Equipment
AGR clinches well management contract with DEA
Noway’s AGR has announced the award of Well Engineering and Operational Support Services contract with DEA Norge. According to the company’s statement, the contract covers support in well planning and operational execution and consultancy manpower to DEA’s drilling projects on the Norwegian continen
CSR Wraps Up SMD Acquisition
Zhuzhou China South Rail Times Electric Co. (CSR Times Electric), Ltd., a subsidiary of China South Rail (CSR), has completed a £130m formal acquisition of the UK-based manufacturer of ocean engineering products, Specialist Machine Developments (SMD). Liu Hualong, the president of CSR commented: “SM
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 13 – April 19). Technip has been awarded a brownfield subsea contract for the Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, operated by Dana Petroleum, located in the central
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Dredging Today has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 13 – 19). Van Oord’s Volvox Asia Arrives in Egypt Van Oord, a Dutch contracting company that specializes in dredging and land reclamation, has deployed its trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox As
NCE Subsea Joins JIP for Subsea Documentation RP
NCE Subsea is now a partner in the joint industry project (JIP) Subsea Documentation Standardisation. This industry is initiated and managed by DNV-GL and the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOROG). The aim is to develop a recommended practice representing the minimum set of documentation require
PanGeo Subsea Wraps Up Welland Decommissioning Survey
PanGeo Subsea has successfully completed a survey for Perenco UK Limited for their Welland Gas field Decommissioning Programme. The workscope of the contract, first announced in March this year, included carrying out both SBI and multi-beam surveys on the Welland platform and three remote wellheads
Goliat FPSO Comes to Hammerfest
Eni Norge’s Goliat FPSO has arrived in Hammerfest, Norway, today from South Korea after a 63-day voyage covering 15,608 nautical miles. The cylindrical floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility will now undergo final preparations for the first oil production from the Barents Sea.
Nexans Confirms Halden Layoffs
Norwegian division of the French cable giant Nexans is downsizing its workforce at the company’s plant in Halden as it reacts to market slowdown. The Halden factory, which currently has approximately 900 employees, had to let go 90 workers, after temporarily putting them on hold in January. Accordin
FES International DBSCs for Subsea 7
UK oil and gas engineering firm FES International has been awarded a contract by Subsea 7 for the supply of fully automated Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs). The manufacture of the DBSCs is currently underway at FES International UK headquarters in Northumberland, UK, the company informed
Pusnes bow loading systems for three new shuttle tankers
Finland’s MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured contracts to supply Pusnes bow loading systems for three newbuild shuttle tankers intended for operations in Brazilian waters. Pusnes solutions provide connections that allow shuttle tankers to load oil directly from offshore facilities while holdin
Nexans confirms layoffs in Norway, citing not enough work
Nexans, a France-based cable manufacturer for the oil and gas industry, has confirmed the launch of both temporary layoffs and downsizing at the company’s plant in Halden, Norway. To remind, based on Norwegian media reports, Offshore Energy Today on Wednesday wrote that the company would be letting
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering Recognised by RoSPA
Hughes Sub Surface Engineering of Bootle, is among the winners in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2015. The Gold award in the annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) will be presented during a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, a
Galvin Bay Gets Cabled Ocean Observatory
RV Celtic Explorer has laid a subsea cable in Galway Bay this week marking a milestone in the development of Ireland’s national marine research and development infrastructure. The four kilometre cable, and a frame to which sensors and monitoring equipment will be attached is part of the development
Marin Teknikk to Design DSCV for Ultra Deep Charter (China)
Norway’s Marin Teknikk has entered into a contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI), for design & engineering delivery for a new developed large Multipurpose Diving Support & Construction Vessel to Ultra Deep Charter Ltd. (UDS) in Singapore. The vessel will be of the MT6023 DSCV design, wi