Equipment
Ecosse Nets WES Funding to Aid Wave Energy Development
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has secured £2.5 million funding by Wave Energy Scotland (WES) to develop a magnetic gear system which could be pivotal in developing wave energy convertors. Development work will take place over the next two years in a collaborative project with Bathwick Electrical Desig
Offspring Becomes Manuli Hydraulics’ International Agent
Offspring International (OIL) has signed an international agent agreement with Manuli Hydraulics’ Oil & Marine Division. Under the agreement, Offspring will offer Manuli single and double carcass floating marine and submarine hoses, dock hoses and long length conduit hoses for offloading at SPM and
Awilco to order drilling equipment for new rig from MHWirth
MHWirth, a company owned by Akastor, has been selected by Awilco Drilling for delivery of the drilling equipment package, with options for further three packages.
AKVA Group Reports Positive Q4
Norwegian equipment provider for aquaculture industry, AKVA group, has boosted its profit in the fourth quarter of 2017 as all of its business segments upped their quarterly performance and saw the revenues grow. Namely, the company booked profit before tax of NOK 33.3 million and net profit of NOK
NOV Bags Contract for Seabox Subsea Water Treatment System
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) has signed its first contract for the Seabox subsea water treatment system. The contract was signed with an unnamed operator who will deploy the system at an offshore installation in the third quarter of 2018 for an extended test during the 2018/2019 winter season. The S
Prysmian Cable Layer Utilizes MakaiLay Software
Makai Ocean Engineering’s MakaiLay software has been commissioned on the cable-laying vessel Giulio Verne by the Prysmian Group. It is expected that MakaiLay with its power-cable-specific module will be used by the Giulio Verne when it starts working on the North Sea Link installation. North Sea Lin
Add Energy and Trendsetter Win Well Control Contract
Add Energy and Trendsetter Engineering Inc (TEI) have been contracted by an oil and gas operator to provide well control expertise and access to their patented Relief Well Injection Spool (RWIS) to a well which is planned to be drilled in the Barents Sea during Q2 2018. The contract will provide the
Rothen Introduces New Boat to Its Fleet
The Rothen Group, a national independent civil engineering and maintenance business servicing UK Waterways, has introduced a new 70ft narrow-beam crane boat to its fleet. According to the company, the 70ft narrow-beam crane boat has made lock maintenance even safer, more cost-effective and efficient
German AWI Purchases Sercel’s Sentinel HR
CGG informed that Sercel has sold one of its new Sentinel HR high-resolution solid streamers to the German research foundation, the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). AWI will use the Sentinel HR on research projects it is conducting to record critical data about the relationship between geological act
Aker Solutions’ Subsea Equipment for Wintershall’s Nova Field
Aker Solutions has won an order from Wintershall Norge to provide a subsea production system, umbilicals and services for the Nova oil and gas field offshore Norway. The system will consist of two templates with manifolds, seven subsea trees including one spare, umbilicals and associated tie-in and
ECA Group Rolls Out New Mid-Size Mine Warfare AUV
ECA Group has unveiled its new generation mid-size AUV A18-M for underwater mine warfare. The company has carried out live demonstration in Toulon area to showcase theperformance of this new maritime drone that is completing ECA Group’s AUV family. A18-M is the new generation of autonomous underwate
Hetzner Online Deploys Infinera Subsea Network Solution
Infinera and Hetzner Online have deployed the Infinera XTS-3300 meshponder to extend Hetzner Online’s data center business into Finland. The XTS-3300 is designed to be easy to use high-performance subsea network solution, enabling internet content providers (ICPs) like to quickly deploy low-latency
Bibby HydroMap Adds iXblue Autonomous Surface Vessel ‘DriX’
Bibby HydroMap has partnered with iXblue to bring “DriX”, a new autonomous unmanned surface vessel (AUSV), to the European market. DriX is specifically designed for both coastal and offshore missions, and manufactured using composite materials. The vessel offers up to 7 days of data acquisition endu
Wood Leads Study into Subsea Cables Seabed Stability
Wood has led a joint industry project (JIP) to improve knowledge and understanding of submarine cables behaviour on the marine environment and rocky seabed. The CABILITY: Cable On-bottom Stability JIP, which gathered key industry players including EDF Energies Nouvelles, RTE, Naval Energies, VBMS, L