Equipment
Fugro Boosts Survey Services with EOMAP Deal
Fugro has extended its integrated survey services with a new agreement with global specialist EOMAP. The new agreement enables the creation of integrated bathymetric survey products that comprise elements from Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB), Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) and traditional acoust
Hydrex Patches Up Tanker after Collision Damage
Hydrex performed a repair operation on a 118-meter, 8550 DWT chemical tanker in Syros, Greece after it suffered large cracks in its hull plating as the result of a collision. The tanker was berthed in Egypt when another vessel struck its portside hull. This caused a large hole, severe cracks and den
Video Walkthrough: Olympic Delta
Texas-based Delta Subsea released a walk-through video of a latest addition to its fleet, a 94 meters long multipurpose subsea support & construction vessel Olympic Delta. Olympic Delta was named by Cassie Dingman on July 4 during a ceremony in Fosnavåg, organized by Norway’s Kleven Verft and Olympi
PHOTO: Shakedown Cruise for Seven Rio
Seven Rio, built by Royal IHC for Subsea 7, has started sea trials following the installation of a 550mt pipelay tower at the Huisman Schiedam quayside. In November last year, IHC launched the Subsea 7’s 550t pipelaying vessel, at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming c
TSC Concludes North Sea Rig Inspection
TSC Inspection Services have now successfully completed the 5th inspection campaign of a rig in the Norwegian sector operated by oil and gas company Talisman. The work included the Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM) inspection of a number of shear plates, braces and the caisson of the rig
AGR Gets New CEO and CFO
AGR, a provider of well project management and subsurface solutions to the upstream oil and gas industry, has made internal promotions to appoint new CEO and CFO. The current CEO, Åge Landro, moves on to a new role after 11 years with AGR. Svein Sollund, part of AGR’s executive team for eight years,
3sun Sets Up Asset Integrity Service
3sun Group, specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has launched a fully comprehensive asset integrity service. The Group’s in-house capabilities for working at height support the repair, maintenance and decommissioning of all on and offshore structures, both in o
Harding’s lifeboats for Johan Sverdrup field
Statoil has awarded Harding, a provider of marine life-saving systems, a contract for delivery of the nine free-fall lifeboats needed for phase one of the Johan Sverdrup development, located in the North Sea. The Johan Sverdrup field, located 155km west of Stavanger, is the largest oil discovery on
Global Marine Executes CEM T&I for Tampnet
Global Marine Systems, a specialist in subsea cabling and engineering projects, has recently delivered a T&I (transportation and installation) of a Cable End Module (CEM) in the North Sea. Global Marine’s project engineering department was tasked by Tampnet with demands that included pre-planning, i
OSBIT Power Bags Another Helix Equipment Order
OSBIT Power has secured a contract from Helix Well Ops U.K. to deliver new support structures and deck equipment for two of its new well intervention vessels. The contract, worth several million pounds, is the latest in a series of projects to be awarded to the North East England-based company to su
OMM Puts Its New Subsea Tool to Work
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has successfully completed its contract in the German North Sea using its new tool, a multi-mattress deployment system the MDS3, to lay mattresses for client NSW. NSW is the main contractor for the manufacture and installation of export cable for the Gode Wind 1 offs
Statoil: Mariner Jacket Heads to North Sea
The steel jacket for the Statoil operated Mariner A platform on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) left the Spanish Dragados yard yesterday, 10 August, and is now on its way to the North Sea. Construction of the large platform sub-structure started in October 2013 and was completed in May this year, on
First Subsea Wraps Up Goliat FPSO Project
First Subsea has completed the installation of bend stiffener connections for gas lift and production risers, power cables and umbilicals, for the Goliat FPSO in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Operated by ENI Norge AS, the Goliat FPSO is the first offshore oil development in Norway’s Arctic region, in t
Oceanica Adds Two Lynx ROVs (Brazil)
Brazilian subsea engineering company, Oceanica, is expanding its Saab Seaeye ROV fleet with two new Lynx vehicles. According to the company, each Lynx will be used in conjunction with two new vessels being built for Oceanica’s growing Petrobras activities in the vast Brazilian oil fields. Head of RO