Equipment
Hydroid Eyes Further Growth in Defense Market
The autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) market has grown over the last decade, and Hydroid’s REMUS vehicles have become the tool of choice for military and commercial markets worldwide. Hydroid is a Massachusetts marine robotics firm, founded in 2001 by a team of engineers, led by Christopher von A
Wasa Announces Two Important Milestones
Wasa Dredging, a Finnish dredging equipment manufacturer and contractor, has just announced two important milestones. The company recently locked down the Rauma Fairway and Harbor dredging project. According to Wasa Dredging, this huge scheme is scheduled to last over 2 years. The project will invol
Aker Solutions’ MMO and Kværner to Upgrade Statoil’s Njord A
Aker Solutions’ maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway will as a subcontractor of Kværner provide engineering services for upgrading the semi-submersible platform at the Statoil-operated Njord A oil field. The company signed a subcontractor agreement with Kværner, which w
Schlumberger Adds Cameron
Schlumberger has closed its merger with Cameron. As previously announced, each Cameron stockholder is entitled to receive 0.716 shares of Schlumberger common stock and $14.44 in cash, in exchange for each Cameron share. Schlumberger has issued approximately 138 million shares pursuant to the merger.
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 28 – April 03). Aker Solutions has won a global framework agreement to deliver engineering and project management services at BP-operated subsea oil and gas fields. The contract has a fixed peri
Damen DOP Submersible Dredge Pump Celebrates 25 Years
The DOP submersible dredge pump is this year celebrating 25 years since it was first introduced to the market. During the course of the 25 years, hundreds of dredge pumps have been sold all over the world. From the beginning, DOP submersible dredge pumps have been designed and built by Damen Dredgin
Viper Subsea Trials V-IR System Off UK
Viper Subsea has started water trials of its V-IR system at Portishead Quays marina, UK. The system, developed by Viper Subsea with the support of Total, BP, Shell, and Chevron, will help to identify the location of electrical faults on subsea oil and gas installations. The shallow water trial in Po
Boskalis’ Dockwise to transport Johan Sverdrup hardware from S. Korea to Norway
Dutch company Boskalis will transport the topside modules being built South Korea for the Johan Sverdrup development offshore Norway. The contract awarded by Samsung Heavy Industries to Dockwise, a Boskalis subsidiary, is for the transportation of the three topside modules of the riser platform and
ABB to Connect Hornsea Project One to UK Grid
ABB has won an order worth more than $250 million from Danish DONG Energy to deliver a 220-kilovolt (kV) high-voltage cable system to connect the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm to the UK mainland grid. Hornsea Project One will be capable of generating 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy and br
IKM Subsea set for IMR work on Shell’s field duo
IKM Subsea’s remotely operated vehicle Merlin UCV, integrated on to Siem Offshore’s platform supply vessel Siem Pride, is set to start the IMR work on Shell’s Ormen Lange and Draugen fields in the Norwegian Sea. Norske Shell has awarded IKM Subsea a 5 + 5 year contract in 2015, and the work will beg
Pharos Offshore Upgrades Its Subsea Excavation Tooling
Pharos Offshore have designed and built a customized articulation and ballast frame for their SeaVex range of subsea controlled flow excavation (CFE) systems. The new design will allow the SeaVex CFE’s to target excavate products in the vertical plain or at an angle of up to 45° during excavation op
Cinia, ASN Push C-Lion1 to New Speeds
Finland’s Cinia and Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) have completed tests on the C-Lion1 submarine cable system demonstrating a record-breaking capacity of 18 Tbit/s of data per fiber pair. Finland gave a go-ahead for the C-Lion1 submarine data cable across the Baltic Sea in November 2014. Th
Badger Explorer Moves to IRIS Building
Norway’s Badger Explorer (BXPL) informed that the company has moved its administration and workshop to new facilities located at the International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS) building. BXPL has also recently appointed Øystein Larsen as the new chief executive officer to succeeded Steinar
Bakker Sliedrecht Works on the World’s Largest Cutter Suction Dredger
Bakker Sliedrecht – designer and producer of electric machines and equipment – is now part of the mega-project to build the world’s largest cutter suction dredger for Jan De Nul Group. The company has been involved in this project from the very beginning, brainstorming with Jan De Nul about the elec