Aker Solutions advanced H6 drilling rigs use integrated Milestone video surveillance for state-of-the-art operational control in harsh environments. Aker Solutions is building model H-6e drilling rigs, the latest-generation of semisubmersible platforms specially designed to conquer the challenges of
Subsea 7 Inc , one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, today announces the award of a contract in the Danish sector of the North Sea valued in excess of US $55 million. The Subsea 7 work scope is to engineer, procure, fabricate, install and commission a 2.2.km bundl
Mechanical engineering company, EnerMech, has launched a new business division which will target the valve supply, testing, inspection and maintenance sector. An initial £2 million (approximately USD $3.2 Million) investment will include the building of an additional workshop at the Aberdeen company
Statoil and its partners on Åsgard have opted for subsea gas compression to help recover the big remaining reserves in this Norwegian Sea field. Similar projects elsewhere are in the pipeline. Many years of development work underpin this choice. Subsea gas compression has also been assessed on Gullf
Subsea 7 Inc , one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, confirms that the North Sea pipeline bundle* contract award it announced on 9th August 2010 is for the ConocoPhillips Jasmine discovery in the Central North Sea. The Subsea 7 workscope includes the engineering,
An Aberdeen-based subsea firm has been awarded a £30,000 grant to develop a specialist underwater tool. Ecosse Subsea Systems was recently awarded the grant by Scottish Enterprise to assist in the research and development of SCAR, a specialist trenching plough designed to operate from vessels of opp
In October Cargotec has secured EUR 10 million order from the Sinopacific Group in China for the supply of a further 16-shipsets of anchor-handling systems for BOURBON’s newbuildings. The shipsets will be delivered between April 2011 and February 2012. This contract follows an order placed in June t
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the South Korean shipbuilder, recently delivered the ‘Castillo de Santisteban’ to Empresa Naviera Elcano, the globally active Spanish shipping group. Five MAN dual-fuel 8L51/60DF engines will power the 300-metre long LNG carrier with each delivering 8,000 kW at 514 rpm.
STEP Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, has won a contract from Awilco Drilling Limited to engineer and deliver mud mixing and solids control systems to the Arctic II rig. STEP Offshore estimates that the value of the work will be approximately NOK 12 million(Approximately USD $2
During the period 16-19 August 2010, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil Petroleum AS’ (Statoil) facilitation of future efficient and sound handling of materials on the Troll A facility. The audit activity was carried out through a start-up meeting at Statoil’
Mercon Steel Structures B.V. has signed a framework agreement with Shell U.K. Limited and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (NAM) for the construction and installation of Riser Access Towers (RAT). The framework agreement encompasses the call off of one and possibly up to nine RAT’s. These
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a contract worth in excess of 14 million euros by BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd of Aberdeen to deliver a subsea umbilical system for the Devenick gas field in the North Sea. Nexans wins major subsea umbilicals contract from
Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ) today announced that Dril-Quip (Europe) Limited, its wholly owned subsidiary located in Aberdeen, Scotland, has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $20 million by Technip UK Limited for the supply of equipment for the Islay Gas Field project in the United King
Sub-Atlantic Ltd has netted orders for six electric remotely operated vehicle (ROV) systems with five different international customers during an unprecedented week of sales activity. The orders are for a Comanche Light/Medium Work Class system for a Far East diving contractor; a second Comanche sys
