Kvaerner Stord has extended the Apply Scope of Work for delivery of the Eldfisk 2/7 S Living Quarters, from supply of the architect and insulation disciplines to take full responsibility for the Living Quarters outfitting and completion. Kvaerner Stord is the topsides contractor to ConocoPhillips fo
Maersk is launching today a new computer game called ‘Quest for Oil’. Maersk is taking the lead in an innovative way by using a video game to open up the oil business to everyone. Quest for Oil is the first game of its kind and with the convergence of forces, innovation and technology Maersk gives [
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has signed a new contract for two wells from Det Norske Oljeselskap ASA (‘DetNor’), a leading oil and gas company, to s
TerraSond Limited, a leader in precision land and marine geospatial surveys, announced the promotion of Mr. Brian Busey and Captain Rich Hendren. Busey is now Vice President, Business Development and Hendren is Vice President, Operations. As Vice President, Business Development; Busey is responsible
Over 300 industry guests gathered at the Port of Liverpool yesterday to toast the launch of Peel Ports’ landmark deep water container terminal Liverpool2. Sir Bobby Charlton and ‘King’ Kenny Dalglish pushed the button on the start of dredging and launched a dazzling display of fireworks over the sit
GE, an American multinational conglomerate corporation, has recently published a video about a subsea listening system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1nkjZowEnY GE engineers have built the subsea listening system that can detect leaks from oil and gas well on the sea bed and monitor other equipme
QUADRANS is the latest gyrocompass manufactured by iXBlue. This product is based on the new 50 mm diameter fiber optic gyroscope (FOG50) developed internally by iXBlue. This product benefits from iXBlue research and development’s constant effort to improve performance and to increase the already unr
On Monday 13 May 2013 the Life Extension Program (LEP) for Walrus class submarines has officially started. During a meeting at the location of the Royal Dutch Navy in Den Helder (the Netherlands), commodore Hans Lodder and Sytze Voulon of Imtech signed the execution order. This order is a follow up
In dredging, the hydraulic transport of solids is one of the most important processes. Since the 50’s many researchers have tried to create a physical mathematical model in order to predict the head losses in slurry transport. These models are Durand, Condolios, Gibert, Worster. Zandi & Govatos, Juf
The first commercial offshore wind measurement campaign using floating LiDAR in European waters has kicked off in the Irish Sea. FLiDAR NV has deployed one of its innovative LiDAR buoys for DONG Energy in the southern East Irish Sea. DONG Energy, the world’s leading offshore wind developer, selected
The first R115, which is a machine rated at 99kW, will be launched in Pisa on June 19th at a marina inside the “Darsena dei Navicelli”. After final assembly, most likely towards the end of July, the machine will be towed to the Punta Righini WEP test site and will stay there for a few […]
M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger company, today announced the introduction of the MD-2† dual-deck shale shaker. When combined with DURAFLO† composite screens, the MD-2 shaker provides optimal solids control performance for drilling applications. “As well construction costs continue to rise, today’s shale s
M-I SWACO, a Schlumberger company, today announced the introduction of the MD-2† dual-deck shale shaker. When combined with DURAFLO† composite screens, the MD-2 shaker provides optimal solids control performance for drilling applications. “As well construction costs continue to rise, today’s shale s
In recent years, Chinese dredging companies have been actively taking pail in the domestic and foreign dredging market. They have built a large numbers of cutter suction dredgers, CSDs & trailer suction hopper dredgers, TSHDs with the Chinese dredging equipment makers developing and improving a lot.
