EnerMech have been awarded a £6.6 million contract by Apache North Sea Ltd to supply and install four new Blow Out Preventer (BOP) handling cranes on the Forties Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta platforms. The project, which will deliver four Stahl cranes and is expected to be completed by Q1 2013, w
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Limited (HFT), said it has launched a new dedicated Weld Purge Monitor especially for LNG stainless steel and Nickel alloy tube and pipe joint welding. A Weld Purge Monitor is “necessary to show welders when sufficient oxygen has been removed from the work zone to allow
Hydratight has launched an updated Emergency Pipeline Repair System to offer better disaster planning and contingency services to operators and contractors. Following the dramatic reaction to the Gulf disaster in early 2011, ever-increasing demands are being placed on oil and gas operators to provid
Deep-sea diving system produced by Divex (Scotland) for Russian rescue ship Igor Belousov will be delivered, mounted, and tested by specialists of Russian company Tetis Pro which is going to provide 5-year long aftersales service and train operators. The contract with Tetis Pro will be signed in the
Royal Netherlands Navy Locate Two Drowning Victims with VideoRay ROVs within Two Months of the Systems Being Delivered On January 10, 2012 VideoRay LLC of Phoenixville, PA, along with Dutch partner Nautikaris BV of Ijmuiden, Netherlands, completed the site acceptance test of four VideoRay Pro 4 subm
Russian Navy will receive stand-alone unmanned submersibles made in Iceland. Russian defense ministry plans to spend RUR 744.244 mln on eight autonomous unmanned submersibles produced by Teledyne Gavia (Iceland), reports Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspsper. Three underwater robots are expected to join Rus
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Statoil to deliver replacement and upgrading of the drilling equipment and systems on the Snorre A platform in the North Sea. Estimated contract value is NOK 1 billion (USD 179 million). The main object of the project is to extend the technical lifetime
Tiny algae that colonise the underside of the Antarctic sea ice play a big part in the health of Southern Ocean ecosystems. These microalgae absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide by converting it into sugars and oxygen, using the energy of sunlight. They also kick-start the Southern Ocean food chai
French based Technip, in partnership with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, was awarded by DONG E&P and BAYERNGAS, a contract for the HEJRE project development, offshore Denmark, at a water depth of 70 meters. This contract covers engineering, procurement, fabrication, hook-
Dredge Yard, a specialized company in dredging technology and dredging equipment based in the Netherlands and United Arab Emirates has announced the launch of the dredge suction mouth. The dredge suction mouth is a dredge component positioned behind the cutter head of a Cutter Suction Dredger during
Pelamis Wave Power has recently developed a unique system for quickly and safely installing and removing the machine from its anchoring system and electrical connection. The system allows the machine to be connected to its mooring and electrical system in around 90 minutes and disconnected in less t
Ampelmann, a Dutch based offshore company focusing on the development, construction, lease and sale of offshore access solutions reports that during the night of February 26th, the 100,000th transfer was made from an Ampelmann system to an offshore platform. The milestone was reached within 4 years
The latest innovation from the pioneers of the multiple echo ultrasonic thickness gauge: * Reliable measurements through coatings * Live A-Scan display for thickness measurement verification * Large 2.4″ colour TFT screen * Topside monitoring with DIVELink * Data logging capability * Optional Helmet
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has established a new department dedicated to developing its crane and lifting products for the offshore supply and subsea segment. The department, which opened officially in January 2012 is based in Molde, Norway, with production ta
