SubSea Networks Backs NO-UK Cable Project
SubSea Networks and NO-UK announced today that the supply contract for the NO-UK Submarine Cable System linking Norway and England has come into force. The NO-UK system is now under construction, with a ready for service date at the end of 2021. The cable will provide eight high capacity fibre pairs over […]
Saipem Takes Coronavirus Precautions | Subsea World News
Italian subsea services major Saipem is taking actions after the confirmed cases of Coronavirus on Italian territory. Since Friday 21 February, all employees with residence in the municipalities indicated by the Regions involved have been invited to stay at their home, avoiding social interactions. Saipem said that its Health and Occupational Medicine […]
Geoquip Marine Completes Geoquip Speer Upgrade
Geoquip Marine has finalized an extensive conversion and upgrade to its recently acquired multipurpose geotechnical vessel, the Geoquip Speer. As part of the refit the Speer has had its moonpool design opened up, enabling it to be fitted with a fully heave-compensated offshore geotechnical drilling rig and deepwater seabed CPT unit, the […]
AGS Inks North Sea OBN Survey Deal
Norwegian ocean bottom node seismic company Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has signed a letter of intent with an undisclosed oil company to start an OBN survey in the North Sea. The work is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2020, after fulfillment of certain conditions, AGS said in Monday’s Oslo […]
Wärtsilä Thrusters for Bokalift 2
Wärtsilä will deliver thruster solution for Boskalis’ vessel-conversion project to create the crane vessel Bokalift 2. The deal, secured in December last year, will see technology group supply four retractable steerable thrusters and thruster controls, as well as two tunnel thrusters. The retraction system, combined with the energy efficient 8-degree tilted thruster, […]
Aker BP Gets Green Light for Skogul Start-Up
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a consent to Aker BP for start-up of the Skogul field in the North Sea. Skogul was proven in 2010 and the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was approved in early 2018. Recoverable resources are estimated at 1.5 million standard cubic meters of oil (9.4 […]
GCX Repairs Red Sea Links
Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) subsea cables FALCON between Muscat and Suez, and FEA between Mumbai and Suez, are back in business following cuts offshore Port Suez in the Red Sea. GCX mobilized a cable ship through its partner in the Middle East, E-Marine to support with the repairs. The repairs of FALCON […]
MARES Wins NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award
Marine Arctic Ecosystem Study (MARES) is the 2019 recipient of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Excellence in Partnering Award. The award was presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego, California. The Excellence in Partnering Award is given annually to a NOPP project that best exemplifies the NOPP’s objective of developing a successful […]