Equipment
InterMoor wraps up two projects off China
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed two offshore projects for China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation (COOEC) with support from Acteon sister companies in the Panyu and Enping fields, Pearl River Mouth basin, South China Sea. To extend the life of the Hai Yang Shi You III FPSO, the first
WGP in Snorre & Grane Combined PRM
WGP continues to operate Statoil’s Dual Portable Modular Source System (D-PMSS), designed and built by WGP and mobilised on the ‘Siddis Sailor’, on the third Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) survey in the North Sea. Survey 3 is the first where Grane and Snorre fields will be shot consecutively,
ArcelorMittal to supply steel plates for Pemex flotel
ArcelorMittal’s heavy plate mill in Gijón (Asturias, Spain) will supply more than 5,000 tonnes of steel plates to help build a floating hotel for 700 people. The huge residential complex is being built by the Spanish shipyard Navantia for the Mexican oil company Pemex, which will use the floatin
Petrex Assists CNRI in Lyell Subsea Pump Setup
Subsea Project Management Specialist, Petrex have successfully supported the CNRI Subsea Project Team on their installation of a Multiphase Booster Pump (MPBP) at the Lyell subsea field. Petrex acted as the CNRI interface for the day to day project management of the MPBP vendor, umbilical splice ven
Ping DSP Presents the 3D Sidescan
Ping DSP has named SUBSEA 20/20, Inc. the first authorized sales agency to represent their new line of 3D Sidescan sonar systems. After several years of research, product development and testing, Ping DSP recently introduced the first true 3D Sidescan. The company’s 3DSS sonar is based on patented C
InterMoor Delivers Two Projects for COOEC
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed two major offshore campaigns for China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation (COOEC) with support from Acteon sister companies in the Panyu and Enping fields, Pearl River Mouth basin, South China Sea. To extend the life of the Hai Yang Shi You III FPSO, the
HR Wallingford Ready for the Grand Opening
HR Wallingford new sate-of-the-art maritime simulation and modeling facilities, the Fast Flow Facility and the UK Ship Simulation Centre, will be formally opened by Lord Michael Heseltine at Howbery Business Park in Wallingford, Oxfordshire on 30 October. The new Fast Flow Facility is one of the wor
NOAA Unveils Lake Level Viewer Tool
A new NOAA online visualization and mapping tool, the Lake Level Viewer, will help communities along the U.S. Great Lakes plan for, and adapt to, climate change and changes in lake water levels. The easy-to-use, interactive tool was developed by the National Ocean Service’s Office for Coastal Manage
SBM Offshore launches two CALM companies
SBM Offshore has announced the launch of two companies, Imodco Terminals S.A. and Imodco Services S.A. To meet the challenges of the dynamic market for CALM Terminals and after sales services, two independent entities fully dedicated to this business have been created, SBM said. Building upon SBM’s
Cleaning Arctic oil spills in the dark?
Eni Norge, a Norwegian subsidiary of the Italian oil giant Eni, is working on what they say is the world’s first center providing training for oil spill response in conditions of darkness. To make it work, Eni Norge has entered into an oil spill contingency training agreement with the Nordkapp Mar
Cygnus DIVE for HMS/M A7 Sub Survey
The A7 Project is part of The SHIPS Project (Shipwrecks and History in Plymouth Sound), which is being run by a local group of divers and shipwreck enthusiasts. The main aim of the project is to record the long maritime history of Plymouth and the nearby area and in doing so also raise awareness of
Statoil to Plug Oseberg Well
Statoil has received consent to use Songa Trym for permanent well plugging on the Oseberg field. Statoil is the operator on the Oseberg field, located in blocks 30/6 and 30/9 in the northern part of the North Sea. Well 30/6-B-51 AH is a subsea well tied to the Oseberg A facility. The well was drille
Dyer Expands Manufacturing Facilities
Dyer Engineering has increased the size of its manufacturing facilities to almost 90,000 sq. ft. to meet the demand for its fabrication and machining services from the oil & gas and subsea industries. The Annfield Plain-based company has leased the premises in Harelaw, which has created an additiona
Deep Trekker ROV Gets UBSL Tracking System
Deep Trekker has announced their newest advancement to the Deep Trekker DTG2 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) product line with the integration of the TriTech MicronNav Positioning System. Piloting the Deep Trekker ROVs are extremely easy to do, although there is an added complexity when you cannot s