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Nexans Wins Cable Contract for Northwester 2 Wind Farm

Oct 16, 2018

Nexans said it will supply a subsea power cable and associated accessories for the 219 MW Northwester 2 wind farm 46 km offshore from Zeebrugge, Belgium.The French based company has been awarded a contract from Northwester 2 developer Parkwind to design…

Wintershall Struggles to Boost Output from Norway's Maria Field

Oct 15, 2018

German oil firm Wintershall's flagship project in Norway - the Maria oil and gas field - is not meeting output expectations due to water injection issues, the company said on Monday.The field, which started nine months ahead of schedule at end-2017…

Unmanned Platform Starts Production at Oseberg Vestflanken 2

Oct 15, 2018

The Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field in the North Sea came on stream on Sunday. Remote-operated from the Oseberg field center, the new Oseberg H platform is the first unmanned platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Recoverable resources are 110 million barrels…

Coretrax Helps Slash Well Abandonment Costs

Oct 15, 2018

A North Sea operator saved more than £500,000 during a well abandonment campaign in the U.K. Continental Shelf with the help of independent wellbore clean-up and abandonment specialist Coretrax.Coretrax was selected to support the decommissioning…

C-Kore Systems Rolls-out New In-line Testing Tools

Oct 14, 2018

U.K. based subsea testing company C-Kore Systems announced a new ‘in-line’ version of their C-Kore subsea testing tools.The streamlined design makes it possible to connect into hard-to access equipment, such as cylindrical UTAs or high-density connector layouts…

Schlumberger, TGS Bags New US Seismic Project

Oct 14, 2018

Norwegian seismic specialist TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS) and oilfield services providers Schlumberger have announced a new multiclient nodal seismic project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The project, named Amendment, will comprise acquisition of a 2…

Østensjø Rederi, DeepOcean Pact for 'Edda Fauna'

Oct 11, 2018

Norwegian offshore vessel supplier  Østensjø Rederi and Netherlands - based  subsea services firm DeepOcean have signed a new contract for Edda Fauna.The new contract will commence 1st March 2019 and will secure firm utilisation until end of 2020…

Osbit Builds Cable Test Rig for Subsea

Oct 10, 2018

North East engineering specialist Osbit Ltd has developed a cable bend fatigue test rig for the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult that will support the development, and improve the performance and reliability, of subsea cables.According to a press release from the company…

Minesto Generates Deep Green Tidal Power

Oct 09, 2018

Marine energy developer Minesto has achieved initial electricity generation with its first commercial-scale marine energy kite during the commissioning program of the company’s ground-breaking low-flow tidal energy project in Wales.“We are entering…

DOF Subsea Selects Sonardyne Navigation Tech

Oct 09, 2018

International subsea services provider DOF Subsea has chosen acoustic and inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne Brasil Ltda. to support its deepwater operations from three vessels offshore Brazil.The three vessels will be equipped with…

C-Innovation Opens Port Fourchon Facility

Oct 09, 2018

C-Innovation reports it has opened a new dock facility in Port Fourchon, La., to expand the capabilities of its Subsea Services group.With more than 550 ft of open quayside, Bayou Lafourche is a main entrance into the facility, which is supplied…

UK Hydrographic Office to Maximize Geospatial Data

Oct 08, 2018

Government invests $6.55 million to help the UK Hydrographic Office and partner bodies on Geospatial Commission maximize the value of location-based information.Location-based information or geospatial data, is an increasingly valuable tool for businesses and public-sector organisations…

Nexans Wins Triton Knoll Wind Farm Contract

Oct 08, 2018

Nexans has been awarded a contract worth over €35 million by Triton Knoll’s onshore cable installation lead contractor J Murphy & Sons Ltd to supply the land export cable and accessories in order to connect the offshore wind farm to the U.K…

Solstad Offshore Bags Contract for Normand Reach

Oct 08, 2018

Offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract with Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), part of DEME Group, for its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Reach.The contract will commence in 4Q 2018 and has a duration of 4-6 months…

Libra Consortium Concludes EWT in Mero Field

Oct 08, 2018

Libra Consortium operator Petrobras has concluded the extended well test (EWT) in the Mero field, located in the block of Libra, in Santos Basin’s pre-salt layer.Launched in November 2017, production was carried out by FPSO Pioneiro de Libra…

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