Equipment
TOGC Gives £1.3M Boost to Four P&A Innovations
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre is investing £1.3 million in four well plugging and abandonment (P&A) projects, selected from the original 48 submissions to its call for ideas initiative. Over the next decade, 1,400 wells are forecast to be abandoned on the UKCS, at a cost of approximately £7 billio
Interview with Alia Instruments’ Arjan Vriend: Overcoming the Challenges
Being relatively new to the market, Alia Instruments – based in Twente, the Netherlands – is a builder of production monitoring equipment for the maritime and mining industry. During our first ever Dredging Today Conference, held last October in Amsterdam RAI, we took the opportunity to have a quick
Bluestream boosts ROV fleet to 20 units
Netherlands-based Bluestream has decided to increase its fleet of work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) systems.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (January 01 – January 07). DOF Subsea has been awarded two new ROV contracts by Petrobras in Brazil. ROVs will be installed on board Skandi Angra and Skandi Paraty. The new contracts start in April 201
Ramboll merges Oil & Gas, Energy units to meet energy market changes
Danish engineering consultancy firm Ramboll is set to merge its Oil & Gas and Energy divisions citing the growing rise of renewables. The company on Friday said the merger would take place to accommodate the growing focus on sustainability and better support clients’ need for a full service, multidi
STR to Integrate HYPACK’s Software into Its In-House Products
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has been appointed as an OEM partner to provide HYPACK software integrated with STR’s in-house manufactured sonar products. HYPACK – A Xylem Brand is said to be one of the most widely used hydrographic surveying packages and provides the surveyor with tools necessar
Statoil Gets On Board Fuglesangs Subsea Boosting Pumps Project
Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil has become the latest addition to a Joint Industry Project (JIP) set to revolutionize subsea boosting pumps. “We think we’ve cracked the code,” says Alexander Fuglesang, CEO of Fuglesangs Subsea. “This project has the potential to deliver improvements in all three
Xtera, Fortress Solutions to Enhance Longevity of Subsea Cables
Xtera has formed a partnership with Fortress Solutions to enhance the longevity of its subsea cable systems. Fortress Solutions will enable Xtera to reduce the turnaround time on legacy equipment and provide a high level of service for its customers, the company explained. With support from Fortress
Teledyne TSS Builds New Smaller Subsea Pipe Tracking System
Teledyne TSS, a division of Teledyne Marine, has launched the new smaller HydroPACT 660 subsea pipe tracking system. According to Teledyne, the 660 has been designed to help reduce the cost of subsea pipe surveys by allowing the use of smaller classes of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).
Tribute and Tocardo Scrap Share Swap Proposal
Canadian energy company Tribute Resources and a Dutch-based tidal energy solutions provider Tocardo have been unable to reach agreement on the final definitive agreements required to facilitate the earlier announced share swap. The proposal was for the share exchange of Tribute shares (Tribute curre
Editor’s Picks for 2017
The editors of Subsea World News have selected a few among many worth remembering articles from the previous year that received exceptionally high attention from our readers. In no particular order, here are some of the news to look back on, in case you missed them last year. Enjoy! Fugro has axed o
A Look Back at the Best Interviews of 2017
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular interviews from the past year. Interview: WeSubsea Raises the Bar WeSubsea, a subsea service company located in Norway and UK, has reported a very busy 2016, filled with lots of activities and accomplishments. Interview with Vortex: Focus
Top Interviews of 2017
In 2017 Subsea World News team spoke with some of the biggest names in this large industry which is now expanding to deliver its technology know-how to other sectors while it expects the new oil market environment to start picking up in the near future. As the activity shifted for oil, subsea power
Top Videos of 2017
Subsea World News has gathered the most popular videos of 2017. We have seen many interesting videos in the past year. Here are the industry’s most-watched clips of 2017: The Largest Jacket on NCS Standing 140 metres tall and weighing 26 000 tonnes, the first jacket for Johan Sverdrup is the largest