Equipment
Wasco Begins Concrete Weight Coating Nord Stream 2 Pipes
Nord Stream 2 contractor Wasco Coatings Germany has begun concrete weight coating pipes for the project in the port of Mukran on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen. Up to 90,000 pipes will be coated by the end of 2018 at the location. Currently 39,000 pipes are already at a specially prepared storage ar
Briggs Marine Invests in New Diving Equipment
Briggs Marine Contractors has made a six-figure investment into its diving division’s capabilities with the purchase of a dual basket diver launch and recovery system (LARS). The system was manufactured by Submarine Manufacturing Products (SMP). It has been built and maintained to International Mari
TWI to Develop Underwater Laser Cutting for Decommissioning
Research and technology organisation TWI has started a new project to reportedly advance the decommissioning of offshore structures. Namely, TWI is developing decommissioning technology for use in deep and hazardous waters. This will consist of a laser cutting solution that can be deployed remotely
MMT and Reach Bolster ROV Survey Services Portfolio
Swedish survey specialist MMT and Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea have secured the DP2 subsea vessel M/V Olympic Delta, with two ROVs mobilised onboard, for execution of the project announced earlier this year. The project has been postponed from June 2017 until August same year, the Oslo-listed R
ECA Group to Supply PAP Subsea Demining Robots for French Navy
ECA Group has been awarded a five-year contract by French Ministry of Armed Forces for the supply of consumables for French Navy PAP demining remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The value of the contract is over EUR 4 million up to a maximum of EUR 8 million depending on utilization frequency. The Fr
TechnipFMC Sends Umbilicals to Total and Shell
TechnipFMC has shipped water injection umbilicals from its Newcastle manufacturing facility to Total in Africa for the Egina project. The long length umbilicals will be installed at a water depth of 1,600 meters some 130 kilometers off the coast of Nigeria. The ultra-deep offshore development plan i
Heerema Installs Oseberg Vestflanken 2 UWP
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has informed that the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 unmanned wellhead platform (UWP) jacket has been installed, followed by the installation of the topside. The 900 tonnes topside has a length of 25 meters, a width of 23 meters and a height of 20 meters. The 4,400-tonnes jack
VBMS Selects Tekmar to Protect East Anglia ONE Cables
Tekmar has been awarded a contract by VBMS to supply TekLink cable protection systems (CPS), bellmouths and cover disks for ScottishPower renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. VBMS has awarded contracts on the project to both Tekmar and JDR Cables, both based in the North East of England,
Forum VisualSoft for NKT Victoria
Forum Energy Technologies has won a new contract which includes provision of its pipeline and cable survey software to the newbuild cable laying support vessel, the NKT Victoria. Two VisualSoft Four Channel High Definition Digital Video Systems (VisualDVR MCHD) will be supplied to iSURVEY. The first
PHOTO: Culzean CPF Jacket Lands on Seabed
The jacket for the central processing facility (CPF) on the Culzean field, located in the British sector of the North Sea, has been installed, Maersk Oil informed. It follows the installation of the wellhead platform jacket set up in May 2016. The CPF jacket, set sail from Heerema Fabrication Group’
ABB to Upgrade First HVDC Subsea Link Between Sweden and Denmark
ABB has won an order worth around $30 million from Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden and Energinet in Denmark. ABB will upgrade the control and protection system for the Konti-Skan high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission link with its latest ABB Ability MACH technology. The Konti-Skan transmission
PHOTO: Maersk Oil installs second Culzean jacket
Danish oil company Maersk Oil has installed the second Culzean jacket in the UK sector of the North Sea. The Maersk Oil-operated Culzean development concept consists of a wellhead platform, a central processing facility platform, and separate utilities and living quarter platform. The first jacket,
Heerema-AF Consortium Wraps Up Murchison Platform Removal
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) in consortium with AF Offshore Decom (AFOD), named HAF Consortium, has completed the removal of the Murchison platform. The HAF Consortium secured the contract for the engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) of the Murchison platform, comprising of a 2
Faasse Expands Its Dredging Fleet with New TSHD
Faasse Groep, a Goes based dredging contractor, has just introduced their new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Scald. The new vessel, converted into TSHD by Kooiman B.V. in Zwijndrecht, was delivered to her new owners earlier this month. During this conversion, various preparations were undert