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DOF Awarded Contract for Construction Transport & Installation (T&I) Project in West Africa

03.04.2024
The project includes installation of flexible product and various subsea structures. DOF shall utilise the vessel Maersk Installer for the project, with a duration between 100 - 150 days. Preparations has already started, and offshore execution is planned to Q3, 2024. The contract value is in the range USD 19 - 29 million.

DOF Group Contract Award for FPSO & FSO Installation in the Ivory Coast

12.02.2024
DOF has been awarded a contract by Altera Infrastructure to install one FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit) and one FSO (Floating Storage unit) for the phase 2 development of the Baleine field in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, operated by Eni with Petroci Holding as partner.

Robosys Secures a Contract from Legacy Marine for Supply of an AI-driven Autonomous Control System for a 9.5m USV

23.01.2024
Robosys Automation, the AI-driven maritime autonomy & smart-shipping specialist, has secured a contract from Legacy Marine of South Africa, for the supply and integration of AI systems for a fully autonomous USV.

Seaeye Falcon Thrives in Crocodile-infested Waters

12.01.2023
ASI Group have deployed a Saab Seaeye Falcon robot into crocodile-infested waters in East Africa. The crocodiles have been preventing manual inspection of remote inland underwater structures supporting East Africa’s power generation.

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore West Africa

29.04.2022
Subsea 7 today announced the award of a substantial(1) contract for the engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning of flowlines and umbilicals, offshore West Africa.

Ashtead Technology’s new Partnership with Ocean Atlantic Petroleum Secures Total E&P Angola Contract

18.03.2021
A new partnership between Ashtead Technology and Ocean Atlantic Petroleum SA (OAP), has successfully executed its first marine services project in West Africa and has received award for further work.

Boskalis Bolsters Market Position in Subsea Services through Acquisition Rever Offshore

05.01.2021
Boskalis announces the acquisition of all the shares of Rever Offshore’s subsea services business (‘Rever’). Rever, formally known as Bibby Offshore, offers a broad range of solutions in the area of subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance.

Fugro Starts Shallow Water Phase for 2Africa Fibre-Optic Subsea Cable Project

30.07.2020
Fugro has begun their shallow water campaign for the “2Africa” subsea fibre-optic cable project which, once installed, will connect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe and deliver more than the total combined capacity of all subsea data cables serving Africa today.

Fugro Detours for Ifremer’s Mayotte Underwater Volcano Survey

27.05.2020
A Fugro vessel heading from the Netherlands to South Africa has made a 10-day detour to support Ifremer, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, in monitoring a giant active underwater volcano off the east coast of Africa. Ifremer is performing important research on this unique volcano but the latest mission was thrown into jeopardy by the Covid-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions. When Fugro heard, they diverted the specialist hydrographic survey vessel Fugro Gauss to Mayotte in the Mozambique Channel to support Ifremer’s vital hydrographic survey.

Seabed Geosolutions Secures 3D and 4D Ocean Bottom Node Contracts Offshore Trinidad and West Africa

19.12.2017
Seabed Geosolutions has been awarded a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition project over the greater Angostura field in shallow waters, offshore Trinidad for BHP, and a 4D OBN project for Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company. The combined awards are valued at around US $60 million.

DeepOcean has acquired Searov Offshore SAS and has expanded its presence in West Africa.

31.07.2017
Searov, established in 2008, is an agile and cost effective ROV service provider with a strong focus on West Africa. The company owns and operates ten Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) from its operating bases in Pointe Noire, Congo and Port Gentil, Gabon. Searov has a proven track record of delivering inspection, maintenance and repair and construction support services to a variety of international oil companies in West Africa.

Forum Energy Technologies delivers nine of its largest subsea PLR systems to North Africa

19.05.2016
Forum Energy Technologies Inc. has successfully delivered a number of its largest subsea Pig Launchers and Receivers (PLRs) and laydown heads to a project in North Africa. The nine PLRs have been deployed as part of a development of nine subsea wells, which vary from four to 24 inches in size, with water depths ranging from 300 to 800 metres. Manufactured at Forum’s Moffat subsea engineering business in Northumberland, UK, the custom-designed units will be used in the completion of flooding, cleaning, gauging, strength test, intelligent pigging and dewatering activities.

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