Equipment
EC Officials Visit Dutch Maritime Technology Sector
A delegation of the European Commission (EC) from DG RTD and DG GROW yesterday visited the Dutch Maritime Technology sector. The sector demonstrated the importance of Research, Development & Innovation for its global competitiveness and underlined the importance of the financial support from the EU
Scotland Injects £1.4M in Wave Energy Projects
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) is awarding contracts with a total value of £1.4 million to three innovation projects designed to support further investigation of promising structural materials and manufacturing concepts to be used in the construction of wave energy devices. ARUP will evaluate new ways o
Seatronics Adds New Teledyne Pipe Tracking System
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has increased its investment in Teledyne Marine pipe tracking technology with the purchase of a HydroPACT 660 system to add to Seatronics’ extensive global rental fleet. The HydroPACT 660 smaller and lighter coil array has been designed to help reduce the operating cos
Tendeka Demos Its Sand Control Technology
To improve and control flow in water injection wells, Tendeka, has completed a field trial with a major operator to test its sand control technology – Cascade³. Cascade³ is a well screen and flow control completion system which uses intrinsic check-valves built into the lower completion to prevent s
CEDA: Work Starts on Energy Efficiency Paper
Energy plays a role throughout the lifecycle of dredging projects, and decisions made early in the project initiation phase can have huge impacts on later energy consumption. Also, legislation, relating to emissions and sustainability, is becoming more strict, Central Dredging Association (CEDA) sai
BAM VIDEO: Levvel-bloc at Afsluitdijk
The first project for XblocPlus was recently awarded, and as part of this contract, XblocPlus will be used as reinforcement of the 32 km long Afsluitdijk. The Levvel consortium, including BAM, Van Oord and Rebel, will use the new XblocPlus under the name ‘Levvel-bloc’ for this Afsluitdijk project. P
PG Flow Solutions Gets MEG Package Order for Nova Field
Rosenberg WorleyParson has awarded PG Flow Solutions’ subsidiary, Calder, a contract to supply a MEG pump package to the Nova field tie-back to Gjøa platform, in the North Sea. Wintershall as the operator of Nova has decided to develop the field with two subsea modules tied back to the Gjøa platform
Google Picks TE SubCom for Dunant Subsea Cable Project
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company has been selected by Google as the supplier of its Dunant submarine cable system. The four-fiber pair cable system will span over 6,400 kilometers and will connect the East Coast of the United States to Europe (Virginia Beach in the U.S. to the French Atlantic co
PG Flow Solutions to supply pump package for Nova tie-back
Rosenberg WorleyParsons has awarded PG Flow Solutions’ subsidiary Calder Ltd a contract to supply a MEG pump package to the Nova tie-back to Gjøa project.
Wood Appoints CTO
Wood said it has created the role of chief technology officer with the appointment of Darren Martin. Martin will redefine the digital offering, enabling the company to harness technology that will further complement its deep industry domain knowledge. New geographies and capabilities will be added t
Denmark OKs Norwegian Interconnection Capacity Reservation
The Danish Energy Board of Appeal has ruled that Norwegian and Danish TSOs Statnett and Energinet may continue to reserve capacity for exchange of reserves on an interconnector between the countries until the end of 2019. “This is good news and in line with the prerequisites for building the interco
Consortium Completes New ASV/AUV Survey System Project
ASV Global (ASV), in partnership with Sonardyne, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and SeeByte, have successfully delivered a long endurance, multi-vehicle, autonomous survey solution. A recent two-week trial in Scotland’s Loch Ness was the culmination of the three-year ‘Autonomous Surface and
Shearwater Provides Reveal Software to Spectrum
Shearwater GeoServices and Spectrum have signed an agreement to provide Shearwater Reveal software to Spectrum’s seismic imaging division. Reveal software allows for rapid testing of advanced work flows and parameter selection. The programming interface allows Spectrum to insert its own proprietary
OGIC in New Technology Push
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) has signed its 75th project, taking its total investment into innovative technology over the last four years to £3.8 million. The latest project comes as OGIC finalises agreements on five new technologies, all of which have the potential to cut operational cost