Techano Secures Two New Projects
Techano, part of the Dutch Van Aalst Group, has secured a contract for the supply of an offshore winches for a North Sea rig upgrade project. The scope of delivery includes design and production of different winch types, interface customization, DNV approvals and various controls. “Our offshore winches are designed and built […]
Nord Stream 2 Preps for Pipelay Works in Germany
Nord Stream 2 AG has started the offshore preparatory works for the subsequent pipelaying in the Bay of Greifswald. Five dredgers are now working on the trench for the two pipeline strings. “We ask all users of the Bay of Greifswald to inform themselves in advance via the official notice to mariners […]
AUS: Wood Initiates Next Phase of SEAR JIP
Wood has launched the next phase of a collaborative industry effort to develop a better understanding of the reliability of subsea equipment for use offshore Australia. The company is leading the Subsea Equipment Australian Reliability Joint Industry Project (SEAR JIP); an initiative supported by a group of operators including Chevron Australia, ConocoPhillips, […]
McDermott Picks JDR Umbilicals for Safaniya Project
JDR, part of TFKable Group, has been awarded a contract by McDermott for the Safaniya project. Owned and operated by Saudi Aramco, Safaniya is the world’s largest offshore oilfield located in the Persian Gulf. JDR’s scope of supply includes five thermoplastic umbilicals and hardware connecting new production platforms to the subsea valve […]
Newcastle Royal Grammar School Scoops Up First Prize in Subsea STEM Challenge
Pupils from Royal Grammar School in Newcastle have triumphed in the first ever national subsea STEM Challenge final, which saw 30 youngsters from across the UK compete in a dynamic competition to build a floating wind turbine. The STEM Challenge, led and organised by Subsea UK and supported by The Smallpeice Trust, saw teams of […]
Newcastle Royal Grammar School Scups Up First Prize in Subsea STEM Challenge
Pupils from Royal Grammar School in Newcastle have triumphed in the first ever national subsea STEM Challenge final, which saw 30 youngsters from across the UK compete in a dynamic competition to build a floating wind turbine. The STEM Challenge, led and organised by Subsea UK and supported by The Smallpeice Trust, saw teams of […]
TCP Signs Up for CWind ‘Complete Cable Care’ Service
CWind, part of the Global Marine Group (GMG), has secured a five-year cable repair framework agreement with Transmission Capital Partners (TCP) TCP is responsible for Barrow, Gunfleet Sands, Ormonde, Robin Rigg, Lincs and Westermost Rough Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs). This is the first group of OFTOs to sign up for CWind’s recently […]
WATCH: TechnipFMC Subsea 2.0 | Subsea World News
TechnipFMC has recently launched Subsea 2.0, a product platform that according to the company makes subsea projects simpler, leaner and smarter. When combined with the company’s iEPCI integrated approach to field architecture and project execution, Subsea 2.0 improves project economics and unlocks first oil and gas faster. TechnipFMC introduced iEPCI to transform subsea projects throughout […]
NEC Uses AI on Submarine Cable Tests
NEC Corporation has completed transmission tests over a commercial subsea cable using artificial intelligence (AI) and probabilistic shaping. The tests were undertaken on a subsea cable measuring more than 10,000 kilometers using AI and probabilistic shaping at a modulation of 64QAM. NEC, in a joint research publication with Google, has demonstrated for the first time that […]
Teledyne Gavia Upgrades Turkish Navy AUVs
Teledyne Gavia has delivered Blueview modules and associated Teledyne software for all Gavia autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operated by the Turkish Navy Mine Countermeasures Command in Erdek. The Blueview MB2250 will be used in conjunction with the existing Edgetch 2205 side scan sonars that are currently installed on the Turkish Navy Gavia vehicles […]