Magma Global has recently added Shawcor’s Thermotite ULTRA insulation to its m-pipe offering. It will be primarily used to improve flow by maintaining the temperature of production fluids. Additionally, the insulation material can be adjusted to add weight or buoyancy to manage stability of the pipe
Autonomous underwater swarm robots and micro-polymers designed to reinstate well integrity, are just some of the new technologies that have secured funding through the Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s TechX Pioneer Accelerator Programme. Nearly 200 applications from over 35 countries were received this
DEME Group has just released this amazing photo of a giant piece of technology that will be installed on their powerful cutter suction dredger (CSD) ‘Spartacus’. “The 2,500 tonne cutter ladder is by far the strongest and most sophisticated ever built,” said DEME in its announcement. The ladder house
Bibby HydroMap has embarked on a large scale UXO survey of Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm sites I & II on behalf of client Vattenfall. Using a multi-vessel approach, Bibby Tethra and Bibby Athena will together acquire over 4,000-line km of high-density magnetometer, side scan sonar, multibea
McDermott and BHGE have been awarded subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) and subsea production system (SPS) equipment contracts by BP for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. McDermott share of the deal is said to be between $500 million – $750 m
Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) is set to launch a new Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) designed for hydrographic surveys, at Ocean Business in April 2019. The Accession Class USV allows the vessel to increase its base design length of 3.5m to a maximum of 5.0m for additional payload equipment and/or p
AML Oceanographic has secured a deal to supply Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP) systems for Fugro’s unmanned surface vessel (USV). The USV solution, designed for medium- to large-scale hydrographic survey applications, is currently in development with L3 ASV, and the first unit is scheduled for delivery
Following increasing demand for mid-sized excavators in Europe, Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. (KCME) has announced the launch of the all-new SK75SR-7 and SK85MSR-7. Several years of research and development, including valuable feedback from the European market on the previous SK75SR-3 a
University of Malta has been awarded a Statement of Feasibility by the independent certification body DNV GL , for its offshore energy storage system (FLASC). FLASC is an energy storage solution that is suited for use in the offshore environment, and which can be integrated within large-scale renewa
BiFab has secured a contract from GeoSea to produce piles worth up to £26.5 million for the Moray East offshore wind farm development. The contract represents the first for DF Barnes, following the takeover of BiFab, and will create 82 jobs at its yard in Arnish. Sean Power, vice president Business
Vår Energi has entered into an agreement with Telenor Maritime to equip the Goliat field in the Barents Sea with 2G and 4G networks.
Oil major BP has signed a frame-agreement with Zurich-based ABB appointing ABB as one of its global Main Electrical Contractors (MEC).
Satif Ouvrage d’Art, a French private service company, has taken delivery of H300 MK2 remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from ECA Group. The H300 ROV is equipped with a scanning sonar and an imaging sonar, both mounted on a specific skid to conduct inspection and intervention tasks on immerged structur
BP and Enpro Subsea have started execution of a Global Frame Agreement aimed at providing an enhanced subsea architecture and smart standardization using Enpro’s Flow Access Module (FAM) technology. Enpro Subsea supplied the FAM technology to BP on the Kepler K3 project in the Gulf of Mexico. The pa
