ADCI Underwater TodayDecember 5, 2019 INDUSTRY NEWS
An exploration well is being drilled south of the Troll field in the North Sea, for the first time, with the objective not to find oil or gas, but to investigate whether the reservoir in the deep Johansen Formation is suitable for storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).
Visit https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/11/28/northern-lights-project-starts-exploration-drilling/ to view the full article online. SCCI, a carrier recently incorporated in New Caledonia, and Hawaiki Submarine Cable have signed a multi-million dollar contract to provide SCCI with a turn-key solution to connect the island nation to Hawaiki, including a subsea branch to the capital city of Noumea and significant capacity on the transpacific cable.
Visit https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/12/02/new-caledonia-to-link-to-hawaiki-cable/ to view the full article online. After extensive geological research and economic analysis, BOEM has awarded 147 leases on tracts covering 811,966.715 acres to high bidders.
Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/regional-reports/article/14072855/boem-completes-tract-evaluation-awards-147-leases to view the full article online. New On ADCI-TV
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Error - Layout template not found. Contact NaylorNet support. Select, prime booth locations still available! Underwater Intervention is the premier event for the entire underwater operations industry! With 92% of attendees reporting their primary objective in New Orleans is to evaluate products and services, you can't miss this opportunity!
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Woodside Energy has contracted Subsea 7 to perform offshore activities for Phase 2 of the Julimar-Brunello project. Schedule for 2021, the offshore operations at the Ulimar field will use the company's reel-lay and heavy construciton vessels.
Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/subsea/article/14072889/subsea-7-to-lay-julimar-pipelines-offshore-australia to view the full article online. MainOne submarine cable in Cote d’Ivoire is live and ready for service. The network will ensure its customers continue to enjoy maximum uptime performance and reduced latency as the company increases bandwidth capacity and maintain direct connections to various regional and global Internet Exchanges including the Nigerian Internet Exchange (IXPN), Ghanaian Internet Exchange (GIX), London Internet Exchange (LINX) and Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMSIX).
Visit https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/12/02/mainone-subsea-cable-goes-live-in-cote-divoire/ to view the full article online. NEW PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
The Balticconnector pipeline has completed the final phase of commissioning when the offshore pipeline was filled with gas and pressurized as well as connected to Estonia’s gas transmission network. The pipeline is expected to be ready for commercial use as of January 1, 2020. Visit https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/12/02/balticconnector-pipeline-ready-for-use/ to view the full article online. Equinor has awarded Stauper Offshore technology qualification for its latest generation Compact Flotation Unit for removal of oil and gas from produced water. The patented technique is deployed as the final step before discharging produced water to sea, with minimal oil-in-water levels post cleaning for environmental reasons.
Visit https://www.offshore-mag.com/production/article/14072941/equinor-approves-produced-water-treatment-technique to view the full article online. 2G Robotics has released a Data Module for their ViewLS software which enables the automatic enhancement of laser point cloud and stills image data.
Visit https://subseaworldnews.com/2019/11/25/2g-robotics-adds-data-module-to-viewls-software/ to view the full article online. |