Saipem Remains on South Stream Work Suspension
Italy’s Saipem has said that it does not expect significant changes in South Stream suspension status until ...
read more →BP Kicks Off Kinnoull Production
BP, on behalf of the Kinnoull field co-venturers, has started production from the Kinnoull field in the central ...
read more →MacGregor to Supply Subsea Crane for Toisa DSV
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is ...
read more →More than 40 Bodies Recovered in QZ8501 Search
More than 40 bodies have been retrieved from the Java Sea off the coast of Kalimantan where the AirAsia plane went ...
read more →Gazprom in South Stream Buyout
Russia’s Gazprom has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in the South Stream ...
read more →Bourbon Sells More Vessels
BOURBON has completed the transfer of ownership under the agreements with ICBC Financial Leasing (ICBCL) and ...
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Advanced Shipyard & Marine Inspection, Commissioning and Handover Delivery
This 5-day highly interactive and practical course will help teams that are involved in such shipbuilding projects to improve their management practices within the shipyard or with vendors, to meet their targets in respect of contracting, delivery of the units or ships in planned time and without problems. It will also focus on best practice technical and commercial solutions during the project to the operational performance of the units to help the commissioning team of engineers representing the owners, shipyard or vendors, to check the construction, outstanding work and the operational performance of the unit.
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Transnational Oil, Gas and Energy Law
Study a Unique Online Learning Programme that is Highly Relevant to Today’s International Market…
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67th UNB-OMG/UNH-CCOM Multibeam Sonar Training Course
This course provides an overview of:
- the technology and problems associated with shallow water multibeam surveys;
- processing and visualisation techniques designed to address the complexities of swath mapping;
- constraints on using swath bathymetry to produce highest quality data
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2nd Annual Global Forum on Subsea Exploration and Production Technology
This forum is gathering leading industry players to examine & resolve challenges related to the natural decline of oil & gas fields employing subsea factories, unlocking access to reserves that existing technologies are unable to tap as of now and reviewing environmental issues posed by subsea operations.
Key Topics to be addressed include:
- Optimizing project economics by reducing development costs & improving recovery factors on resources,
- Preparing to resolve issues related to the natural decline of oil and gas field resources,
- Coping with long-distance subsea oil field tie-backs,
- Preparing qualification and project integration for an existing and complex field infrastructure,
- Coordinating Subsea Processing technology to secure flow assurance and reduce risk of hydrates,
- Managing Environmental challenges posed by Subsea Operations.
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read more >Missing AirAsia Plane Probably at Sea Bottom
The search is continuing for the AirAsia plane, a day after it went missing with 162 people on board, but no trace ...
read more →China’s First Deep Engineering Ship Operational
China’s first multifunction underwater engineering ship “Offshore Oil 286” with operating water depth of 3000 ...
read more →Siem Nets Charter for OSCV ‘Siem N-Sea’
Siem Offshore and N-Sea Offshore Ltd have entered into a charter agreement for the Offshore Subsea Construction ...
read more →Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 15 – ...
read more →Best of Videos
Subsea World News brings you an interesting collection of the most viewed videos for this year. Maersk Oil ...
read more →Ceona Amazon Arrives to Huisman for Outfitting
Huisman Equipment has welcomed Ceona’s Amazon newbuild pipelay vessel and her crew to the Huisman Schiedam ...
read more →Top Contracts in 2014
The editors of Subsea World News have selected contracts that exemplify best-in-class among those that were signed ...
read more →Oil Spills in Russian Black Sea
An oil spill has been confirmed from a major Russian Black Sea pipeline near the port of Tuapse, a sea port and the ...
read more →Top Interviews of 2014
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the interviews published during 2014. In January, Duane Fotheringham ...
read more →OSM Nets Aker Wayfarer Deal (Brazil)
OSM Brasil has won prestigious contract with Petrobras, in partnership with AKOFS Offshore, part of Akastor ASA. ...
read more →VIDEO: IHC Splashes Subsea 7’s SEVEN SUN
Royal IHC launched Subsea 7’s latest pipelay vessel SEVEN SUN, on friday 19th december 2014 at its shipyard in ...
read more →Sub-Atlantic to Deliver 3 ROVs
Sub-Atlantic has secured three international contracts with a combined value of over £3.5 million for the ...
read more →PHOTO: Isaac Newton Construction Progresses
Belgian students paid a visit to Uljanik shipyard in Croatia and witnessed the construction process of Jan de Nul’s ...
read more →Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 15 – ...
