Top News of the Week March 11 – 16, 2013
Energy consulting and testing & certification company DNV KEMA on Friday, March 15,2012, officially opened a new Multiphase Flow Laboratory (MPFL) in Groningen, the Netherlands. The facility will allow equipment manufactures and oil & gas companies to test, validate and calibrate multiphase technolo
Reson Offshore Ltd has recently secured a contract through Marine Scotland’s tender procedure for two Multi Beam Echosounder Systems. Reson will provide upgrade, maintenance and system support for the two Multi Beam Echosounder Systems (MBES). The systems are owned by Marine Scotland Science and ins
The IHC Merwede stand (number 2625) will feature a diverse range of innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support activities at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The company is exhibiting at the annual event in Texas, USA, which runs from 6 to 9 May and is expected to
SeaGen, the world’s first large scale commercial tidal stream generator, four times more powerful than any other tidal stream generator in the world, is creating electric currents from tidal currents. Dr. Peter Fraenkel invented the tidal power plant SeaGen. His idea was to plunge a windmill (headfi
Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) today unveiled cutting edge well capping equipment that can be deployed around the world in the event of a subsea well control incident. It is available to oil and gas companies across the industry, marking a major advancement for international oil spill response capabi
Punj Lloyd Group, a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate, yesterday, March 14, announced receiving an offshore project in Al ‐ Khafji, Saudi Arabia from Al Khafji Joint Operations. The project, worth Rs. 314 crores (USD 57.75 million), is scheduled for commissioning i
Statoil secures rig for high impact opportunities supporting the company’s ambition for international growth. Statoil has signed a three year contract for the Stena Carron drillship for exploration drilling in the pre-salt blocks (Blocks 38 and 39) in the Kwanza basin in Angola. The agreement being
Indian companies will begin to use HDPE pipes and Rubber Hose OD 560, producted by KIASMA SRL, an Italian company. During the dredging operations, with the KFC Turbulent motion inside the pipes, this technology is sparing 7% of diesel pump discharge, saving energy by 7%, saving the cost of maintenan
Oceanlinx unveiled the highly optimised blueWAVE design that is a smaller, lighter and a cheaper wave energy solution for deep water applications. Oceanlinx’s continued development and expertise in the wave energy sector has allowed the company to further improve the blueWAVE design to ensure even b
Marine Instrumentation Limited (MIL) in conjunction with NOC Liverpool (NOCL), Marine Revolution and Liquid Robotics have completed the first successful PAMBuoy™ on water trials. PAMBuoy™ and the NOCL glider completed a diamond shaped course. Throughout this time PAMBuoy™ sent telemetry to Liquid Ro
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with ExxonMobil for the supply of subsea umbilicals for the Erha North phase 2 development in Nigeria. The Erha North Phase 2 development is an extension of the existing Erha subsea system and infrastructure located approximately 97 kilometres offshore Nigeria in
Norway’s Aker Solutions has signed a contract with U.S. oil giant ExxonMobil for the supply of subsea umbilicals for the Erha North phase 2 development in Nigeria. The Erha North Phase 2 development is an extension of the existing Erha subsea system and infrastructure located approximately 97 kilome
In this video Jumbo Offshore is taking us through the installation of subsea manifold at a 3000m waterdepth. Using its Deepwater Deployment System onboard the vessel Fairplayer , the company is capable of performing the installation of a 1000 ton manifold in ultra deep waters. The Fairplayer is fitt
