Equipment
Gallery: Keppel delivers new jack-up to Maersk
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its third ultra harsh environment jack-up, XLE-3, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore ahead of schedule. Maersk says that the rig will start its mobilization to the Norwegian North Sea in late February where she will, after arrival, start a contract of fo
Hydro Group Scoops £2 Mln in Defence Contracts
Hydro Group has secured £2 million worth of new defence contracts for 2015. This announcement comes as a result of a £300,000 investment in its armoured cabling line earlier this year. Graham Wilkie, Sales Director at Hydro Group, said: “We are currently one of few companies in the UK to offer this
Vroon takes delivery of ‘VOS Glory’
Vroon Offshore Services has earlier today, Wednesday January 28, taken delivery of VOS Glory at Fujian Shipbuilding Trading in Fuzhou, China. VOS Glory is a 60m ERRV-FSV (emergency response and rescue vessel/field-support vessel) and the second in a series of four such FSVs being built at the Shipya
Ramboll in New Culzean Jacket Design Deal
Maersk Oil UK has awarded Ramboll Oil & Gas the detailed design for the two jackets for a central processing facility platform and a separate utilities and living quarter platform for the Culzean field offshore Aberdeen. The projects are awarded following Ramboll’s successful completion of the Culze
VBMS Bags Gemini OWF Export Cabling Gig
Cabling specialist VBMS has been awarded a contract to assist dredging and marine contractor Van Oord with the export cable installation for the Gemini Offshore Wind Farm. The scope of work for VBMS includes the installation of 2 cable sections with a total length of 11 km in the transition area bet
New Route of Russia – Turkey Gas Pipeline Gets Approval
Ankara hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Taner Yildiz, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. The parties discussed the main issues of constructing a new gas pipeline across the Black Sea towards Turkey. The meeting considered
Interview: Impact of Cheap Oil on Plugging and Abandonment
DecomWorld interviewed Tom Leeson, principal consultant & well P&A manager for Reverse Engineering on his views of the impact of low oil prices on decommissioning and well plugging and abandonment. Leeson believes that now is actually a good time to embark on decommissioning campaigns and discusses
VIDEO: ORE Catapult Test Facility
ORE Catapult’s open access dry dock testing facilities which include a simulated seabed and still water tanks provides a flexible and controlled onshore saltwater location for all stages of technology development. ORE Catapult works with subsea companies for subsea testing, demonstration and factory
OMS Launches New Pipe Fit-Up Optimisation Software
OMS has released a new version of its award-winning SmartFit™ pipe fit-up optimisation software. In addition to the sequencing of single pipe ends, the new software is now capable of sequencing multiple pre-welded sections of pipe (i.e. doubles, triples and quads), while also providing improved visu
DONG Energy to Build Foundations for Burbo Bank Extension
DONG Energy has signed a contract for the supply of foundations for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm under which a significant amount of the production will be undertaken in the UK. The agreement signed with EEW SPC covers the supply of 32 monopile foundations and the associated transitio
VIDEO: Subsea 7 ‘Seven Arctic’
The future addition to Subsea 7’s fleet, Heavy Construction/Flexlay vessel ‘Seven Arctic’, is currently under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea and is due to enter service in 2016. According to London based subsea engineering, construction and services company, the vessel
DeepOcean Axes UK Jobs
The subsea firm DeepOcean UK has confirmed it is entering into a statutory period of redundancy consultation with a number of its UK staff, based in its operations in the North East of England. According to DeepOcean, the consultation will affect 45 members of staff, the majority of which are based
MacArtney Connectivity for North Sea UFO
Spearheaded by oceanographic experts from German Group Operations MBT, MacArtney has delivered the full connectivity package for the innovative UFO (Underwater Fish Observatory) which was recently deployed in the North Sea. Realised through successful cooperation between the Hamburg based Thünen Ins
Scientists Develop Drone Submarines Through SUNRISE Project
Engineers in the Portuguese town of Porto are working on SUNRISE, an European research project developing drone submarines, which talk to each other using sound signals. Computer Science Professor Chiara Petrioli is the project coordinator: “What you see here are underwater robots that are able to c