read more →PGS Drops Guidance, Postpones Vessels
Oslo-listed seismic player Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) said today it expects lower earnings for this year and a ...
read more →Schlumberger Bags Mariner Contract from Statoil
Statoil has on behalf of the Mariner co-venturers awarded the contract for integrated drilling and well services on ...
read more →Rem Offshore Puts Off Newbuild Delivery
Norway’s Rem Offshore and Vard Group have agreed to postpone delivery of the OCV (Offshore Construction Vessel). ...
read more →FMC Technologies Subsea Systems for Eni’s East Hub
FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an order from Eni Angola to supply subsea production systems for its deepwater ...
read more →Subsea 7 to Reorganise
Seabed-to-surface engineering contractor, Subsea 7, has announced that, with effect from 1 January 2015, it will be ...
read more →McDermott Takes Ownership of CSV North Ocean 102
Oslo-listed Oceanteam Shipping has completed the transfer of its 50% ownership stake in the to date jointly owned ...
read more →Mermaid Bags Subsea Job in Gulf of Thailand
Mermaid Maritime has secured a 2-year contract for its dive support vessel, ‘Mermaid Commander’, to provide subsea ...
read more →Technip’s TOP Estrela do Mar Arrives in Brazil
Technip’s vessel Top Estrela do Mar has arrived in Brazil and has started operations. Characterized by its ...
read more →FMC Bags $268 Mln Agbami Subsea Order
FMC Technologies has received an order from Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company, operator of the ...
read more →Subsea 7 Axes Almost 150 Jobs in Norway
The UK-based oil services company Subsea 7 is reported to be letting go almost 150 employees in Norway. Namely, the ...
read more →Wood Group Announces Pay Cuts
In response to cost and efficiency challenges affecting the UK North Sea oil & gas sector, Wood Group PSN ...
read more →Ocean Yield Takes Delivery of DSCV SBM Installer
Ocean Yield ASA has taken delivery of the diving support and offshore construction vessel “SBM ...
read more →Statoil Submits PDO for Gullfaks Rimfaks
Statoil and its partners have decided to develop the Rutil discovery located in the Gullfaks Rimfaks valley in the ...
read more →VARD to Build OSCV for Farstad
Vard Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has ...
read more →Subsea 7 Scoops Stampede Deal
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by the Hess Corporation for installation work in support of the Stampede ...
read more →WGK Wins Captain Subsea FEED
Chevron North Sea Limited has awarded front end engineering and design contracts to Wood Group Kenny Caledonia for ...
read more →TenneT Gives Go-Ahead to NordLink Project
TenneT has given the green light to its participation in the construction of the NordLink cable from Germany to ...
read more →Technip Breaks Off CGG Chase
French engineering group Technip has informed that it no longer plans to pursue its takeover bid for CGG. Namely, ...
read more →Aker Solutions Lands Mariner Hook-Up
Aker Solutions has secured a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to provide engineering, ...
read more →PHOTO: Aker Solutions’ Modules for Åsgard Subsea ...
Aker Solutions is set to deliver the modules for the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the ...
read more →PHOTO: Completion of Åsgard Subsea Compressor in 2015
During 2015 the world’s first subsea compressor will be completed at the Åsgard field off mid-Norway, Statoil ...
read more →Bibby Subsea to Receive ‘Olympic Ares’
Bibby Offshore’s Houston-based division, Bibby Subsea, is getting ready for the delivery of the Olympic Ares, a ...
read more →Polarcus Asima Wraps Up Flanagan 3D Survey
3D Oil Limited informed that the 3D Flanagan seismic survey, in the T/49P permit in the offshore Otway Basin, is ...
read more →PHOTO: Incat Crowther DSV Bhagwan Dryden
Incat Crowther’s, first-of-type Catamaran Dive Support Vessel, Bhagwan Dryden, has, according to the company, ...
read more →Ranger Wraps Up Technip Deal
Ranger Offshore has closed the previously announced agreement to acquire Technip USA’s diving assets. ...
read more →Jumbo to Install Wheatstone Subsea Structures
Jumbo has signed a contract with Technip Oceania for the Installation of 13 Subsea Structures for the Chevron ...
read more →Prysmian Nets Subsea Cable Deal in Philippines
Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by the Filipino grid operating company NGCP (National Grid Corporation ...
read more →PHOTO: Eni Kicks Off West Hub Off Angola
Eni has started production of first oil from the West Hub Development Project in Block 15/06 in the Angolan Deep ...
