Equipment
GE Oil & Gas completes subsea manufacturing facilities in Scotland
GE Oil & Gas has invested more than £13.5million across its subsea manufacturing facilities in Montrose, Scotland, enhancing the business’s test and assembly (T&A) and manufacturing capabilities in direct response to customer need. The company has completed construction of a 1,000m2 heat treat and c
FSR Places Order for Sonardyne 6G Technology
Sonardyne International Ltd., UK, has announced that Forum Subsea Rentals (FSR) is to substantially increase its stock holding of Sonardyne 6G Long BaseLine (LBL) acoustic positioning technology. The order for an undisclosed sum was confirmed on the opening day of Subsea Expo 2015, Europe’s largest
Subsea UK: Subsea Industry in for Major Challenges
The fast-growing UK subsea sector, which supports 60,000 jobs, is in for two years of tough times and will only weather the storm if it embraces innovation and new technology, says industry body. On the opening day of Subsea Expo, Europe’s largest subsea event, the chief executive of Subsea UK told
MacArtney Subsea Connectivity for Sabella
MacArtney has secured order from French marine renewable energy pioneer Sabella S.A.S. for a complete MacArtney connectivity solution for its new industrial scale ‘Sabella D10’ tidal stream turbine project. After successfully installing and testing the ‘Sabella D03’ demonstrator turbine unit, Sabell
Technip Brings Heidelberg Spar Hull to Anadarko
Technip’s construction yard in Pori, Finland has built and delivered a 23,000-ton truss spar hull for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s Heidelberg field development, located in the US Gulf of Mexico. The detailed hull design and fabrication of 17th spar to be delivered by Technip started in November 2012.
Custom-Made Cabin for ‘Manu Pekka’
In 2014, Merford supplied a cabin to Boskalis for its Manu Pekka dredger. In 2015, a new backhoe dredger will be installed on the ship and Merford was asked to develop an operator cabin for this crane. This type of crane is normally used in the mining sector. Therefore, a standard cabin was not an [
Osiris Launches d’ROP Survey Platform
Osiris Projects has introduces its new survey platform known as d’ROP. The company believes that the innovative d’ROP system has the potential to revolutionise productivity in shallow water survey and inspection applications. d’ROP is a dynamic Remotely Operated Survey Platform that borrows and comb
Forum to Unveil XLX-C ROV at Subsea Expo
Forum Energy Technologies will launch its latest generation subsea robotic system at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen this week. Forum will unveil the XLX-C ROV – a highly capable work-class vehicle that is more compact than the XLX model but with similar capabilities. This new ROV has been two years in deve
Technip delivers Heidelberg spar hull to Anadarko
Technip has delivered a 23,000-ton truss spar hull to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for its Heidelberg field development. According to Technip, the hull will soon head to the Heidelberg field located on Green Canyon blocks, offshore USA in the Gulf of Mexico. The water depth at the site is 1,620 me
Kvaerner Posts Loss
Kvaerner, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, has reported operating revenues in fourth quarter 2014 amounted to NOK 3591 million, compared with NOK 3 939 million for the fourth quarter 2013. The decrease from last year is mainly due to reduced activity with in the jackets
Wartsila DF engines ordered for five more Yamal LNG carriers
Five new Arc 7 design ice-class LNG carriers being built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard in South Korea will be powered by a total of 30 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines.
Wartsila DF engines ordered for five more Yamal LNG carriers
Five new Arc 7 design ice-class LNG carriers being built at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard in South Korea will be powered by a total of 30 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines.
PD Ports Streamlines Use of Hydrographic Data
PD Ports is streamlining the way it shares hydrographic data by using GIS software from Cadcorp, a British software development company focused on geographic information system (GIS) and web mapping software. “Teesport is a major deep-water complex and one of the largest container ports in the North
Forum Energy Technologies to reveal new ROV at Subsea Expo
The world’s largest manufacturer of underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) will launch its latest generation subsea robotic system at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen this week. Forum Energy Technologies will unveil the XLX-C ROV – described by the company as a highly capable work-class vehicle that is