Gazprom in South Stream Buyout

Gazprom in South Stream Buyout

Russia’s Gazprom has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in the South Stream ...

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Bourbon Sells More Vessels

Bourbon in Another $202 Mln Vessels Sale

BOURBON has completed the transfer of ownership under the agreements with ICBC Financial Leasing (ICBCL) and ...

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Missing AirAsia Plane Probably at Sea Bottom

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 ...

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China’s First Deep Engineering Ship Operational

China's 1st Deep Engineering Ship Operational

China’s first multifunction underwater engineering ship “Offshore Oil 286” with operating water depth of 3000 ...

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Siem Nets Charter for OSCV ‘Siem N-Sea’

Siem Secures Charter for OSCV 'Siem N-Sea'

Siem Offshore and N-Sea Offshore Ltd have entered into a charter agreement for the Offshore Subsea Construction ...

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Highlights of the Week

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Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 15 – ...

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Best of Videos

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Subsea World News brings you an interesting collection of the most viewed videos for this year. Maersk Oil ...

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Ceona Amazon Arrives to Huisman for Outfitting

Ceona Amazon Arrives to Huisman for Outfitting

Huisman Equipment has welcomed Ceona’s Amazon newbuild pipelay vessel and her crew to the Huisman Schiedam ...

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Top Contracts in 2014

Top Contracts in 2014

The editors of Subsea World News have selected contracts that exemplify best-in-class among those that were signed ...

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Oil Spills in Russian Black Sea

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 ...

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Top Interviews of 2014

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Subsea World News has put together a recap of the interviews published during 2014. In January, Duane Fotheringham ...

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OSM Nets Aker Wayfarer Deal (Brazil)

OSM Nets AKOFS Deal

OSM Brasil has won prestigious contract with Petrobras, in partnership with AKOFS Offshore, part of Akastor ASA. ...

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VIDEO: IHC Splashes Subsea 7’s SEVEN SUN

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Royal IHC launched Subsea 7’s latest pipelay vessel SEVEN SUN, on friday 19th december 2014 at its shipyard in ...

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Sub-Atlantic to Deliver 3 ROVs

Sub-Atlantic to Deliver 3 ROVs

Sub-Atlantic has secured three international contracts with a combined value of over £3.5 million for the ...

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PHOTO: Isaac Newton Construction Progresses

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Belgian students paid a visit to Uljanik shipyard in Croatia and witnessed the construction process of Jan de Nul’s ...

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Highlights of the Week

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Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (December 15 – ...

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PGS Drops Guidance, Postpones Vessels

PGS Drops Guidance, Postpones Vessels

Oslo-listed seismic player Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) said today it expects lower earnings for this year and a ...

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Schlumberger Bags Mariner Contract from Statoil

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 ...

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Rem Offshore Puts Off Newbuild Delivery

Rem Offshore Puts Off Newbuild Delivery

Norway’s Rem Offshore and Vard Group have agreed to postpone delivery of the OCV (Offshore Construction Vessel). ...

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FMC Technologies Subsea Systems for Eni’s East Hub

FMC Technologies Subsea Systems for Eni's Angola Project

FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an order from Eni Angola to supply subsea production systems for its deepwater ...

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Subsea 7 to Reorganise

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Seabed-to-surface engineering contractor, Subsea 7, has announced that, with effect from 1 January 2015, it will be ...

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McDermott Takes Ownership of CSV North Ocean 102

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 ...

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Mermaid Bags Subsea Job in Gulf of Thailand

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Mermaid Maritime has secured a 2-year contract for its dive support vessel, ‘Mermaid Commander’, to provide subsea ...

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Technip’s TOP Estrela do Mar Arrives in Brazil

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Technip’s vessel Top Estrela do Mar has arrived in Brazil and has started operations. Characterized by its ...

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FMC Bags $268 Mln Agbami Subsea Order

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FMC Technologies has received an order from Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company, operator of the ...

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Subsea 7 Axes Almost 150 Jobs in Norway

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 ...

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Wood Group Announces Pay Cuts

Wood Group Announces Pay Cuts

In response to cost and efficiency challenges affecting the UK North Sea oil & gas sector, Wood Group PSN ...

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Ocean Yield Takes Delivery of DSCV SBM Installer

Ocean Yield Takes Delivery of DSCV 'SBM Installer'

Ocean Yield ASA has taken delivery of the diving support and offshore construction vessel “SBM ...

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Statoil Submits PDO for Gullfaks Rimfaks

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 ...

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VARD to Build OSCV for Farstad

VARD to Build Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel for Farstad

Vard Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has ...

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Subsea 7 Scoops Stampede Deal

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Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by the Hess Corporation for installation work in support of the Stampede ...

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WGK Wins Captain Subsea FEED

WGK Wins Captain Subsea FEED

Chevron North Sea Limited has awarded front end engineering and design contracts to Wood Group Kenny Caledonia for ...

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TenneT Gives Go-Ahead to NordLink Project

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 ...

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Technip Breaks Off CGG Chase

Technip Breaks Off CGG Chase

French engineering group Technip has informed that it no longer plans to pursue its takeover bid for CGG. Namely, ...

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Aker Solutions Lands Mariner Hook-Up

Aker Solutions Lands Mariner Hook-Up

Aker Solutions has secured a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to provide engineering, ...

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PHOTO: Aker Solutions’ Modules for Åsgard Subsea ...

PHOTO Aker Solutions' Modules for Åsgard Subsea Compression

Aker Solutions is set to deliver the modules for the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the ...

