Equipment
Think big in digitization, don’t look for low hanging fruits, says Maana CEO
Digital is a fundamental way of working change, says Babur Ozden, CEO of digital transformation pioneer Maana.
Nord Stream 2 Gets Green Light for Finnish EEZ
Nord Stream 2 AG has received consent for the use of the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for the construction of the planned natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Finnish Government approved the 374-kilometers-long section running through Finnish EEZ outside territorial waters. The EEZ perm
IADC: New Article on Sediment Monitoring
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just introduced a new article in their newly redesigned Terra et Aqua, named ‘Is high quality sediment monitoring worth its weight in gold?’. According to the article’s authors, Neil Crossouard, Dr Mark Lee and Dr Jonathon Taylor of HR W
Nexans Completes Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Export Cable
Nexans has completed the manufacturing of the 220 kV offshore cable for the high voltage power export connection for 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. The cable has been loaded onto the Skagerrak cable laying vessel for the journey across the North Sea to the Moray Firth, where it will be installe
MHWirth firms up drilling equipment order with Keppel
MHWirth has firmed up a $100 million worth drilling equipment order with Keppel FELS for a new semi-submersible rig which will be built for Awilco Drilling.
Archer Lands $768 Million Statoil Deal
Statoil has confirmed a four-year firm contract to Archer for the provision of “drilling services fixed platforms” on a total of 12 platforms located on the NCS. The contract award includes three contract extension options of two years each. The contract is effective from October 1, 2018 following a
Royal IHC Dredge Pumps for Jan De Nul
Royal IHC has been awarded a contract for the delivery of dredge pumps by Luxembourg-based Jan De Nul Group. The agreement incorporates two onboard double-walled dredge pumps for the company’s new 18,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), as well as onboard single-walled dredge pumps for two
Aker Solutions and Kvaerner Team Up for More Johan Sverdrup Work
Aker Solutions and Kvaerner together secured a letter of intent for modifications of the riser platform and field center of the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup development, Norway’s largest oil find in more than three decades. The contract value is NOK 3.4 billion (approximately $435 million) and wi
Maersk Supply: Ailsa FSO to reach Culzean in August
Offshore vessel firm Maersk Supply Service is getting ready for the tow of a Singapore-built FSO unit to the North Sea.
Fugro Gears for Hollandse Kust Noord Survey
Fugro is set to begin a site characterization program at the Hollandse Kust (noord) Wind Farm zone. Carried out under a further contract for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy), the geotechnical workscope comprises seabed investigat
Tendeka Gets New Advanced Completions Director
Oil and gas solutions provider Tendeka has appointed Paul Lynch as its new advanced completions director to help drive the commercialisation of its wireless intelligent completions technology, PulseEight. Lynch joins Tendeka having most recently been vice president of global technical sales with Del
Alfa Laval to supply pumping systems for North Sea FPSO
Alfa Laval has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems to an FPSO vessel in the North Sea.
OGTC – ITF Complete Merger
The ITF (Industry Technology Facilitator) and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) merger has now been completed. The merger to focus and enhance the technology and innovation support for the UK oil and gas industry, was announced in February this year. Teams from both organisations worked togethe
Quartet to develop ‘world-first’ offshore robot for autonomous inspection in North Sea
A project by the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), Total, and Taurob, in partnership with Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), will develop and trial a mobile robot for autonomous operational inspection.