read more →Cable Ship Wreck Found Off Hawaii
Researchers from the University of Hawaii and the NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries discovered an ...
read more →ABB to Power Wuchang’s Newbuild
ABB has been selected to deliver electrical propulsion, power, safety and automation systems on a single control ...
read more →Steel Cut for Mermaid’s Newbuilds
Mermaid Maritime has officially marked the start of its new vessel / rig construction by participating in a steel ...
read more →ExxonMobil to Use West Alpha for Balder Subsea Installation
ExxonMobil has received consent to use West Alpha for production drilling, completion and installation of subsea ...
read more →SapuraKencana, Subsea 7 Share the Prize
SapuraAcergy, a joint venture company equally owned by SapuraKencana and Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract from ...
read more →Subsea 7, Technip Good to Go for Norway Work
Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent to perform manned underwater operations between December 1, ...
read more →Saipem Breaks Off South Stream Ops
Following the latest events regarding the South Stream project, Saipem has received a “Notification of ...
read more →Pieter Schelte Faces South Stream End
Allseas’ flagship vessel, the 382 metres long and 124 metres wide Pieter Schelte, might be looking for a new job ...
read more →Schlumberger Slashes Seismic Fleet to Lower Costs
Oilfield services major, Schlumberger, has announced plans to reduce the WesternGeco marine seismic fleet to lower ...
read more →Putin: Russia Drops South Stream, Plans New Turkey Link
President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has stated that they won’t pursue the South Stream pipeline project for ...
read more →DNV GL Issues Guide for Subsea Lifting Ops
The completion of a joint industry project (JIP) to improve existing standards and regulations around subsea ...
read more →SBM Offshore Sells Vessel for $150 Mln
SBM Offshore has entered into an agreement to sell the DSCV SBM Installer, a Diving Support and Construction Vessel ...
read more →VIDEO: IHC Launches Subsea 7’s SEVEN RIO
IHC has successfully launched Subsea 7’s 550t pipelaying vessel, SEVEN RIO, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan ...
read more →Vessels Delivered in 2014
VIDEO: Ceona Amazon Naming Ceremony Shipbuilding company Lloyd Werft delivered the Ceona Amazon in Bremerhaven ...
read more →Mermaid Charters Three More Vessels
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced that the Group has chartered in three additional vessels in the ...
read more →WGP in Snorre & Grane Combined PRM
WGP continues to operate Statoil’s Dual Portable Modular Source System (D-PMSS), designed and built by WGP and ...
read more →Kongsberg’s Vessel Control Systems for ...
Kongsberg Maritime will deliver Integrated Vessel Control Systems for two new Siem Offshore owned, Helix Energy ...
read more →Siem to Sell Two OSCVs to Daya Materials
Siem Offshore has entered into an agreement with Daya Materials Bhd. (“Daya”) for the sale of the two 2013-built ...
read more →MPSV ‘Siem Spearfish’ Mobilized in GoM for ...
Harkand has completed the project management and engineering for the mobilization of Siem Spearfish in Port ...
read more →Wärtsilä to Equip Two Siem Offshore’s Vessels ...
Wärtsilä has received an order to deliver generating sets for two new well intervention vessels for Siem Offshore ...
read more →Thalassa: WGP Starts First PRM Survey on Snorre
The Board of Thalassa announces that WGP Group has completed mobilisation for the first 2014 permanent reservoir ...
read more →Solstad and VARD Confirm OSCV Contract (Norway)
Solstad Offshore has recently announced that the company has signed a Letter of Intent with a major international ...
read more →Subsea 7 Charters ‘Siem Stingray’ OSCV
Siem Offshore and Subsea 7 have entered into a charter agreement for the Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel ...
read more →Siem to Supply Inner Array Grid Cables for Nordsee One OWF
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., announced that SOC has been ...
read more →Siem Offshore Christens ISV ‘Siem Moxie’ in ...
Siem Offshore’s, Norwegian marine operator, new installation support vessel was christened “Siem Moxie” at ...
read more →Helix’s Well Intervention Services for Petrobras ...
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. entered into agreements with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) to provide ...
read more →Siem Offshore to Provide Two Well-Intervention Vessels ...
Siem Offshore Inc. announced that it has entered into agreements with Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. to provide ...
read more →Two ULSTEIN Designed Vessels Nominated for OSJ Awards
The deepwater construction vessel ‘Aegir’ and the installation support vessel ‘Siem Moxie’ are nominated for OSJ ...
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