Ocean Trenching Technologies (OTT) introduced the Ocean Ranger OTO2 Subsea drill rig. General Manager from OTT Mr Tom Wilson said: “OTT has leveraged its leadership in technology and innovation to design environmentally-friendly subsea equipment.” Mr Wilson stated that OTT success is with the input
Forum Subsea Technologies has recently announced a new addition to their ROV fleet, the Tomahawk ROV. It is constructed by Sub-Atlantic at its facility in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Forum’s Sub-Atlantic fleet includes the class-leading Comanche, Mohican, Super Mohawk, Mohawk, Mojave and Navajo Electri
Apply Nemo has signed a contract with Statoil for delivery of an Automated Multi Pig Launcher to the Fram field. The contract value is approximately 35 MNOK (USD 6 million) and the equipment is scheduled to be delivered in Summer 2013. The Apply Nemo Automated Pig Launcher will allow for automated l
Apply Nemo has signed a contract with Statoil for delivery of an Automated Multi Pig Launcher to the Fram field. The contract value is approximately 35 MNOK and the equipment is scheduled to be delivered in Summer 2013. The Apply Nemo Automated Pig Launcher will allow for automated launching of pigs
Planet Ocean ltd and its Canadian principal, the newly launched Ocean Sonics Ltd made a delivery of the very first ic-Listen-HF, High Frequency Smart Hydrophone to Dr Merin Broudic of Swansea University at a small ceremony on their stand at Oceanology International in London. The hand over was made
World-leading marine electronics brands Lowrance and Simrad Yachting announce the next-generation of the revolutionary sonar imaging system, the LSS-2 StructureScan® HD. Raising the bar in fish and structure-finding technology, the new system delivers more side-to-side coverage as well as greater ta
At the Oceanology International event in London this week, Applied Acoustics celebrated the sale of their 150th USBL tracking system to Seascape BV from The Netherlands. Sales Manager Gavin Willoughby handed over the award to Gert-Jan de Rooij the Sales Engineer from Seascape at a small ceremony on
The BIRNS Snooper™ has been relied on to blaze a trail at depths of up to 3km since its inception many decades ago. Now the new version of this customizable field-proven industry favorite provides up to 33,000 lumens and 3250K illumination, with a choice of 400 to 1,200W lamps and four different len
UK-based deepwater mooring specialist, First Subsea Ltd has been awarded a contract by Technip USA Inc to supply the mooring line connectors for a new spar platform moored in 7,000ft (2,134 m) of water in the Lucius field, Keathley Canyon block 875 in the Gulf of Mexico. The Lucius spar will be moor
Siemens has received an order for the supply of two complete power packages for Statoil’s two new semi-submersible drilling units – Cat D. Purchaser is Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME), one of the world’s largest shipbuilders headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. The end custo
Sea trials testing the sophisticated Integrated Control System (ICS) developed by Kongsberg Maritime for Olympic Commander, a new Multi Purpose Supply Vessel (MPVS) built at Kleven Yard in Norway have been successfully completed. The ICS aboard Olympic Commander features an innovative new one touch
ThyssenKrupp Mannex GmbH has entered into an agreement with Maritime Offshore Group, a company specializing in offshore engineering, foundations and cable laying, on the exclusive marketing of the innovative offshore foundation “Hexabase”. “The Hexabase foundation is a jacket design which was develo
The NPD encourages licensees in Statoil-operated production licences to support Statoil’s plans for using a new type of rig that is specially adapted for maintenance of subsea wells. A letter sent to the relevant companies points out that recovery from producing fields is an important commitment are
Vattenfall announced that it had signed up the last remaining berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world leading ocean energy research and development centre on Orkney to test a Pelamis wave energy converter. Vattenfall’s announcement stated that they hope to start testing a
