Equipment
New Contracts Boost Coretrax Expansion Plans
Coretrax, the independent wellbore clean up and abandonment specialist, is gearing up for further growth after a successful half-year trading with more than £5 million of turnover recorded so far. The Aberdeen headquartered business has taken on 30 people in the last year and said it plans to recrui
Van Oord Lays Borkum Riffgrund 2 Cables
Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord said it has completed the cable installation work for the Borkum Riffgrund 2 project in the German North Sea. Van Oord was hired by Ørsted in 2016 to transport, install and bury the infield cables for the offshore wind farm. Cable-laying vessel Nexus was deployed t
Scientists Explore New Platforms for Marine Surveys
Cefas and Liquid Robotics have recently deployed, tested and recovered a remotely-piloted Wave Glider, which was adapted to allow scientists to collect broadband fisheries acoustics data. As part of a multi-vehicle mission under the UK NERC/Defra funded AlterEco project, the Wave Glider called Lyra
SubC Partner Picks Cougar ROV for New Anode Repair Concept
SubC Partner has launched an anode repair concept with the help of Saab Seaeye’s Cougar XT electric e-robotic underwater vehicle as a development platform. The new concept is said to save up to 75% in costs compared to hydraulic delivered anode repair systems. It can be adapted for any size and shap
Rana Diving Gets Eni Job
Rana Diving said it has been awarded contracts for saturation diving activities (IRM) by Eni DICS, Eni DIME, Enimed and Floaters (all companies of Eni group). According to Ravenna-based diving and subsea services provider, contract duration is three years plus 2 yearly extensions. The diving activit
Plexus Clinches Oceaneering Deal
Plexus has secured a purchase order to supply and rent its POS-GRIP enabled POS-SET Connector to Oceaneering for well abandonment operations in the North Sea. Operations are expected to begin within the next eight weeks and to take approximately 10 days to complete. Under the terms of the contract,
Framo Tech Delivers for Borkum Riffgrund 2 Project
Framo’s pump technology has been used to successfully anchor 20 wind turbines at the wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2. A total of 60 suction buckets have been pumped in place as foundation for the 20 wind turbines in Ørsted’s new wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2. In June 2018, a team of specialists from Fra
DOF Subsea finds work for vessel duo
Offshore vessel operator DOF Subsea has clinched several contracts in the Subsea IMR Projects segment.
Dragados Sends Off Sverdrup LQ Jacket
Dragados Offshore has delivered the 7,600-tons steel jacket for the living quarter platform to be installed at Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup field project off Norway. The sail-away of the LQ Jacket took place July 30, from the company’s yard in Puerto Real, Cádiz. Dragados Offshore’s scope of work includ
Prysmian’s NSW to Deliver Northwester 2 Inter-Array Cables
Prysmian’s subsuidiary NSW (Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke) has been awarded a contract by Northwester NV for the development of a submarine inter-array power cable system for the Northwester 2 offshore wind farm, located in the Belgian North Sea. NSW will design, produce and deliver 25 kilometers of 33
Nexen Green Light for Buzzard 2
Nexen Petroleum UK has announced that the Buzzard Phase II (BPII) project has received full sanction from partners and the ‘Field Development Plan’ has been approved by the UK Oil and Gas Authority. The define stage, which included the front-end engineering design of the development, was completed i
RTS Becomes R2Sonic Norwegian Distributor
Norwegian subsea equipment provider Rental & Technology Services (RTS) has been appointed as the exclusive distributor of R2Sonic in Norway. RTS will back R2Sonic’s expansion into Norway by providing knowledgeable and personalized support. Helge Knutsen, managing director, RTS, said: “As one of the
Crondall, OGTC Advance ‘Facility of the Future’ Project
Crondall Energy and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre, have joined forces with international oil and gas firms to explore whether a new reusable production buoy concept could help extend North Sea production by unlocking smaller oil and gas reservoirs. The study will explore the feasibility of a float
Marine Technical Limits Hires New Naval Architect
FPSO and marine vessel specialists, Marine Technical Limits (MTL), has expanded its team with the appointment of a new naval architect. The recruitment brings the company’s employee numbers to 42. Lead Naval Architect for MTL, Ian Stewart, said: “I am delighted to welcome Lewis to the company. His a