Kvaerner has built the steel jacket for Valhall Flank West project and made it ready for transport to the Aker BP-operated Valhall oil field This is the first of two main deliveries for the development of the new wellhead platform. The wellhead platform alliance partners; Aker BP, Kværner, ABB and A
UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has selected hybrid navigation technology from Sonardyne International for the next generation of its Autosub autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), targeted for under-ice operations. The NOC will incorporate Sonardyne’s SPRINT-Nav inertial navigation system (IN
First Subsea has received an order from China National Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to supply its Ballgrab subsea mooring connectors for a deepwater semi-submersible Floating Production Unit (FPU). The order was booked in Q1 2019 and will be delivered later this year, the company wrote on its social medi
Subsea energy storage and power generation specialists EC-OG has completed a test programme with a North Sea operator, demonstrating the Subsea Power Hub’s capabilities for powering subsea production equipment using battery power alone. During recent workshop trials, supported by the Oil & Gas Techn
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract for delivery of a Sounder USV system, unveiled at Ocean Business, to TASA, the largest fishing company in Peru. The fully integrated and calibrated USV solution offers a high definition fishery sonar combined with a wideband echosounder from Simrad, operable
Aker Solutions and FSubsea have created FASTSubsea to help operators increase oil recovery. The new company combines Aker Solutions’ multiphase hydraulic technology with FSubsea’s Hydromag technology to create the first “topside-less” multiphase boosting system. The pump-module solution being develo
Aker Solutions and FSubsea have agreed to create FASTSubsea to help operators increase oil recovery in “a faster, simpler and more environmentally friendly way.”
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled a brand-new unmanned surface vehicle (USV). The Sounder USV System is designed and built to provide the highest possible standard of data acquisition, Kongsberg said. With the introduction of the Sounder USV System, Kongsberg strengthens its presence in the market for
Aberdeen-based Well-Safe Solutions has agreed to acquire the Ocean Guardian semi-submersible drilling unit, sparking another jobs boost for the company. The asset, currently owned by Diamond Offshore, has drilled hundreds of wells since entering service in 1985. Upon delivery, Well-Safe will start w
Unique Group has designed and developed its first unmanned surface vehicle called Uni-Cat. The Uni-Cat can be used for bathymetry survey offshore and in shallow waters. According to the company, it is ideal to be used in locations where conventional survey methods are not feasible. The Uni-Cat USV i
Forum Subsea Technologies has secured orders from DOF Subsea to supply three of its Ultra Compact Perry XLX-C work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). DOF Subsea will deploy the vehicles onto three of its ROV support vessels for recently awarded projects in Brazil. The systems will be manufactu
HydraWell has signed a contract with an undisclosed UK-based supermajor to provide equipment and personnel for plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the UK North Sea. The contract is valid for five years and is expected to be utilised for operations on a non-producing field in the UK sector of the
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant contract, in value between $75 million and $250 million, for Lapa field by Total E&P do Brasil (Total). Total awarded the contract on behalf of the Lapa Field Consortium, comprised of Total (35%), Shell Brasil Petróleo (30%), Repsol Sinopec Brasil (25%) and
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a contract for a Barents Sea seismic acquisition survey with full data processing by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Shearwater’s Reveal software, which the NPD uses in-house, will be used for full onboard and onshore processing enabling close colla
