Equipment
SME to Start PLAT-O Deployment at EMEC
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has arranged a £4.5 million funding to start the deployment of an array of its PLAT-O tidal energy systems at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. SME has conducted testing of its first PLAT-O prototype in the Solent, off the Isle of Wight, during 2014
MacGregor introduces new chain jack design – Pusnes RamWindlass
MacGregor has broadened its Pusnes product range with the latest innovation, the chain-jack design Pusnes RamWindlass.
Impact Subsea Introduces Right Angled ISA500
Building on the ISA500 platform, Impact Subsea has released a right angled version of the underwater atimeter. The ISA500 encompasses a long range 500kHz altimeter, with optional integrated AHRS. Ben Grant, Managing Director, said: “The right angled version of the ISA500 provides a useful physical a
OTC 2016: Spotlight on New Technology Award for Barge Master
Barge Master has been awarded the Spotlight on New Technology Award at the Offshore Technology Conference being held this week in Houston, Texas. Barge Master, a Dutch motion compensation systems developer, announced on Tuesday that their Barge Master T40 motion compensated knuckle boom crane receiv
OTC 2016: Damen, GustoMSC ink deal to develop range of jack-up platforms
Two Dutch firms Damen Shipyards Group and GustoMSC have teamed up and plan to produce a range of self-propelled and non-self-propelled jack-up platforms for the offshore industries – the DG JACK range. The collaboration deal was signed on Monday in Houston during the Offshore Technology Conference (
Akastor Plunges Deeper into Red
Oilfield services investment company, Akastor, has booked a first-quarter 2016 loss on sharp decline in revenues caused by the weak market. The Oslo-listed company recorded loss of NOK 366 million ($45.4 million) for the first quarter 2016 compared to loss off NOK 251 million ($31.1 million) in the
Scottish drone inspection firm opens Houston office
Scottish firm Cyberhawk Innovations, an aerial inspection and survey specialists using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), is launching a Houston office in the USA, coinciding with the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The company explains that the new office comes as a result of increasing dem
Schlumberger introduces new wireline conveyance system
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger announced the launch of a new wireline conveyance system that, according to the company, can pull from 18,000 lbf to 30,000 lbf in wells 40,000 ft (12,192 m) deep or more. The new system is named MaxPull and was announced on Monday, May 2, 2016. Schlumberger said
GustoMSC to launch SmartCrane at OTC 2016
GustoMSC, a Dutch company providing engineering and design services for the international offshore energy companies, is set to reveal its SmartCrane solution at the Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, May 2-5, 2016. The company says that the SmartCrane can be retrofitted to existing cant
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 25-May 1, 2016). Spotlight on LNG-Powered Dredger Royal IHC recently released an article written by Robert van de Ketterij, Managing Director of IHC MTI, about the advantages and challenges of running a tra
VIDEO: Fabrication of Culzean WHP Jacket
The video shows the construction of the wellhead platform jacket for Maersk Oil’s Culzean field, located offshore UK. The jacket, 114 meters tall, left the Heerema’s Vlissingen yard mid April onboard a barge which transported it to its location in the Central North Sea approximately 200 km east of A
PHOTO: Montrose BLP heads to its final offshore destination
New Montrose Bridge Linked Platform (BLP) topside, built by Heerema Fabrication Group’s Zwijndrecht yard for Talisman Sinopec, is heading to its final offshore destination in the UK sector of the North Sea. According to information published on Thursday on Heerema’s social media, the Montrose BLP to
CCB in charge of subsea equipment maintenance for Statoil
Coast Center Base (CCB) has signed a nationwide contract with Statoil for the maintenance of subsea equipment and tools. The contract, which comes into effect immediately, includes demobilization, storage maintenance and overhauling of subsea equipment that forms part of Statoil’s underwater tools p
Kongsberg Equipped KRI Spica Goes to Indonesian Navy
The second of two oceanographic and hydrographic vessels designed and built by OCEA in France for the Indonesian Navy was handed over following a commissioning ceremony in Jakarta. The KRI Spica (934), is the sister ship to the June 2015 delivered KRI Rigel (933), which is already on active survey d