A new well-capping device, aimed at combating a major oil and gas offshore incident, it set to be unveiled at Offshore Europe in Aberdeen… Source: bbc.co.uk [mappress] Source: BBC,September 6, 2011;
Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, has successfully completed offshore sea trials for the recently launched Gel Lift System (GLS). GLS, a potentially game-changing new product that could save millions of pounds when installing offshore renewables in
M-I SWACO announced at the Offshore Europe 2011 Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition the release of the WELL SCAVENGER* vacuum debris removal tool, which is designed specifically to capture and remove debris from the wellbore during intervention activities. Wellbore conditions can create inefficien
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has won a contract to supply Centrica Energy (‘Centrica’), a leading UK oil and gas company, to supply wellhead equipment, mudline casing
Shell U.K. Limited has extended the gas turbine maintenance contract held by Aberdeen-based Rolls Wood Group (RWG) for a further five years to 2015. The multi-million pound extended contract includes maintenance, repair and overhaul of 27 Rolls-Royce Avon and RB211 gas turbines operating on seven of
Emerson Process Management today launched its Roxar CorrLog & SandLog Wireless transmitters. The new system combines Emerson’s Smart Wireless technology with Roxar corrosion and sand monitoring instrumentation to provide a complete wireless integrity management solution for protecting operators’ dow
Total Carbide, a leading developer of tungsten carbide wear parts, is launching a new process that produces tungsten carbide components with complex internal forms for use in harsh environments such as valves operating in high-pressure, highly abrasive or corrosive environments. Intraform[TM] will e
Flexlife, an oil & gas industry specialist in subsea project and integrity management, has expanded its operations in Brazil to increase its capacity across South America. The company is targeting initial revenue of approximately £4million per year, but that is expected to ramp up by 30-60% per year
Northern Offshore’s jackup rig Energy Enhancer will be marked by Tideland Signal’s Syncrolan LED light stations when it goes on station in the North Sea. To warn shipping in the vicinity of the rig, Northern Offshore have installed three Tideland Syncrolan LED light stations with a central battery b
MSI announced that it has successfully completed mobilisation of a current mooring, as well as a metocean buoy, for Maersk Oil Angola in Block 16 offshore Angola in approximately 1,200m water depth. The primary objective of the project is to collect site specific current, wave and meteorological dat
After a long development cycle, SubC Control media center is finally ready for real-world demanding applications. It has proven itself on a recently completed job with Subsea 7 in Newfoundland, Canada. In this application it was used to stream live video from one vessel to another. They have also up
Emerson Process Management has launched its new downhole flow sensor system. The new system will, for the first time, generate multiphase flow measurements from downhole in the well, leading to increased operator understanding of reservoir flow and zonal contributions from wells and increased produc
GSP provides ROV and ROV crew, subsea compensated crane and marine crew for the South Stream project. GSP Prince is mobilized to provide services for an estimated six months period under a contract with one of the contractors, Peter Gas. GSP Prince, the DP2 Divers & ROV Survey Offshore Support Vesse
Subsea specialists Marin Group and Ecosse Subsea Systems have formed an alliance to offer a one-stop excavation and trenching service to the oil, gas and renewables industries worldwide. The association brings together Marin Group’s pioneering Evo System suite of mass-flow excavation, claycutting an
