On August 16, the Ocean christened its trailing suction hopper dredge, the Ocean Traverse Nord. It was built this past year at Ocean Industries shipyard at Isle-aux-Coudres. The 25-million-dollar shipbuilding project, the largest ever in Eastern Canada and Ocean’s first dredge, created over fifty ne
Reliance Globalcom, Telecom services provider with international subsea cable assets spanning over 73,000 route kilometers, announced that it will upgrade its European Network with Ciena’s technology. According to ciol.com, the company will use Ciena’s 6500 packet optical platform and WaveLogic cohe
The world’s first community-owned tidal turbine will be made and deployed in Scotland, after a fabrication contract between Scottish firms Steel Engineering and Nova Innovation was announced today by First Minister Alex Salmond. During a visit that formed part of the Scottish Government’s Summer Cab
Dril-Quip, Inc. today announced that Dril-Quip do Brasil LTDA, its wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded a four-year contract by Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, for the supply of subsea wellhead systems and associated tools to be used in the drilling of deepwater wells offshore Brazil.
Dril-Quip, Inc. has been awarded a four-year contract by Brazil’s oil and gas company Petrobras, to supply subsea wellhead systems and associated tools to be used in the drilling of deepwater wells offshore Brazil. The company’s Brazilian subsidiary, Dril-Quip do Brasil LTDA, will begin delivering p
The world’s largest Goliath gantry crane ordered by Engevix Construções Oceânicas (‘Ecovix’) arrived at its destination in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil last week. Konecranes received the crane order in October 2011. In its combination of lifting capacity of 2,000 tons and rail span of 210 me
With the new 6.3 version of Sesam GeniE, DNV Software introduces an innovative method of strength analysis through the entire lifecycle of fixed offshore structures. The solution improves the efficiency and reliability of the critical data handling, increasing the operation’s security and profitabil
With the new 6.3 version of Sesam GeniE, DNV Software introduces an innovative method of strength analysis through the entire lifecycle of fixed offshore structures. The solution improves the efficiency and reliability of the critical data handling, increasing the operation’s security and profitabil
Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the equipment for a gas engine based expansion to the McArthur River zinc mine power plant in Australia’s Northern Territory. The project is being undertaken by EDL NGD (NT) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the international energy company, Energy Developments Ltd (EDL
Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. recently delivered and commissioned two panamax STS cranes in Vladivostok and has taken orders for further STS cranes to be delivered to Novorossiysk and St. Petersburg. The cranes delivered to the JSC Commercial port of Vladivostok have gone into operation at the port
Technip was awarded by Swiber Offshore Construction a flexible pipe supply contract for the Brunei Shell Petroleum’s Champion Field, located 40 kilometers offshore Brunei, at a water depth of 45 meters. The contract covers the supply of 12 flexible flowlines, with a total length of 19 kilometers. Br
French oilfield services provider Technip has been awarder by Swiber Offshore Construction a flexible pipe supply contract for the Brunei Shell Petroleum’s Champion Field, located 40 kilometers offshore Brunei, at a water depth of 45 meters. The contract covers the supply of 12 flexible flowlines*,
Seismic surveys are the primary means by which geologists find possible places where oil or gas is hiding underground. They involve digitally processing recordings of seismic waves — essentially sound waves — to create images of rock layers.
Global Marine Systems Energy Ltd., (GME) the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide has landed the first export cable at the Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm. The cable was landed by GME’s recently launched vessel, Cable
