Royal IHC Lays Keel for Subsea 7’s New Reel Lay Vessel Seven Vega
Royal IHC has held a keel laying ceremony for Subsea 7’s new reel-lay vessel. The naming ceremony took place in Royal IHC shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, on Thursday, where Subsea 7 revealed that the vessel will be named Seven Vega. The chosen name is the winning suggestion of […]
MAATS Tech Provides Deck Spread for Nexans’ New Cable Layer
UK-based MAATS Tech has been awarded a contract to supply a deck spread for Nexans’ newbuild cable lay vessel the ‘Nexans Aurora’ scheduled for delivery in Q2 2021. The main item is a 10,000te cable carousel, which will be a concentric ‘carousel in a carousel’ design and therefore able to process two […]
Kawasaki Tests Its New AUV in The Underwater Centre
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has reached an agreement with The Underwater Centre (TUC) in Fort William, Scotland, to conduct a verification test of a prototype autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) equipped with a robot arm for subsea pipeline inspection. The test is scheduled to be conducted in October 2018, and, according to Kawasaki, will […]
Norway Nods Equinor’s Snorre Expansion Project
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Equinor’s Snorre Expansion Project. Investments of just above NOK 19 billion will increase recovery from the Snorre field by almost 200 million barrels and extend the field life beyond 2040, Equinor said. Snorre Expansion Project […]
Fairfield Geo Secures New Z100 Nodes Order
Fairfield Geotechnologies has reached an agreement with an undisclosed geophysical services company for the purchase of an additional 3000 Z100 nodes, its second sizeable purchase in a year. Fairfield Geotechnologies has designed the Z100 nodal system to allow safe and easy 4C data acquisition in transition zones, where it provides continuous recording […]
Eni Starts Sankofa Gas Production in OCTP Off Ghana
Eni has started gas production from the Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) integrated oil and gas project, in Ghana. The field will provide 180 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d) for at least 15 years, enough to convert to gas half of Ghana’s power generation capacity, the […]
SEA Wraps Up Trials of Krait System’s Extended Towed Array
Cohort’s Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA) has completed final trials of its Krait defence anti-submarine warfare system’s extended 150 meter ultra-thin towed array. The new evolution of KraitArray uses multi-module assembly philosophy and is now established inservice for use with ASV, AUV and small surface vessels. The 150 meter KraitArray extends the range and increases the […]
Trondheim University Acquires USS’ Unmanned Surface Vessel
Trondheim University has acquired an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV), designed and built by Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) in Hayle, Cornwall, for research studies in Norway, Swathe Services informed. The Inception Class Mark II USV is designed for hydrographic surveys and data acquisition in ports and harbours, lakes and rivers, shallow coastal or enclosed inland areas. […]