DNV GL Supports Shell Penguins Redevelopment in UK
DNV GL has won a cross-service contract to support Shell’s Penguins field redevelopment on the UK Continental Shelf. The contract with Shell involves a team which will deliver an integrated verification and class project for the operator’s Penguins floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, DNV GL explained. DNV GL is providing […]
Prysmian Lands Hornsea Project Two Inter-Array Cables Contract
Prysmian has been awarded a new contract by Ørsted Wind Power to supply submarine inter-array cables for Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project Two, located 89 km off the Yorkshire coast, will be able to supply well over 1.3 million homes with green, renewable electricity once it becomes operational in 2022. […]
Balltec Connectors for Intermoor’s West Africa Project
Balltec has recently secured a contract from Intermoor in Houston, USA, for the supply of its MoorLOK subsea mooring connectors. The UK-based company will supply 9 MoorLOK connectors for a project off the coast of West Africa. The connectors, rated to an MBL of 800 Metric Tonnes, are due to be delivered […]
Allspeeds Boosts Manufacturing Capabilities | Subsea World News
Accrington-based, hydraulic tools specialist, Allspeeds, has invested over £150,000 in a new vertical machining centre at its Accrington manufacturing facility in Lancashire. The Hartford Plug & Play Series MVP-16 will streamline production of larger Webtool cutting tools, significantly reducing manufacturing lead times, the company explained. Webtool hydraulic cutting tools are used by ROVs, as well […]
Hurricane Finalizes Lancaster Turret Mooring Installation
Hurricane Energy has informed that the turret mooring system, including the newly-constructed buoy for the Aoka Mizu FPSO, has been installed at the Lancaster field in UK. The installation, part of the LancaOster Early Production System (EPS) development, is a subject to final classification society approval. The company utilized the Normand Installer offshore construction […]
CGG Swings to Q2 Profit
French geoscience expert CGG has reported net profit of $49 million for the quarter ended June, 2018, against net loss of $170 million same time last year. For the second quarter 2018, the company generated $314 million in revenue and operating income of $26 million, against revenue of $350 million and operating […]
SeaBird Wraps Up Geowave Voyager Buy
SeaBird Exploration’s acquisition of the seismic vessel ‘Geowave Voyager’ from Exploration Vessel Resources II, a wholly owned subsidiary of CGG, has become effective and unconditional. The agreement became unconditional following the technical inspection of the vessel, the company informed. SeaBird acquired Geowave Voyager and certain seismic equipment for a cash consideration of USD 17 […]
Seatronics Expands Hydrographic Survey Equipment Inventory
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has doubled its stock of Sonic 2024 Multibeam Echosounders with the acquisition of eleven new systems from long-term supplier R2 Sonic. Responding to increased need for hydrographic surveys, Seatronics have more than doubled their stockholding of Sonic 2024 systems with an investment in excess of $2 million. The Sonic […]
Advance Global Recruitment Appoints Finance Director
Energy industry recruitment specialists, Advance Global Recruitment Limited (AGR) has appointed Mark Scott as finance director. Scott has held CFO and FD positions within international businesses over the past 8 years. Prior to that Scott was a senior consultant with PKF (now BDO) providing financial due diligence and advisory on many offshore […]
TGS Starts West of Shetlands Seismic Survey
TGS has began the acquisition of the new Erlend Wild West multi-client 3D seismic data West of Shetlands. This survey will cover a minimum of 1,000 km2 in the UK West of Shetland region and ties into TGS’ existing EW12 3D data. TGS will harness its acquisition and broadband processing expertise in this region, […]