Kongsberg Maritime announced that FUGRO Survey Ltd. has ordered the latest generation of HUGIN AUVs to augment their existing fleet of survey vehicles. The new HUGIN 1000 AUV has depth rating of 3000 metres and includes Lithium Polymer batteries. The batteries are packaged into modules, which are st
The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation has announced its subsidy to a project headed by Aalborg University endorsed by Maersk Oil and Ramboll Oil & Gas. The purpose of the project is to heighten production efficiency and increase oil recovery offshore. At the same time, the project will
International equipment specialist ATR has won a major contract with Apache Corp to deliver technology for on and offshore operations in the UKCS North Sea, worth an initial £2.25m. ATR, the Aberdeen-headquartered oilfield service provider, will supply portable lifting equipment and rigging lofts to
TAP has agreed with the Italian Ministry of Environment to extend the suspension of its Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) application in Italy for an additional nine months – until September 2013. As part of its commitment to an open and transparent ESIA disclosure process, TAP launche
Information about damage to anchor bolsters which could be significant for other mobile units has emerged from the PSA’s investigation of a stability incident affecting the Floatel Superior mobile accommodation unit on 7 November. The PSA has notified the industry of this. The following alert has be
Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. has released MakaiLay Power, an extension of its successful cable installation software, MakaiLay, which is a PC-based, real-time cable modeling program used by over 75% of the cable installation ships in the world. Subsea power cables are considerably heavier and stiff
EAB Engineering recently have been awarded two new contracts for supply of Actuator Retrieval Tools to Australia. The first contract is supply of in total 2 ARTs of different size to PetrolValve. The tools will be part of PetrolValves supply of valves and actuators to the INPEX Ichtys project. Durin
EAB Engineering recently has secured two new contracts for supply of Actuator Retrieval Tools to Western Australia. The first contract is supply of in total 2 ARTs of different size to PetrolValve. The tools will be part of PetrolValves supply of valves and actuators to the INPEX Ichtys project. Dur
Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, said it has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to an LNG plant in Australia. The order is worth approximately SEK 50 million and delivery is scheduled to take place in 2013 and 2014. The Alfa Laval co
Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation announced today they have recently completed a fast track project for A/S Norske Shell on the Ormen Lange Mid North Development. From the initial seabed preparation contract, the company was awarded significant additional work on the project which lasted six months
Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation announced that they have recently completed a fast track project for A/S Norske Shell on the Ormen Lange Mid North Development. From the initial seabed preparation contract, the company was awarded significant additional work on the project which lasted six months t
Statoil has received consent to use production facilities with associated pipelines and equipment on the Skuld field in the Norwegian Sea. Skuld is an oil field located in the Norwegian Sea, north of Norne and approx. 200 km west of Sandnessjøen. The field is part of production licence 128, where St
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded the contract to supply a sophisticated survey suite to a vessel currently under construction and for use by a consortium of German universities. The universities are the first to specify the high-end 0.5º x 1º configuration of the EM 122 multibeam echo sounder sys
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Volda AS, entered into an agreement with VT Halter Marine, Inc, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA, for delivery of the main propulsion systems and controls for two (2) offshore supply vessels (“OSV”). The deliveries will take place second half 2013. T
