Equipment
Viper Subsea to Present at Subsea Expo
Viper Subsea will showcase a range of products and services at this year’s Subsea Expo in Aberdeen. This year, the focus by Viper Subsea will be on those services and products that improve the efficiencies of the Integrity Management of aging subsea control systems and umbilicals. From a hardware pe
FlexTech in double contract win
Aberdeen-based flexible pipe specialist FlexTech has secured contracts worth in excess of £250,000 ($380,200). According to the company, the projects, with two oil and gas majors, will take place both on and offshore supporting operations in the UK and the North Sea. FlexTech will execute flexible p
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (February 02 – February 08). Shell’s announcement on awarding the Brent field decommissioning contract to the Allseas’ Pieter Schelte attracted comments and reactions from maritime workers union. Accor
Reef Subsea Goes Under
Norwegian offshore wind and oil & gas services player, Reef Subsea, has filed a bankruptcy petition to Bergen District Court despite company’s efforts to restructure and cut costs in order to stay afloat in today’s challenging market. The company, established in February 2010 and 100% owned by Stava
KOGT Hits Kongsberg Profit
Norway’s Kongsberg has reported a profit after tax of NOK 32 million in Q4 2014, down from 375 million in the same period last year. The company has also posted a preliminary profit for the year after tax of MNOK 880, compared to last year’s MNOK 1 225. Namely, Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies KOGT
Saipem scoops $1.8B worth Kashagan deal
Saipem, through its subsidiary ERSAI Caspian Contractor LLC, has been awarded a major new Engineering & Construction contract for the Kashagan field project, located in the Kazakh waters of the Caspian Sea, valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) has awarded
Chinese Grab SMD
Wallsend-based manufacturer of subsea vehicle systems, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has been acquired by Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co, a subsidiary of Chinese company CSR Corporation. The Hong Kong-listed company has bought SMD from Inflexion Private Equity and SMD’S management team for, according t
MMT Norway Gets Managing Director
MMT has appointed Audun Brandtzæg as Managing Director for MMT Norway and the office is located in Haugesund, Norway. Audun Brandtzæg will be responsible of developing MMT’s operations in Norway, from market and business development to implementation of projects. Audun will also contribute to compan
Seatronics, 2G Robotics in Sales and Distribution Partnership
Seatronics, an Acteon company, and 2G Robotics have announced a global sales and distribution partnership. The 2G Robotics line of underwater laser scanners will now be available through Seatronics for equipment rentals and sales, Seatronics wrote in a press release. Phil Middleton, deputy managing
Goliat FPSO Gears for Norway Trip
Eni Norge has reported that the Goliat platform has been towed on board the Dockwise Vanguard at the HHI yard in South Korea. The largest cylindrical FPSO (Flotating production, storage and offloading) facility ever built, and specially designed for the Arctic conditions of the Barents Sea by Sevan
TGE Marine delivers LNG fuel units for first Q-max conversion
TGE Marine informed that in mid-January it has delivered the skid-mounted LNG fuel gas package units destined for the conversion of the first Qatari Q-max carrier to run on LNG or HFO.
TGE Marine delivers LNG fuel units for first Q-max conversion
TGE Marine informed that in mid-January it has delivered the skid-mounted LNG fuel gas package units destined for the conversion of the first Qatari Q-max carrier to run on LNG or HFO.
Goliat FPSO on board ‘Dockwise Vanguard’. Soon to set sail
Eni Norge has informed that the Goliat platform has now been towed on board the Dockwise Vanguard, “the largest marine transport vessel in the world”. According to Eni, the Goliat platform is the largest and most sophisticated cylindrical FPSO (Flotating production, storage and offloading) facility
Fred.Olsen Takes Delivery of Refurbished Lifesaver (VIDEO)
The refurbished BOLT “Lifesaver” wave energy converter has been delivered to owner Fred.Olsen Ltd by Supacat following a three month project refurbishing the converter’s ‘intelligent systems’ at the Devon engineering firm’s facilities in Dunkeswell and Blackhill Engineering. After over two years of