The growth, innovation and manufacturing excellence of Vikoma International Ltd have been recognised with a prestigious business award. Part of Aberdeen-based Energy Environmental Group, Vikoma designs and manufactures specialist oil spill response and pollution control equipment. The company scoope
MMT has conducted seabed surveys for BKK Nett AS, Norway. This was the first time MMT used its Mohican ROV fully equipped for geophysical survey. BKK Nett AS contracted MMT for seabed surveys that were conducted in October and November 2012. The 420 kV link between Modalen and Kollsnes is planned to
Breakthrough®Fuel, a leading national supply chain management and energy advisory firm, has launched a new product which will allow shippers to accurately measure natural gas fuel costs associated with moving company freight throughout the North American market. “We heard from our clients that they
Subsea technology company, Ecosse Subsea Systems Ltd, (ESS) has seen revenue in the last financial year more than double to £4.85 million and forecasts turnover in the current year will pass the £6.5 million mark. The Aberdeen-based specialist engineering firm will post pre-tax profit of £600,000 to
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG), represented by the Naval Systems & Surveillance division, has signed a contract with the South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for supply of MSI-90U Mk 2 components for three new submarines. The contract value is 55,5 MUSD. “This n
In order to safely and accurately determine water volumes in tailings impoundments or process water storage ponds, a brand new remotely-operated hydrographic survey boat has recently been launched in the USA and is already in use in Australia and beyond. The Oceanscience Group (San Diego, CA) develo
IKM Testing will contribute Dragados within cleaning, pneumatic and hydraulic testing, pigging and torque. The contract has been awarded by Dragados Offshore, a company that services the Oil and Gas industry from the three main business centres: the headquarters’s office in Puerto Real and the Yard
Shell Offshore Inc.’s (Shell) Olympus hull, the approximately 32,500 metric ton main body of the Olympus TLP, departed from South Korea to begin its two month journey to the U.S. Gulf Coast. After nearly 4 million man hours and a peak of approximately 1,300 workers on-site, construction of the Olymp
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, has announced the release of SACS version 5.5 – software that expands installation capabilities, integrates new wind turbine platform design functionality, and in
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its technology has been selected by Petrobras to process natural gas aboard up to eight Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. Honeywell’s UOP Separex™ membrane systems will be installed on the new FPSOs that will operate in the Lula
Variable Bore Rams, Inc. (VBR), one of the largest original equipment manufacturers (OEM) of blowout preventer components and ram providers in the world, has added the Hydril shearing blind ram to its offerings, announced President Hines M. “Chip” Marshall, Jr. Manufactured by Hydril, the ram is cap
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its technology has been selected by Petrobras to process natural gas aboard up to eight Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. Honeywell’s UOP Separex™ membrane systems will be installed on the new FPSOs that will operate in the Lula
Four J D Neuhaus type EH50 air operated monorail hoists have been supplied and mounted by Westcon Løfteteknikk AS of Bergen to the Maersk offshore rig Guardian. These products have been specified for the synchronised lifting and handling of an 18.3/4” 15,000psi BOP unit before and after drilling ope
The tidal current turbine installation SeaGen in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough has achieved three power generation milestones. Since its installation in 2008, the tidal current turbine has fed more than six gigawatt hours of electrical power into the grid and thus set another record for free s
