Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the global market for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) in the oil & gas industry will reach a value of $2.46bn in 2013. The sector will experience strong growth over the forecast period as increasing expenditure in the deepwater and subsea construction markets c
People and vessels. These are the driving forces behind Jan De Nul Group. Thanks to skilled employees and the ultramodern fleet, Jan De Nul Group ranks at the top of the international dredging industry as well as being one of the largest civil engineering and environmental contractors. https://www.y
In the framework of the Marinet program, IMDC, in a partnership with HR Wallingford, University of Ghent and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, finalised end of December 2012 the physical model tests at the University of Aalborg (DK). The test program was set-up to investigate an
The REMUS 600 AUV was designed through funding from the Office of Naval Research to support the US Navy’s growing need for operations requiring extended endurance, increased payload capacity, and greater operating depth. The REMUS 600 AUV boasts the same proven software and electronic subsystems fou
IDC and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have recently provided funding for the construction of submarine cable linking Mtunzini, Cape Town, East London and Port Elizabeth, telecommunication provider Techteledata announced. According to MyBroadband, Techteledata’s managing director and
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (“SOC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore Inc., announced that SOC has been awarded the contract for the installation of the inner array grid cables for the Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm (“OWF”) project by EnBW Baltic 2 GmbH (“EnBW”), a subsidiary of EnBW Erneu
Rapidly-evolving energy production technology services company Proserv has secured two major contract wins worth in excess of £15 million for work in the North Sea, further strengthening the company’s market-leading position in the subsea controls and communications field. The first deal is with TAQ
To handle the new heavyweight anchors required for rigs operating in extreme depths off Brazil, Rolls-Royce has developed a tailor made solution. Two torpedo anchor-handling systems will be installed on two anchor-handling vessels to be built for the Norwegian shipowner DOF. Brazilian oil giant Petr
The Energy & Water Consultancy services (formerly Metoc) of Intertek, the leading quality and safety solutions provider to industries worldwide, has been awarded a contract for Construction Supervision of the Ha Tien – Phu Quoc 110kV Submarine Power Cable by the Vietnamese utility EVNSPC (Southern P
Dinas Hidro-Oseanografi (DISHIDROS), or the Hydro-Oceanographic Office, is the marine surveying and charting authority with the mandate to ensure safety of navigation in Indonesian waters. As Indonesia is an archipelago with more than 17,000 islands and nearly 55,000 km of coastline, DISHIDROS has a
Seadrill Limited, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, has today been allocated 82,003,000 shares in the private placement of Archer Limited, a global oilfield service company that specializes in drilling services and well services The drilling contractor bought the shares at pr
A proposed offshore wind project in Maryland, supported by Governor Martin O’Malley and his offshore wind bill, could be an outbreak for the U.S. offshore wind industry, as it has already attracted interest from the U.S. unit of Electricite de France SA and may be connected via subsea transmission b
Following inside research and development, Italy-based special cable manufacturer Novacavi, reports its first delivery of a special hybrid neutrally buoyant cable with flexible subsea CAT 6 conductors to Russia. Novacavi was called in to provide its expertise in designing and manufacturing bespoke c
Archer, the global oilfield service provider, has secured a contract with Statoil for the permanent plugging and abandonment of 12 gas wells on the Heimdal field in the Norwegian North Sea using Archer’s latest ground-breaking modular rig, the Archer Topaz. The Heimdal rig is operated by Statoil wit
