Equipment
Jan De Nul Orders SRI Duo
Jan De Nul Group has ordered two 6,000 ton Subsea Rock Installation (SRI) vessels from AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China. The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600 m by means of a flexible fall pipe. An inclined fall pipe will enable accurate rock installation around str
Rolls-Royce delivers its 1000th thruster for drillship newbuild
Rolls-Royce has just delivered its 1000th UUC underwater mountable thruster. It is the third unit in a series of six being installed on Seadrill’s new mobile drilling ship currently under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. John Knudsen, Rolls-Royce, President – Commercial Marine said
Flexlife Nets Apache Deal
Flexlife, specialist provider of flexible pipe integrity and engineering services for the oil and gas industry, has won a contract with Apache North Sea Limited. The subsea project management and engineering support contract includes work on the Aviat gas development in the Central North Sea, the Ne
Statoil Hires Aibel for Maria Job
Stavanger-based Aibel has scooped a NOK 860 million (approximately $115 million) EPCI contract for work related to planned water injection from the Heidrun platform to the Wintershall-operated Maria field. According to the company, under the contract, Aibel will increase the water injection capacity
Royal IHC to Launch TSHD ‘ILEMBE’ on May 9
Royal IHC will hold naming and launch ceremony of the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ILEMBE at its shipyard in Kinderdijk on Saturday, 9 May, 2015. Designed and constructed for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the 5,500m3 capacity vessel will be the largest dredging vessel of it
EFC Secures Weatherford MPD Contracts
Aberdeen-headquartered EFC Group has been awarded multiple multi-million dollar contracts by oilfield services company, Weatherford. According to EFC Group, the company has developed a long-term relationship with Weatherford, leading to multiple contract awards for Managed Pressure Drilling equipmen
Dolphin Plans Cuts as Profit Slips
Norway’s Dolphin Geophysical has seen profit dip in the quarter as its 2D seismic division puts pressure on earnings coming from the 3D seismic business. Despite the revenue growth, the Oslo-listed seismic player, recorded Q1 2015 net income of USD 4.6 million, compared to USD 8.1 million in Q1 2014
Tritech Supplies Micron Sonars to Blueprint Subsea
Tritech has recently delivered 55 Micron sonars to Blueprint Subsea as part of their order fulfilment for a number of global naval consignments. The Micron sonars are to be integrated into Blueprint Subsea’s ARTEMIS system, a handheld diver navigation solution designed around the Tritech Micron sona
Ulstein unveils two new heavy lift vessel designs
Ulstein has officially introduced the HX103 and HX104 designs, DP3 vessels at the OTC 2015 conference in Houston. A dedicated feature on the DP3 designed vessels is the heavy-lift capability with large outreach combined with a large open deck space and accommodation for 350 and 500 people on board.
New Crawler Excavator from Liebherr
At Vei og Anlegg 2015 event (May 6-10, Hellerudsletta, Norway) Liebherr will present its new model of crawler excavator, the R 926 Compact, that replaces the R 924 Compact. The new Liebherr R 926 Compact crawler excavator has an operational weight of 25 tonnes. Its diesel engine features a DOC (Dies
Cortland Builds FRDS for Aker Wayfarer
Cortland has been awarded a patented BOB® 12×12 Fiber Rope by Rolls Royce for use on their next Fiber Rope Deployment System (FRDS), which is based on their patented Cable Traction Control Unit (CTCU) technology. The FRDS system, which will have a single fall capacity of 150t, is being built for AKO
James Fisher Buys Mojo Maritime
James Fisher has acquired of the entire share capital of Mojo Maritime Limited (MML). According to reports, the initial consideration is £3.2m in cash, plus potential future consideration of £0.3m if the earnings before interest and taxation are £0.65m or greater for the year ending 31 December 2015
Peterson, Streamba unveal real-time supply chain tracker
Peterson together with enterprise software innovators Streamba, has unveiled VOR – a data-driven, intelligent and automated augmentation to the modern supply chain. The solution was released at this week’s Offshore Technology Conferency in Houston. VOR is an interactive, transformative upstream oil
Plexus bags POS-GRIP order from Premier
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has received an order from Premier Oil Norge to supply its POS-GRIP wellhead system for an exploration well in the Norwegian Central North