CWind Beefs Up Its Cable Repair Potential
zoomASV Pioneer; Photo: Ferguson Group CWind, part of the Global Marine Group (GMG), said it has launched ‘Complete Cable Care’ a service package for power cable owners. GMG concurrently announced the addition of the ASV Pioneer to its fleet of cable ships. According to CWind, the new service package should reduce the time needed to […]
Xodus Names Operations Director for Asia-Pacific Region
zoom Xodus has appointed Simon Allison as operations director for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, following a growth of its decommissioning business, both in Australia and South-East Asia. Allison will be responsible for the management of the group’s office including business development and growing strategic new markets. Having previously been Xodus’ general manager in Scotland, he is […]
Ashtead Adds Sonardyne Subsea Equipment to Its Rental Pool
zoom Ashtead Technology has selected acoustic and inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne International to add to its rental fleet. The multiple SPRINT-Nav systems will be made available to support survey and construction projects using ROVs and AUVs in water depths down to 4,000 metres. SPRINT-Nav makes optimal use of acoustic aiding from data sources including […]
BP Starts Alligin and Vorlich Fields Development; Awards Contract to Subsea 7
zoom BP has started development of Alligin and Vorlich satellite fields in the North Sea, expected to produce 30,000 barrels gross of oil equivalent a day at peak production. Alligin, a two-well development west of Shetland, will be tied back to BP’s Glen Lyon floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, while Vorlich, also a […]
McDermott Wraps Up First Phase of QGEP Atlanta EPS
zoom McDermott International has completed the first phase of the deep-water Atlanta Early Production System (EPS) for Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP), located approximately 185 kilometers offshore southeast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. McDermott performed the project management, engineering and offshore installation of all subsea hardware, including flexible pipes, umbilicals, umbilical termination assemblies, and […]
Basslink Cable Repair to Take Longer than Expected
zoom Basslink has informed that the cable system, linking George Town in Tasmania and Loy Yang in Victoria, is expected to return to service at the end of May 2018, insted of April, following an outage that occurred during the planned maintenance works on the Basslink interconnector. During the routine maintenance at a transition station in Victoria, […]
Viking Link Partners Put Off Final Investment Decision
zoom Energinet and National Grid have postponed the final investment decision (FID) on the Viking Link interconnector project, which was initially scheduled to take place in March. The project partners have chosen to push back FID until further clarity is achieved with respect to UK planning consents, which form the basis for the onshore and […]
Lifting & Rigging Seminar: IMCA Puts Accent on Offshore Cranes
zoom The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has announced details of its annual ‘Lifting & Rigging Seminar – return to offshore cranes’. The seminar will focus on all aspects of offshore cranes – types, applications (including offshore, subsea, wind, heavy lift and decommissioning), operational modes, practical experience, new developments (hybrid/fibre based, digitalisation) and the future […]
IOX Submarine Cable Project Launched
zoom The first phase of the Indian Ocean Exchange (IOX) submarine cable system, connecting Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands to South Africa and India, has been officially launched in Port Louis. The project, which will position Mauritius as a technology hub, is the third submarine cable landing in Mauritius. It has been conceived as an open access cable system […]
Dovre Group in Balticconnector Deal
zoom Dovre Group has signed a framework agreement for the Balticconnector project, co-owned by the Estonian Elering and the Finnish Baltic Connector Oy. According to the terms of the contract, Dovre Group will provide project management resources to the Balticconnector project. The EUR 250 million project implements a natural gas pipeline across the Gulf of […]