Kvaerner is preparing for a significant growth in its home market and invests approximately NOK 250 million in upgrades of its facilities at Stord. The major investments will be increased lifting and trailing capacity, including a new Goliath gantry crane. “We have won some major contracts and are p
The fact that Ireland is one of the countries that has the best waves is not a secret, but how to make use of those waves in terms of making energy? TheJournal.ie reports that this has been a crucial question for many years now and Ireland has invested a vast amount of money and time […]
The shipyards Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd., CMHI/Shenzhen as well as Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard in China have awarded Germany-based Siemens Energy a total of three orders for electrical power supply packages for offshore drilling rigs. These packages, which include BlueDrive Drilling, are des
Nautronix have been awarded a three year contract by the Norwegian SURF contractor, Ocean Installer AS, for the supply of survey services to support their offshore construction activities. The contract includes the provision of onshore and offshore survey services in support of tendering and project
T.D. Williamson (TDW) announced the successful development and field deployment of the Subsea 1200RC Tapping Machine, its new compact remote-controlled subsea hot tapping machine.The system, which is extremely lightweight, allows hot tapping to be carried out from the safety of a Diving Support Ve
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces a new order worth £1.3 million from BG International Ltd (‘BG International’), a wholly owned subsidiary of BG Group plc, to su
Superior Energy Services of Houston, Texas, took delivery of one of the most advanced maritime training simulators ever developed, in April 2012. The next-generation simulator from Kongsberg Maritime will be used to provide integrated, real-time training for Superior’s offshore marine personnel at i
To improve the efficiency and capabilities executing Multi Beam Echosounder (MBE) seabed surveys and deep water marine construction support, the iSURVEY group now owns and operates the SPRING INS system. SPRINT (Subsea Precision Reference Inertial Navigation Technology) is an acoustically aided iner
The Port of Tyne has a world class reputation for managing bulk and conventional cargo, and is rapidly gaining experience with project cargo. Project cargo broadly describes the shipment of large, heavy, high value pieces of equipment. ‘Seven Oceans’ is an unusual sight on the River Tyne. The vessel
Brastec Technologies S.A, a Brazilian-based engineering and equipment producer for flexible pipe and cable manufacturing, is acquiring 100% of the Dutch company SAS, a leading provider of high quality equipment for the offshore market. The acquisition is complementary in product scope, services, eng
Sanco Shipping AS has declared an option for a second seismic vessel to be built at Kleven Maritime’s yard Myklebust Verft in Norway. The vessel, to be named Sanco Sword, is to be delivered in Q1 2014. Its sister vessel Sanco Swift will be delivered from Myklebust Verft in July 2013. Kleven Maritime
Leading international oilfield service company Expro has secured $10M of new contracts to supply its cableless telemetry system (CaTS™). Expro’s CaTS advanced reservoir testing (ART) service will be utilised by two operators in Brazil to provide high value, accurate and reliable pressure and tempera
GE Oil & Gas will supply ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited with subsea production equipment, ancillary systems and related services for ATP’s signature Cheviot oilfield project in the North Sea, under the terms of an $80 million contract. ATP is a unit of Houston, Texas-based ATP Oil & Gas Corporation. “Th
Academics from the Robert Gordon University and the University of Aberdeen working together as part of the Scottish Sensor Systems Centre (S3C), will host an Open Laboratory Day for Subsea Sensor Technologies on Tuesday May 22. The event will offer professionals working in sectors which use sensor a
