Equipment
700 Jobs Lost at FMC Technologies Norway
The largest provider of subsea equipment to the industry, FMC Technologies, has notified the employees in Norway of its decision to cut up to 700 jobs. Workforce adjustment comes as a result of activity decline in the oil & gas industry and the company’s efforts to position its business in response
FMC Technologies Takes Ex-Employees to Court
FMC Technologies is taking legal action against its four former Norwegian employees and their company Optime Subsea Services, established in alliance with subsea installation player DeepOcean last year. Reportedly FMC claims that Optime’s founders have used FMC knowhow and technology for inventions
SMD Markets Plough Once Built for Reef Subsea
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have acquired a heavy duty multi-depth plough HD-200 which the company now offers for sale or lease. This is one of the first offerings of SMD’s new services division which is focused on making it easier for customers to purchase, own, maintain, upgrade and repurpose SMD
New Waterking Delivered to Dutch Customer
A. Tuytel, a contracting services and rental company, purchased a Waterking amphibious excavator recently. The WK 100 NG-AW is equipped with an adjustable undercarriage and a Yanmar SV100-2A upper structure with long reach. To operate stable in deep water, this piece of equipment is fitted with addi
NKT Cables Grabs Hornsea Project One Deal
NKT Cables has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to deliver 170 kilometres of 220 kV high-voltage AC submarine export cable system for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project One will be NKT Cables’ third large offshore project in co-operation with DONG Energy. The wind farm
ABB Wins Belgian Offshore Wind Farm Cable Gig
ABB has won an order worth around $80 million from Rentel NV in Belgium to deliver a cable system that will connect the offshore substation at the Rentel wind farm located off the Belgian coast to the mainland close to Zeebrugge. ABB will design, manufacture and install the approximately 40 kilomete
DNV GL predicts O&G industry will use these technologies by 2025
The future of oil and gas technology looks increasingly automated, digital and smarter according to a new Technology Outlook report published on Tuesday by DNV GL, a technical advisor to the oil and gas industry. The report peers into the systems and processes that oil and gas and other sectors will
DNV GL Highlights Subsea Tech as Industry’s Future
A new Technology Outlook report, published today by DNV GL, sees the future of oil and gas technology increasingly automated, digital and smarter. The report peers into the systems and processes that oil and gas and other sectors will deploy by 2025, as business operates in an increasingly interconn
CAT Presents New XTC Mini Hydraulic Excavator
Caterpillar has just rolled out the Cat® 304.5E2 XTC mini hydraulic excavator, their first model in the Xtra Tool Carrier (XTC) lineup. Built on the E2 platform, the new machine has a skid steer coupler interface for added versatility and work tool integration. This manual coupler allows for use of
OSIL Environmental Monitoring Buoys for Middle East
UK-based oceanographic equipment manufacturer, Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL), has recently shipped a network of 8 MetOcean buoys to the Middle East for use in environmental monitoring. The 1.2-meter tern buoys were equipped with Hydrolab multiparameter sondes for water quality monitoring
Norway Greenlights Deepwater Fish Farm Project
The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Fisheries has approved Norway’s first development concession enabling Ocean Farming AS, supported by Kongsberg Maritime AS, to build the world’s first automated ‘exposed’ aquaculture facility. Situated outside of Trondheim, this innovative new facility introduces
Mintlaw Academy Wins Scottish MATE ROV Competition
Mintlaw Academy has come out on top in an annual competition which sees pupils from across Scotland put underwater robots they have designed and built to the test. The Scottish leg of the MATE ROV challenge, co-ordinated and hosted by Robert Gordon University (RGU), saw 11 schools put underwater rob
Damen Delivers DOP Pump to Cadzand Dredging Project
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered DOP submersible dredge pump to the Cadzand dredging project in the Netherlands. The dredging scheme, being undertaken by the Dutch contractor Martens & Van Oord, has quite a challenge in store – unexploded ordnance (UXO). The village of Cadzand is located in th
NOV to Axe More in Norway
National Oilwell Varco has reportedly set in motion another round of layoffs in Norway after the oil market dive forced the company to let go about half of its Norwegian division staff last year. NOV was established in Norway in 2000, and at the beginning of 2015 the company had 4 800 employees. Thi