Equipment
JDR, Magma sign offshore tech pact at OTC Houston
Offshore power cable manufacturer JDR has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Magma Global (Magma), the manufacturer of high performance carbon fibre and Victrex PEEK thermoplastic composite pipe, m-pipe®. The signing – which took place on Tuesday at the Offshore Technology Conference in
Baker Hughes Shows Off New Deepwater Fracturing Service
Baker Hughes has introduced the ‘DEEPFRAC’ deepwater multistage fracturing service, which can reportedly save operators hundreds of millions of dollars in offshore developments through unprecedented efficiency gains across the completion phase. According to the company, using ball-activated multipos
Navy Installs Submarine Rescue Diving System on HOS Dominator
The U.S. Navy installed a submarine rescue diving and recompression system (SRDRS) aboard the Military Sealift Command-chartered merchant vessel HOS Dominator at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) in Coronado. Members of Undersea Rescue Command (URC), based at NASNI, and contractors from Phoenix
4Subsea scores integrity management work with Shell in Norway
Subsea technology and services provider 4Subsea has been awarded a new contract for integrity management with Shell on the Draugen, Knarr, and Ormen Lange fields in Norway. 4Subsea said on Monday that the new contract was a continuation of a long-standing cooperation between Shell Norway and 4Subsea
Ocean Infinity Expands AUV Fleet
Ocean Infinity said it has purchased two more autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) from Kongsberg Maritime. This will increase Ocean Infinity’s fleet of HUGIN 6000 AUVs from six to eight vehicles, which will be used worldwide to collect seabed data. The fleet of AUV’s will be operated simultaneously
Aker BP, Lundin and NOV Join Fuglesangs Seabed Boosting Development
A subsea technology spin-off from Norwegian firm Fuglesangs has signed an agreement with Aker BP, Lundin and NOV to develop and test a full scale prototype of what is marketed as ‘the worlds most autonomous boosting system’. The system will be qualified as part of The Research Council of Norway’s (“
4Subsea Wins Shell Integrity Monitoring Contract
4Subsea has been awarded a new contract for integrity management with Shell, using the digitalised web solution FlexTrack for integrity monitoring on Draugen, Knarr and Ormen Lange fields. The contract is a continuation and further development of cooperation between Shell Norway and 4Subsea, enablin
Damen Cutter Suction Dredger 350 Delivered to Heuvelman Ibis
A Damen cutter suction dredger (CSD) 350 has been delivered from Damen Dredging Equipment in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, to start work on a canal dredging assignment in the province of Groningen, in the north of the country. In order to execute the project, which involves the extraction of approximate
OGA Invests in UKCS Subsurface Data
The Oil and Gas Authority UK (OGA) has awarded £1.5 million of contracts to purchase subsurface databases and information sources to encourage further exploration in under explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The datasets purchased will underpin much of the OGA’s work across the explor
BP unveils additional resources at Atlantis field with new seismic imaging technique
British oil giant BP has developed a new seismic imaging technique that has identified more than 200 million barrels of additional resources at its Atlantis field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. As a result of this early success, BP now is deploying this technique to fields elsewhere in the Gulf of
Spectrum Trims Loss on Higher Revenue
Norwegian multi-client seismic data specialist, Spectrum, has reported a loss of $3.7 million in the first quarter of 2017 compared to a loss of $7.9 million in the first quarter of 2016. The Oslo-listed company recorded net operating revenues of $25.3 million in the Q1 compared to $18.2 million in
Vryhof Introduces New Anchor
Dutch Vryhof Anchors has launched a new anchor, the STEVSHARK REX. Leopoldo Bello, managing director of Vryhof Anchors said: “The STEVSHARK REX is intended for anchoring under challenging and hard ground conditions, anywhere in the world.” The main goal of developing the STEVSHARK REX was to expand
Dril-Quip Earnings Fall
Dril-Quip has reported net income of $94 thousand, or $0.00 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2017, versus net income of $36.8 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2016. The first quarter 2017 results were negatively impacted by after-tax severance paym
MacArtney Nets SubConn Connectors Order from Nautilus
MacArtney Germany (MBT) has secured an order to supply SubConn connectors and straps to Nautilus Marine Service GmbH, Germany. The SubConn connectors will be used for deep sea floatation and instrument housings for deep ocean research, the company said. The scope of supply comprises 2,000 LPBH5M and