2017

Hydraulic cutting systems specialist, Webtool, announces a resettable emergency disconnect (ED) cutter for light and medium subsea well intervention. As an integral part of either a workover tool or dedicated emergency disconnect package…

BP fires up Thunder Horse expansion

Jan 23, 2017

The Thunder Horse South Expansion project, in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, has started up 11 months ahead of schedule, supermajor BP announced today (23 January). Illustration of the expansion at Thunder Horse…

Reach Subsea signs three-year charter

Jan 23, 2017

Reach Subsea has agreed a three year charter for Havila Shipping's subsea vessel Havila Subsea for three years. The agreement includes two, one-year options. Reach will mobilize ROV and survey equipment on board, which constitutes a subsea…

Viper develops V-SUPPLY power module

Jan 20, 2017

Viper Subsea has added to its product portfolio with the introduction of V-SUPPLY, a topsides electrical power module, which as well as providing a source of electrical power to subsea equipment, incorporates monitoring technology. The…

Saipem gears up for Jangkrik FPU installation

Jan 20, 2017

Italian contractor Saipem has inked a contract for use of Solstad Offshore's construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Installer as part of offshore installation works on the Jangkirk floating production unit (FPU) offshore Indonesia. The Jangkrik FPU is a part of Jangkrik Complex Project…

Subsea sector action plan launched, Enpro inks £1.5million investment plan

Jan 20, 2017

Government agency Scottish Enterprise has revealed a new Subsea Engineering Action Plan with the aim of capturing an even bigger slice of the current £50 billion global subsea market.   The news was announced as Scottish Government Minister for Business…

DOF appoints US general manager

Jan 19, 2017

DOF Subsea North America has appointed Greg Donnelly as the new general manager of the DOF Subsea US team. Donnelly assumed responsibilities 16 January 2017 and will report directly to Marco Sclocchi, executive vice president North America…

OneSubsea inks Utgard EPC

Jan 19, 2017

Statoil awarded OneSubsea an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to supply the subsea production system for the Utgard gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea. The scope of the contract includes a subsea template manifold system…

New CEO for SUT

Jan 18, 2017

Steve Hall is to replace Bob Allwood as CEO of the Society of Underwater Technology (SUT) this April, following Allwood's retirement after seven years in the post. Hall has been chairman of the SUT's Education and Training Committee for…

UH offering Data Analytics certificate

Jan 17, 2017

Stabilizing oil prices have prompted producers to return to both shale and offshore projects, but the industry still needs to cut costs. A new workforce program offered by the University of Houston (UH) focuses on helping oil and gas…

Ichthys installation of subsea infrastructure completed

Jan 17, 2017

Japan's Inpex completed the installation of a complex network of subsea infrastructure designed to support the extraction of gas and condensate for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, offshore Western Australia. The final…

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