Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced that the Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN) has purchased four additional REMUS 100 systems. The AUVs were acquired by the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) on be
Ibercisa has supplied deck equipment for the lay vessel “North Ocean V” for the North American Company McDermott, built at the Vigo shipyard Metalships & Docks. The supply includes combined anchor winches for 60 mm diam. chain, mooring winches machinery and pedal driven Capstan bollards. This is the
StorageDNA, Inc. announced that DNA Evolution™ was selected as the archive workflow solution for Digital Pictures’ customized RANGER Data Cart for the National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, James Cameron’s “DEEPSEA CHALLENGE”. Digital Pictures chose the LTFS LTO-5 backup solution for thi
Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has won a contract worth more than 50 million Euro to supply a total of 57 km of high-voltage subsea power export cables to Northwind NV in the North Sea. The project comprises 14 km of cable to connect Belwind Phase 2 to the Northwind wind farm [&he
Wilton Engineering Services (WESL) Limited – the international design, engineering and fabrication business – has secured a multi-million pound contract with Subsea 7. Wilton Engineering, a Wilton Group company, will construct support clamps for work on DONG Energy’s SIRI Caisson Support Project in
Ahead of the arrival of the BW Athena FPSO, subsea mooring specialist First Subsea has supplied the Ballgrab connectors used to moor the FPSO’s submerged turret production buoy in 440 feet (134 meters) of water in the Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited, Athena field located on Block 14/18b in the UK sector
Ahead of the arrival of the BW Athena FPSO from Dubai, subsea mooring specialist First Subsea has supplied the Ballgrab connectors used to moor the FPSO’s submerged turret production buoy in 440 feet (134 meters) of water in the Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited, Athena field located in the UK North Sea. F
Cargotec has received an order to supply a total of twenty 150-tonne electric MacGregor winches for two pipe-laying heavy-lift offshore construction vessels (N448 & N449) which are currently being constructed at Cosco (Nantong) Shipyard Co Ltd in China. The vessels are being built for Malaysian offs
The vessels are being built for Malaysian offshore installation and maintenance specialist TL Offshore Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd. The order is booked in the first quarter of 2012.
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems and Soil Machine Dynamics Limited (SMD), world leading manufacturer of remote intervention equipment, have announced their latest plans as part of their on-going technology partnership. SeeByte and SMD plan to inte
Over the last 18 months, Seatronics, an Acteon Company, Technip, Star Net Geomantics and BlueView Technologies have been involved in developing the BlueView 3D system for underwater metrology. This work has included several onshore dry dock trials in Peterhead and Fraserburgh, UK. Seatronics, along
Flexlife, an oil and gas industry specialist in subsea project and integrity management, has seen great success at its Newcastle base just six months after opening. The company has taken on 20 members of staff including engineers, planners, designers, quality assurance and contract specialists at it
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech have created an undersea vehicle inspired by the common jellyfish that runs on renewable energy and could be used in ocean rescue and surveillance missions. In a study published in Smart Materials and Structures, scientists created a
Schlumberger today inaugurated its new Houston Geoengineering Laboratory. The state-of-the-art, 30,000 sq. ft. facility is the latest addition to the Schlumberger global network of laboratories, offering a wide variety of reservoir core analysis services for the oil and gas industry. The new Houston
