Equipment
Hydroid Wins MassEcon Gold
Kongsberg Maritime’s subsidiary Hydroid has been named the Southeast division gold winner in the 11th Annual Massachusetts Economic Impact Awards. Designed to recognize excellence in job growth, facility expansion, and investment since January 1, 2014, the award celebrates companies that have made o
Ezra Wraps Up Gabon Work for VAALCO
Ezra’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has completed a US$120 million project for VAALCO Gabon (Etame) offshore Gabon in West Africa using the new build Lewek Constellation on her inaugural installation project. The work scope included the transportation and installation of two jackets, topsides
Trelleborg’s offshore solutions at OTD 2014 (Norway)
Trelleborg will present an extended range of offshore solutions, including its recently re-branded portfolio of thermal insulation materials, subsea seals and LNG hoses, at the Offshore Technology Days (OTD) 2014 in Bergen, Norway. Trelleborg’s offshore operation, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions and Tr
EMAS completes work offshore Gabon
Ezra Holdings’ Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, recently completed a US$120 million project for VAALCO Gabon (Etame) Inc. offshore Gabon in West Africa. The company used the new build Lewek Constellation on her inaugural installation project. The work scope included the transportation and install
Thrustmaster Expands Houston Facility
Thrustmaster of Texas, a leading manufacturer of commercial marine propulsion products, signed a deal Monday to expand its Houston based production facility by 100,000 sqft. (93,000 sq m). The multi-million dollar investment has been in the making for two years and is scheduled for completion in the
BP opts to use AGSL software on Quad 204
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd (AGSL), which specialises in protecting companies’ process critical software assets, has announced that its software management platform Asset Guardian has been chosen by BP to manage the process control software used to operate Quad 204. Quad 204 is a field redevelopmen
Barge Master system on Wagenborg’s Walk-to-Work vessel
Barge Master is nearing the completion of the construction of the first BM-T40 system. On the 14th of October the Barge Master motion compensated knuckle boom crane pedestal was installed on the new Wagenborg Walk-to-Work vessel, designed and built by Royal Niestern Sander. The vessel and Barge Mast
Kongsberg’s Two Subsea Observatories for CAGE
CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate has selected Kongsberg Maritime to develop and deliver two ocean observatories. The observatories will be deployed off the coast of Svalbard (Norwegian islands in the Arctic Ocean) during 2015, to monitor methane leaks from the seabed. The
INTECSEA and OPC Team Up on R2M Concept
OPC has formed an alliance with INTECSEA and signed an MOU that brings together the subsurface expertise of OPC and the subsea facilities, pipeline and topside engineering expertise of INTECSEA/Worley Parsons Group to offer a fully integrated Reservoir to Market (R2M) concept. The R2M model aims t
NuStar,WFS and Precision Support JAMSTEC’s Subsea Project
WFS Technologies (WFS), NuStar Technologies and Precision have teamed up to offer a subsea wireless datalogging system to support flow metering for JAMSTEC, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. The project being led by NuStar Technologies involves cultivation and extraction of r
The Delft Sand, Clay and Rock Cutting Model Book Released
Central Dredging Association (CEDA) today announced that a new book, written by Dr. ir. Sape Miedema, Associate Professor Offshore & Dredging Engineering at the Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, has been added to the professional literature on dredging. Entitled “The Delft Sand
ROVOP in New HQ by Year-End
Subsea specialist ROVOP is investing more than $6.4 million (£4million) in a new purpose-built headquarters (HQ) including training facilities, a full ROV underwater test facility and an internal 40-tonne overhead crane. The next generation facility at Aberdeenshire’s Westhill area, known as the sub
ROVOP invests in new HQ
Subsea specialist ROVOP has revealed that it is investing more than £4 million in a new purpose-built headquarters (HQ) including training facilities, a full ROV underwater test facility and an internal 40-tonne overhead crane. The new facility at Aberdeenshire’s Westhill area – known as the subsea
Heerema to build Culzean jacket
Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited, operator of the Culzean development in the North Sea, has awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the project’s well head platform (WHP) jacket to Heerema Hartlepool Limited. Heerema will build the WHP jacket and piles, the well