Deepwater Installation
Aker Solutions buying compatriot consultancy to support growth strategy
Aker Solutions is acquiring Unitech Power Systems, a Norway-based electrical power systems consultant, as part of its growth strategy and with the aim of further accelerating its transformation. Aker Solutions states that the acquisition is an important step towards the company creating an engineeri
Subsea data centers prove feasible following pressure tests
U.S. company Subsea Cloud has completed pressure testing which is said to prove feasibility for data centers to be placed subsea. Subsea Cloud said its centers will be installed in a modular fashion providing green, affordable data center infrastructure. The first ten pods to be deployed are expecte
Bureau Veritas verifies SubSLAM underwater measuring system
Vaarst, tech spin-off of subsea player Rovco, has secured Bureau Veritas verification for its SubSLAM underwater measuring system. Bureau Veritas verified the technology as delivering sub-millimeter accuracy for live subsea measurement, making it the most accurate real-time underwater measuring syst
UK pipeline decom firm targets more oil & gas clients with new facility
Northern Ireland-headquartered pipeline decommissioning specialist Decom Engineering has opened a new facility near Aberdeen as it wants to target new North Sea oil and gas clients. The investment valued at more than £250,000 is expected to allow faster deployment of Decom’s assets to clients workin
Pipeshield awarded patent for multi-lift concrete mattresses solution
Pipeshield International, a Tekmar Group company, has been granted a patent for its SUPER-MAT high payload multi-lift concrete mattresses solution. Designed as a lifting device when used with Pipeshield’s heavy-duty quick-release frames, the SUPER-MAT enables the handling of mattresses in stacks, pr
Over 500 CRP Subsea innovative buoyancy modules hit the Gulf of Mexico water
CRP Subsea has delivered more than 500 innovative buckle mitigation rotating buoyancy modules (RBMs) to protect Gulf of Mexico flowlines. The RBMs, produced at CRP Subsea’s manufacturing facility in Skelmersdale, England, will protect the pipeline by allowing it to roll on the seabed reducing latera
Subsea 7 to deliver installation services at Shenandoah field
Subsea 7 has secured what it says is a “substantial” contract to provide subsea installation services for Beacon Offshore Energy’s Shenandoah development in the Gulf of Mexico. The project covers the tie-back of four subsea wells to the Shenandoah host facility through a subsea manifold with dual fl
UK pours £31.6 million into floating wind demo projects
The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded £31.6 million (approximately €37.7 million) in grant funding to eleven projects through the Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Demonstration Programme. With an aim of reducing costs as well as increasing the rate of deployme
TechnipFMC signs subsea EPCI contract with Petrobras
Brazil’s Petrobras has awarded TechnipFMC with a subsea engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for its Búzios 6 field (module 7) greenfield development in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The scope of the contract includes flexible and rigid pipe, umbilicals, pipeline
DeepOcean places major ROV camera order
DeepOcean has placed an order with Norway’s Imenco for 96 underwater cameras for its entire fleet of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The contract, which is Imenco’s largest single contract to date in the underwater camera market, will see DeepOcean mount all the cameras on its ROVs over the next
Petrobras begins hunt for High-Pressure Separation technology developer
Petrobras, the operator of the Libra consortium, has started contracting suppliers for the design, construction, installation and testing of the High-Pressure Separation technology (HISEP) that aims to separate and reinject gas with high CO2 content produced alongside the oil while still on the seab
BOA Sub C gets busy in the North Sea
Norwegian offshore contractor BOA OCV has secured a new contract for the subsea construction vessel BOA Sub C with who it describes as a “large international contractor”. The scope of the contract includes construction and decommissioning projects in the North Sea. Commencement is expected in May fo
SBM Installer joins Asso’s fleet
Asso Group has taken over the dive support and construction vessel (DSCV) SBM Installer, following a purchase agreement with SBM Offshore. The vessel was delivered to Asso Group on 19 January in Algeciras, Spain, and was renamed Athena, hoisting the Greek flag. Over the next days, it will be re-clas
Multiple vessels working in energy sport Sonardyne hybrid positioning tech
Sonardyne has received multiple orders for its hybrid acoustic and inertial position reference systems to be installed on a number of deepwater vessels operating in the energy and ocean research sectors. Offshore drilling contractor Noble Drilling ordered a 6G upgrade to the Marksman system onboard