A wireline conveyance tool that provides major cost savings to the oil and gas industry has been used in the UK North Sea for the first time. Wireline and well intervention technology specialist Wireline Engineering said its patented Open Hole Roller Bogie technology has been used successfully on th
Leading deepwater rope manufacturer, Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division has invested Euro 2M in a synthetic fibre rope test machine that, for the first time, will enable naval architects to run ‘what if’ scenarios to simulate the effects of storms and hurricanes on deepwater mooring lines. Located at
Mechanical engineering group EnerMech has been awarded a five year contract to provide a range of crane services for TOTAL E&P UK Limited. The contract is worth an estimated £10 million and covers the Elgin, Franklin(photo), Alwyn and Dunbar platforms in the North Sea and TOTAL’s onshore crane requi
Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary STEP Offshore has delivered a drilling fluid and well control system to Rolls-Royce Marine, which will be used on the Yme field in the North Sea. The Aker Solutions unit made a fast and efficient delivery of an ultra compact skid mounted system for drilling fl
Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary STEP Offshore has delivered a drilling fluid and well control system to Rolls-Royce Marine, which will be used on the Yme field in the North Sea. The Aker Solutions unit made a fast and efficient delivery of an ultra compact skid mounted system for drilling fl
Nemo Engineering, the subsea unit in Apply, has been awarded a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for the delivery of two 12’’ Hot Tap Gooseneck Spools on the Åsgard Subsea Compression Project, with the purpose to ensure an extended lifetime and increased exploitation for the Åsgard field in the Nor
Packed with ten powerful thrusters and with the capacity to carry a seven-function position feedback manipulator and five-function rate manipulator, the new Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus has quickly become a top seller with four systems sold for delivery this year. With 50% more power, and swimming 30
Packed with ten powerful thrusters and with the capacity to carry a seven-function position feedback manipulator and five-function rate manipulator, the new Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus has quickly become a top seller with four systems sold for delivery this year. With 50% more power, and swimming 30
Cargotec has won a contract to supply two sets of MacGregor anchor-handling systems for two anchor-handling tug /supply / oil recovery vessels under construction at a Chinese Shipyard for a Singaporean owner. The anchor-handling equipment is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2011 and it will be m
Through its Trelleborg Engineered Systems business area, Trelleborg has signed an agreement to acquire a business in the offshore oil and gas industry in Brazil from a subsidiary of Veyance Technologies Inc. The business focuses on specially designed oil hoses for surface and deep-sea applications f
The C-Tecnics CT3012 Miniature Underwater Camera has been designed for shallow water inspection operations where small size, low cost and excellent video quality are required. This budget camera is exceptionally neatly packaged in a 23mm housing which is 125mm long from front port to the end of the
Sercel has been awarded a contract by Dolphin Geophysical for the purchase of Nautilus® and Sentinel® systems to equip its first high-capacity 3D seismic vessel, Polar Duke. The three-in-one Nautilus device offers acoustic positioning, depth control and automatic steering in a single unit. The Senti
Stratos Global, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it is deploying the Inmarsat FleetBroadband satellite communications service on six deep-sea tugboats in Fairplay Towage’s fleet. Deployment on four of the vessels already h
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, provides an update on its Joint Industry Project (‘JIP’) initiative, launched in October 2010, to develop a new method of engineering for subsea wellhe
