Equipment
CHC Helicopter to revamp Dyce base
CHC Helicopter is preparing a multi-million pound investment in its longtime base in Dyce, Aberdeen. The company has said that the expansion will benefit offshore workers, the oil-and-gas companies for which they work, and CHC’s own people. CHC has said that the project will transform CHC’s faciliti
Step forward for Halliburton, Baker Hughes integration
Halliburton’s Board of Directors has appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark McCollum to the new role of Executive Vice President and Chief Integration Officer. In this capacity, he will serve as head of the Joint Integration Team that Halliburton and Baker Hughes Incorpo
CAE, Líder launch S-92 Sikorsky training in Sao Paulo
CAE, a global aviation training company, and Líder Aviação, the largest helicopter operator in Brazil, today announced that they are now offering S-92 Sikorsky aircraft training at CAE’s Sao Paulo training centre near Congonhas downtown airport. CAE and Líder already offer S-76 training in Sao Paulo
News in Photos: Topsail Dredging Project
Representative-elect David Rouzer (NC-07) yesterday toured a project at Topsail Beach that he says provides a commonsense solution to two problems: boats having trouble navigating the shallow inlet and the beach slowly washing into the water. As part of the $10 million project, crews are dredging sa
SAL Heavy Lift done with Ichthys shipments
SAL Heavy Lift GmbH has completed a series of shipments totaling more than 100,000 freight tons for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project near Darwin, NT, Australia. The was contracted by the Project’s freight forwarder SDV, for five shipments performed on a consecutive basis from load-ports Sattah
Deep Down Nets $3 Mln in Orders
Deep Down, an oilfield services company specializing in deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, has received multiple orders for flying leads and offshore installation equipment. The flying leads will be deployed in West Africa , South East Asia and the Gul
TL Offshore Secures Tembiaki Contract
SapuraKencana’s wholly-owned subsidiary, TL Offshore, has been awarded a contract by Vestigo Petroleum. The contract is for the Provision of Transportation and Installation (T&I) of the Central Processing Platform (CPP) for the Tembikai Development. The Tembikai Oil Project comprises transportation
Expansion of Hong Kong’s Port Facilities Recommended
Studies have found that container throughput in Hong Kong will continue to grow in the coming years, and it is necessary to enhance the capacity of existing container terminals and related infrastructures to cope with the growth. The Study on the Strategic Development Plan for Hong Kong Port 2030 an
VIDEO: Aubin Subsea Liquid Buoyancy Lifting System
Following the successful completion of its first operational trial of its LiquiBuoy system,earlier this year, engineering firm Aubin Subsea announced that it could transform subsea lifting. LiquiBuoy is an alternative to traditional buoyancy systems currently on the market, such as syntactic foam. I
Bestobell’s valves get firesafe approval
Bestobell Marine secured a firesafe approval for its new DN350 and DN400 cryogenic globe valve designs that are now ready for installation on LNG carriers.
‘Ceona Amazon’ Named
SURF contractor, Ceona, has christened its flagship asset, the Ceona Amazon. The ‘Ceona Amazon’ has been internally designed at Ceona and purpose built to perform in multiple pipelay and operational modes. The Vessel also features a large storage capacity and heavy subsea construction capability. Sh
BT Delivers New Scottish Subsea Link
Digital Scotland is celebrating the completion of a once-in-a-generation subsea telecoms project which brings faster fibre broadband another step closer for many of Scotland’s most remote communities. Today (Thursday 4 December) the £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband project partners
Alcatel-Lucent, Cinia to Connect Finland and Germany
Alcatel-Lucent and Cinia Group, previously Corenet, the Finnish Government-owned venture, will deploy an undersea cable system that will provide the first direct cable link between the Nordic region and continental Europe. The project, named Sea Lion, calls for the deployment of a new 100G system th
VIDEO: Shallow-Draft Special Purpose CURRITUCK
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District vessel CURRITUCK is a split hull, special purpose dredge that is able to remove material in six feet of water. While the CURRITUCK is home ported in Wilmington, it works in waters as far north as Maine and into the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to r