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 signed a further two year frame work agreement with Applied Drilling Technology International (‘ADTI’), the turnkey drilling division
L-3 Klein announces that their recently introduced UUV 3500 Side Scan Sonar manufactured for the AUV, UUV and ROV market is right on target. To date, L-3 Klein is already integrated into a number of AUV-s and UUV-s. The integration of the Klein UUV 3500 into any Underwater Vehicle is quick and si
DREDGE YARD’s components and equipment are designed using FEA in order to optimize the design and ensure low stress forces in the material. In this way the life time of the equipment is increased and the cost price is reduced. By the late 70’s, FEA – Finite Element Analysis was limited owned by the
Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems has marked its 15th anniversary with news that turnover has again increased. Source: SubseaUK [mappress] Source:SubseaUK , August 29, 2011;
Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced its readiness to commence manufacture of its variable frequency drilling drives and medium voltage switchboards at its production facility in Betim close to Belo Horizonte in Brazil. Preparations, which have been ongoing over a period of several m
Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced its readiness to commence manufacture of its variable frequency drilling drives and medium voltage switchboards at its production facility in Betim close to Belo Horizonte in Brazil. Preparations, which have been ongoing over a period of several m
Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Award from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), to supply two drilling equipment packages to the new ‘Cat D’ drilling rigs the yard is building for the rig operator Songa Offshore. Options (if exercised) for two additional units are included. Contr
Yukon River in-stream hydrokinetic turbine was thought to be the first of its kind placed into commercial operation – a pretty cool designa… (earthtechling) [mappress] Source: earthtechling, August 26, 2011;
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE is to equip four new ocean-going specialist vessels with complete propulsion systems. The Augsburg-based leading manufacturer of large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery has secured a contract to deliver 16 four-stroke engines with gears and controllable pitch propellers to
The mother ship of China’s manned deep-diving submarine, Jiaolong, has completed its mission of a 5,000-meter dive in the Pacific Ocean betw… (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, August 26, 2011;
Last spring, a volcano erupted 425 kilometers (about 265 miles) off the Oregon coast and far below the surface, at Axial Seamount. No one was aware for months. Now, the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative will survey the site and stream live video of the volcano. It’s the fi
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA announce that it has been awarded a contract worth USD 90 million by Petrobras to perform a range of electromagnetic (EM) surveys in frontier and mature basins offshore Brazil. Data acquisition will be performed using the vessel BOA Galatea and is expected to take app
Gryphon field operator Maersk Oil has awarded TWMA a contract to handle and dispose of subsea structures and equipment damaged during the Gr… (engineerlive) [mappress] Source: engineerlive, August 25, 2011;
The PGS Crystal III Wide Azimuth survey illuminates and eliminates the unknown in East Breaks. This MultiClient survey is available now, in time for the highly anticipated Lease Sale 218 in the Western Gulf of Mexico on December 14, 2011. This survey, which covers 485 OCS blocks, or 11,300km², in Ea
