Equipment
Total extends crane services deal with Enermech
Oil company Total has hired EnerMech for North Sea crane operation and maintenance. According to Enermech, the contract is for three years, with two one-year options. Enermech’s previous five-year contract with Total E&P UK for the provision of operation and maintenance services across 10 pedestal c
Damen Completes Repair Work on TSHD Leiv Eiriksson
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has recently completed works in Vlissingen and Brest on two Jan de Nul’s vessels. One of these is the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Leiv Eiriksson and the other is the Vole au vent, a 140-meter jack-up vessel, built specifically for the installation of th
New Waterking 220 NG-5 for Hungarian Customer
Waterking BV, a Dutch company involved in the production of amphibious excavators, recently delivered a new WK 220 NG-5 to a Hungarian customer. “The machine is equipped with a DAMEN dredge pump and directly driven by a custom made power-pack,” said Waterking in its release. “Our mechanic and operat
Globe Lands SEA-US Subsea Cable System in Philippines
Globe Telecom has landed the Southeast Asia-United States (SEA-US) submarine cable system in Davao, the Philippines. The SEA-US cable was connected to the Globe cable landing station in Brgy, Talomo, Davao City that also houses the power feed equipment necessary to run the system. “We are excited ov
Nord Stream 2: Wasco Starts Concrete Pipe Coating in Finland Base
Nord Stream 2 AG’s contractor Wasco has started concrete weight coating of the pipes needed for the natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea in its pipe coating plant in Kotka, Finland. Almost half of the 200,000 pipes needed for the entire project will be concrete weight coated in Wasco’s plant
Noble Corp. and GE to develop digital rig solution
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation and General Electric (GE) have entered into a partnership to work on an advanced data analytics system for offshore drilling rigs known as Digital Rig (SM). Noble said on Monday that the Digital Rig solution aims to improve the operational productivity
Hydratight Launches New Tools for Well Completion Activities
Hydratight has unveiled its External Casing Cutter (ECC) and Internal-External Casing Cutter (IECC) tools to allow customers to work above and below wellheads. The tools will be used in well completion activities by drilling contractors, decommissioning specialists, valve OEMs and service providers.
McDermott to use new software in EPCI project delivery
U.S. engineering and construction company McDermott has decided to use an integrated software platform to deliver engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) solutions for project lifecycles. McDermott said that it is the first EPCI company to implement such a data solution to imp
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 20 – March 26). The Johan Sverdrup partnership has now decided to proceed with (DG2) Phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development. Phase 1 of Johan Sverdrup is under development, with first oil sch
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 20-26, 2017). Jawaharlal Nehru Port Dredging Plans on the Table Press Information Bureau (PIB) of Government of India said that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved fresh estimate
MMT Surveys Shetland
MMT UK, based in Banbury Oxfordshire, is currently undertaking two hydrographic surveys in the Shetland Islands on behalf of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency. MMT has since 2006 been one of the MCA´s Civil Hydrography Programme survey providers of multi-beam bathymetry, providing hydrographic data f
TechnipFMC Delivers 20th Subsea Tree for Egina Field
TechnipFMC has reached a new milestone associated with Total’s Egina project with the delivery of the 2oth subsea tree for the ultra-deep field off the coast of Nigeria. Earlier this year, the first TechnipFMC subsea trees for Egina field were prepared in Dunfermline, Scotland, for completion at the
EMGS in Barents Sea Data Sale
Norwegian geophysical services company, EMGS, has entered into agreements involving data licensing (prefunding and late sales) related to 3D EM data in the Barents Sea, Norway. The agreements represent revenues of approximately USD 3.7 million, the company said in Oslo Exchange filing on Friday. “Th
ONC Gets Federal Support for Earthquake Warning Project
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC ) is one of 26 projects to be selected for funding through the Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP). Government of Canada intends to invest $20 million in innovative solutions to enhance safety and security in Canada. The program is led by Defence Research and Devel