Equipment
Dragflow Proves Success in Brazil
Dragflow, an Italian manufacturer of heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, has successfully completed a tailings pond dredging job at an iron mine in Brazil. Dragflow was called to face with the problem of dredging and returning the tailings back to a ‘Mineral Duct’. In addition, it was
Claxton Deploys WellRaizer on Norwegian Continental Shelf
Claxton has deployed its new WellRaizer modular conductor recovery system to support the rigless recovery of seven abandoned wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. WellRaizer has been designed, engineered, and developed by Claxton to allow the recovery offshore of oil and gas conductor pipe and c
MacArtney Equips New Multi-Role Service Vessel
MacArtney France has supplied a complete multibeam echo sounder system and winch designed and engineered for a newly-built rescue vessel Sirius. Operated by Belgian DAB Vloot , the vessel is 45 meters long, almost 11 meters wide, and can reach a speed of 13 knots. The scope of supply for Sirius comp
Trelleborg Introduces New Buoyancy Module System
Trelleborg’s offshore operation recently developed a new standardized buoyancy module system. The Sstandardized buoyancy module is made up of small elements that stack together to increase the overall uplift of the complete distributed buoyancy module. The buoyancy segments are designed to mechanica
Bourbon, Kongsberg Partner on Offshore Digitalization
French vessel owner and offshore services provider Bourbon and Kongsberg Maritime now signed a strategic agreement of collaborative development on connected and autonomous vessels. The two companies said they will execute joint projects to develop new ways of efficient operations in the offshore ser
FCS and Flexlife to Cooperate
FCS (Fluid Control Service), the FlowControl equipment services provider within Norway, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with subsea flowlines and risers specialist, Flexlife Group. According to FCS, Flexlife’s objective is to maximise the safe remaining life of flexible pipe and
Claxton puts new conductor recovery system into action off Norway
Claxton, an engineering and services company in subsea services group Acteon, has deployed its new WellRaizer modular conductor recovery system to support the rigless recovery of seven abandoned wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In a statement on Wednesday, Claxton explained that its WellRai
Seatronics Acquires Sonardyne Equipment
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has purchased two Sprint systems from Sonardyne. The Sprint systems were purchased to support of a key customer on the OCTP project with Eni off Ghana’s Western Region coast, Seatronics explained. The Sprint is an acoustically aided subsea inertial navigation system fo
MAN Rollo to Provide LNG Generator Sets for Werkendam
Engine supplier MAN Rollo has just announced that they will provide the crane vessel Werkendam with three LNG generator sets. International marine and offshore contractor Van Oord is currently building the ship at Neptune Shipyards in Hardinxveld-Giessendam. It is the first LNG powered vessel for bo
Halliburton enters alliance for subsea well-capping solutions
Halliburton, Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL), and Trendsetter Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for integrated subsea well-capping response solutions. With the MOU, the companies will create a strategic alliance for oil and gas exploration and production companies globally, c
Lewek Constellation Gets Swan Hunter Flexlay Spread
Swan Hunter has completed mobilisation and commissioning of a flexlay spread onto EMAS Chiyoda Subsea’s multi-lay vessel Lewek Constellation for flexible risers installation. The lay equipment comprises Swan Hunter’s new-build loading tower complete with tensioner, a 26-meters basket carousel provid
DNV GL Launches Subsea Pipe-Soil RP
DNV GL now launches a new recommended practice DNVGL-RP-F114 ‘Pipe-soil interaction for submarine pipelines’, solely dedicated to the interaction between the pipeline and the soil. Pipe-soil interaction assessments are usually far more complex and there can be more uncertainty on the results compare
Tampnet Gets Johan Sverdrup Subsea Fibre Contract
Tampnet has been awarded a contract by Statoil for connecting the Johan Sverdrup field to their existing 2500 km subsea fibre infrastructure in the North Sea. This contract and turn-key project will optimize and strengthen the telecommunication infrastructure for this field development. Tampnet’s CE
Tampnet to connect Johan Sverdrup to North Sea subsea fiber infrastructure
Tampnet, a provider of telecommunication infrastructure and services for the offshore o&g industry, has been awarded a contract by Statoil for connecting the Johan Sverdrup field to its existing 2,500 kilometers subsea fiber infrastructure in the North Sea. Tampnet said last week that the contract a