Subsea news

Global integrated subsea services business, Kreuz Subsea, has announced the appointment of Knut Eriksen as the board’s first independent non-executive director.

The company has been providing services on the Chevron-operated Gorgon and Wheatstone Projects and other assets since February 2015.

Subsea Connect, the Aptara™ TOTEX-lite subsea system and BHGE’s SPS Catalogue were unveiled to E&P customers at a launch event in Houston, USA.

Project management and engineering are scheduled to be performed in Houston, Texas, with offshore installation by McDermott targeted for completion in mid-2019.

The transaction comes just 10 months after the company completed a joint venture with Forum Energy Technologies.

The agreement will involve the provision of enhanced subsea architecture and smart standardisation via Enpro’s patented Flow Access Module (FAM) technology.

ROVOP, the independent provider of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), has today announced the appointment of David Lamont as a non-executive director.

The company has announced that the Mist jack-up rig has commenced drilling of the Montha-1 exploration well in the G10/48 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand.

The company has entered into an agreement with Topaz for use of the newbuild subsea vessel Topaz Tiamat for 2.5 years, with three yearly options thereafter.

The company has been awarded the transportation and installation of a 410 t subsea production manifold at a depth of 1643 m off the coast of Israel for the Leviathan development.