Equinor Starts-Up Mariner Field | Subsea World News

Equinor has achieved first oil from the Mariner field in the UK North Sea . The field is expected to produce more than 300 million barrels of oil over the next 30 years. “The start-up of Mariner, the first Equinor-operated oil field on the UKCS, establishes our foothold in the UK and reinforces our commitment […]

Xodus Boosts Subsea Integrity Team

Xodus Group has appointed Djamel Hamel and Chris Overton as two principal consultants to its subsea integrity management team. Djamal Hamel has been appointed to the role of principal consultant, having previously worked within a senior pipeline position for six years at Spirit Energy, as well as engineering roles at Wood, Subsea 7 and Technip. […]

Well-Safe Solutions to Refurbish Well-Safe Guardian

Well-Safe Solutions has secured an award of two multi-million-pound contracts to continue the transformation of the Well-Safe Guardian, the decommissioning company’s first asset, into a plug and abandonment unit. Global Energy Group and Rigfit7seas have been appointed to deliver the refurbishment of the semi-submersible drilling rig. Global Energy Group will provide quayside services and the […]

Subsea Innovation Wins with TechnipFMC Norway

Subsea Innovation, part of Tekmar, has won a contract with TechnipFMC in Norway, building the company’s market presence in the region. In 2018 Subsea Innovation developed a next-generation seal for their Pipe in Pipe Waterstops. Waterstop Seals provide a solution for isolating a section of flooded annulus in offshore risers or flowlines […]

SSEN Completes Bute-Cumbrae Subsea Cable Replacement

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has completed project to replace one of the two electricity subsea cables connecting Bute and Cumbrae, with new additional fault detection technology set to be installed in the coming months. Cumbrae receives its power from the mainland by two subsea cables, one of which was approaching the end of […]

TGS Finalizes Spectrum Acquisition | Subsea World News

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical has completed its acquisition of Spectrum, creating a global multi-client geophysical data provider. TGS first announced its intent to acquire Spectrum in May 2019. Completion of the acquisition and the merger plan has been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises on Wednesday. As a consequence and following the […]

MDL Supports i-Tech 7 North Sea Campaign

Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed a flexible installation project in the North Sea with i-Tech 7 – marking a return to the field two years after the original award. The work scope – part of i-Tech 7’s inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaign West of Shetland – consisted of a deployment of […]

Minesto Restarts Subsea Kite Trials

Minesto has resumed testing of its commercial-scale DG500 kite system at the company’s Holyhead Deep site off North Wales. “We are very pleased to be back in the water with the DG500 kite system, and we are looking forward to the continued testing operations. The team has made a great effort in […]