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PHOTO: Completion of Åsgard Subsea Compressor in 2015

Completion of Åsgard Subsea Gas Compressor in 2015

During 2015 the world’s first subsea compressor will be completed at the Åsgard field off mid-Norway, Statoil ...

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Bibby Subsea to Receive ‘Olympic Ares’

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 ...

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Polarcus Asima Wraps Up Flanagan 3D Survey

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 ...

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PHOTO: Incat Crowther DSV Bhagwan Dryden

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Incat Crowther’s, first-of-type Catamaran Dive Support Vessel, Bhagwan Dryden, has, according to the company, ...

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Ranger Wraps Up Technip Deal

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Ranger Offshore has closed the previously announced agreement to acquire Technip USA’s diving assets. ...

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Jumbo to Install Wheatstone Subsea Structures

Jumbo to Install Wheatstone Subsea Structures

Jumbo has signed a contract with Technip Oceania for the Installation of 13 Subsea Structures for the Chevron ...

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Prysmian Nets Subsea Cable Deal in Philippines

Prysmian Nets Subsea Cable Deal in Philippiness

Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by the Filipino grid operating company NGCP (National Grid Corporation ...

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PHOTO: Eni Kicks Off West Hub Off Angola

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 ...

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Cable Ship Wreck Found Off Hawaii

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Researchers from the University of Hawaii and the NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries discovered an ...

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ABB to Power Wuchang’s Newbuild

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ABB has been selected to deliver electrical propulsion, power, safety and automation systems on a single control ...

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Steel Cut for Mermaid’s Newbuilds

Steel Cut for Mermaid's Newbuilds

Mermaid Maritime has officially marked the start of its new vessel / rig construction by participating in a steel ...

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ExxonMobil to Use West Alpha for Balder Subsea Installation

ExxonMobil to Use West Alpha for Subsea Installation on Balder

ExxonMobil has received consent to use West Alpha for production drilling, completion and installation of subsea ...

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SapuraKencana, Subsea 7 Share the Prize

SapuraKencana, Subsea 7 Share the Prize

SapuraAcergy, a joint venture company equally owned by SapuraKencana and Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract from ...

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Subsea 7, Technip Good to Go for Norway Work

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Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent to perform manned underwater operations between December 1, ...

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Saipem Breaks Off South Stream Ops

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Following the latest events regarding the South Stream project, Saipem has received a “Notification of ...

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Pieter Schelte Faces South Stream End

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 ...

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Schlumberger Slashes Seismic Fleet to Lower Costs

Schlumberger Slashes Seismic Fleet to Lower Costs

Oilfield services major, Schlumberger, has announced plans to reduce the WesternGeco marine seismic fleet to lower ...

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Putin: Russia Drops South Stream, Plans New Turkey Link

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President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has stated that they won’t pursue the South Stream pipeline project for ...

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DNV GL Issues Guide for Subsea Lifting Ops

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The completion of a joint industry project (JIP) to improve existing standards and regulations around subsea ...

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SBM Offshore Sells Vessel for $150 Mln

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 ...

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VIDEO: IHC Launches Subsea 7’s SEVEN RIO

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 ...

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Best of 2014

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Subsea World News brings you the most popular articles from the previous year (January 01 – December 31). The Best ...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015 !

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Subsea World News team wishes all our readers and their loved ones a happy and prosperous New Year! HAPPY NEW YEAR ...

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Acta Marine Wraps Up CPT Jobs in UK and Germany

Acta Marine Wraps Up CPT Jobs in UK and Germany

Coastal Chariot has successfully finished two cone penetration testing (C.P.T.) projects in U.K. and Germany. ...

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TM Wins SKR1M Subsea Cable Project

TM Wins ‘1Malaysia’ Subsea Cable Project

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) has been awarded a contract via an open tender process to develop and construct a new ...

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NUS Builds Turtle Robot for Underwater Tasks

NUS Turtle Robot for Underwater Surveys

NUS Engineering researchers are closer to creating underwater robotic creatures with a brain of their own, besides ...

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Magseis Confirms Chevron Gig

Magseis Confirms Chevron Gig

Norwegian geophysical company, Magseis, has secured a final contract with Chevron North Sea Ltd for seabed seismic ...

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LTHE Scoops $140 Mln Vasai East EPIC Deal

LTHE Scoops $140 Mln Vasai East EPIC Deal

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a fully owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has bagged an offshore ...

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UTEC StarNet Boosts UK Team

UTEC StarNet Boosts UK Team

UTEC StarNet a division of global offshore survey company UTEC has appointed Colin McHardy as the new Business Unit ...

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DW: Subsea Processing In Peril?

DW Subsea Processing In Peril

Much of the recent commentary concerning the decline in oil prices has focused on US onshore production, ...

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Seadrill Gets West Polaris Drillship

Seadrill Gets West Polaris Drillship

Seadrill Limited has exercised a purchase option for the West Polaris, a 6th generation Ultra-Deepwater drillship, ...

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Tanjung Offshore, Bourbon Cancel Deal

Tanjung Offshore, Bourbon Cancel Deal

Malaysian group Tanjung Offshore Berhad and Bourbon Far East Pte Ltd have jointly agreed to terminate exclusive ...

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Russian Divers Achieve Record Antarctic Plunge

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On December 24, 2014 the Antarctica 100 expedition of the Russian Geographical Society’s Branch in the Republic of ...

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EMGS in Brazil Data Sale

EMGS in Brazil Data Sale

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an international oil ...

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IHI, Toshiba Conduct Tidal Turbine Demonstration Research

IHI, Toshiba Conduct Tidal Turbine Demonstration Research

IHI Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have been selected by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology ...

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