Equipment
SPS Delivers ‘Kentish Flats’ Cable Protection
Subsea Protection Systems (SPS) has started supplying 255 concrete mattresses to Vattenfall’s extension of the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, approximately 7 km off Whitstable and Herne Bay. The Great Yarmouth company, which employs 20 in the town, will transport approximately 1,250 tonnes of con
Picture of the Day: Sand Extraction by DRAGFLOW
Earlier this year, in the Hanty-Mansiysk Region, DRAGFLOW Russia had operated for sand extraction, in order to make foundation for an Oil Rig tower. The project was undertaken for Bur-Neftegaz, a unit of Bashneft, one of the largest producer of oil products in the country. The equipment included a D
State Funding to Help Eroded Areas
The Patrick Administration yesterday announced $1.5 million in funding to reduce risks associated with coastal storms, erosion and sea level rise through natural and non-structural approaches, continuing Governor Deval Patrick’s $50 million investment in climate change preparedness. Grants were awar
Major Milestone for Lyttelton Reclamation
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has now reclaimed over 7.5 hectares of harbor at Te Awaparahi Bay, east of its container operations. In May 2011, LPC was granted consent to reclaim ten hectares of the harbor bed to utilize and dispose of ‘clean’ rubble from Christchurch city’s earthquake damage
Compostela Dredging Projects Underway
The Department of Public Works and Highways regional office (DPWH-11) has started the dredging of the heavily silted portions of Agusan, Batoto, Ngan and Agibawa rivers in Compostela town, Compostela Valley (Comval) province. The local government of Comval, led by Congresswoman Maricar Zamora and DP
Cameron’s subsea equipment for Hebron (Canada)
Cameron has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties for wellhead equipment and production trees for the Hebron project, a 52-well development located offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Cameron will supply large-bore, high-pressure equipment including wellheads, production tree
PGS in Springboard survey kick off (Australia)
Norway’s seismic survey company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has begun the Springboard MC3D program in the Ceduna sub-Basin, offshore South Australia. PGS previously announced the program back in June saying that the Springboard MC3D has significant industry support and is being acquired by the Ramf
Genesis Water Granted European Patent
Genesis Water, pioneer of the Genesis Rapid Dewatering System™ (RDS), announced yesterday that the company’s dewatering technology has been granted European Patent No. 1286924 by the European Patent Office. The patent, awarded for the “apparatus and method for high-speed dewatering of slurries,” cov
EMGS nets Thailand, Myanmar seismic deal
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has confirmed that the previously announced letter of intent for 3D EM data acquisition in Thailand and Myanmar has now resulted in a contract award. The company further said that the contract is signed with a first-time customer PTTEP International and that it
Caterpillar Marine’s MaK to power four Maersk newbuilds
Caterpillar Marine’s MaK™ diesel electric propulsion (DEP) solutions have been selected to power four Maersk Supply Services’ (MSS) newbuilds to be constructed by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyards. Each vessel will be equipped with 4x MaK M 32 E generator sets with a power output of 4,400 kW each and 2x MaK
STR SeaSpyder for IFCA
Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR) have supplied 2 SeaSpyder underwater camera systems to the Association of Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (AIFCA), for use by its ten individual statutory organisations. The delivery of SeaSpyder underwater camera systems and deployment solution to
Delta SubSea Deploys ROVs for Venezuela Pipelay Survey
Delta SubSea has mobilized an entire ROV system including Schilling Robotics HD 150 ROV, Dynacon Launch and Recovery System, and ROV Control Van on an Antonov An-124 Ruslan airplane. The Antonov An-124 Ruslan airplane is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. The An-124 is the world’s highest gross weigh
SSE Awards £460 Mln Living Wage Contract to ABB
SSE’s networks business, SHE Transmission, has awarded its largest ever Living Wage contract, worth approximately $721 million (£460million), to engineering firm ABB Limited. The contract is part of the Caithness to Moray Transmission Project, the vital new subsea link which will allow more renewa
Want to Win an iPad from Kongsberg?
Kongsberg Maritime has announced that its latest bathymetric image competition starts today, December 1st 2014 and will run through to March 1st 2015. All Kongsberg Maritime bathymetric echosounder system users are invited to find out more and upload their images at Kongsberg’s contest page. The bes