Equipment
Sofec to build external turret for Chevron’s Benchamas 2 FSO
Sofec has received a letter of award from MISC Offshore Floating Terminals (MOFT) for the supply of an external turret for a floating, storage and offloading (FSO) vessel to be installed in the Gulf of Thailand. Sofec, a subsidiary of Japanese floating production vessel provider MODEC, said last wee
High Tech Diving and Safety Becomes Cortland’s Dealer
Customized cable and rope specialist Cortland has appointed High Tech Diving and Safety Inc. to distribute its surface dive umbilicals, dive hoses and cables in the US market. Cortland has more than 25 years of manufacturing experience supplying products to the diving sector, and the company believe
TE SubCom Begins MAREA Subsea Cable Manufacture
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has been named the system supply partner for the new MAREA submarine cable across the Atlantic Ocean. TE SubCom has completed the route survey and began manufacture of the system at its facility in Newington, New Hampshire. The parties are on track to begin layi
Halliburton Returns to Profit
Oilfield services major Halliburton has bounced back in black in the third quarter, ended September 30, 2016, as it saw increased utilization in North America, and improved cost and working capital management. For the third quarter 2016, Halliburton reported operating income of $128 million, and cas
Port of Sabetta Dredging Operations for 2016 Wrapped Up
Dredging operations on the Port of Sabetta and at the seaway canal in the Gulf of Ob scheduled for 2016 have now been wrapped up, according to the FSUE Rosmorport’s latest announcement. The scope of the performed dredging work in 2016 totaled 17.5 million m³, involving 23 units of equipment. These d
IHC Wins Culzean FSO Equipment Order
Royal IHC has signed a new contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of a tandem mooring and offloading system for an FSO vessel (floating, storage and offloading). The offloading system will be placed on the FSO vessel on behalf of Sembcorp Integrated Yard in Singapore. The vessel
Royal IHC to supply equipment for Maersk’s Culzean FSO
Royal IHC has won a new contract for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a tandem mooring and offloading system for a floating, storage and offloading (FSO) vessel meant for the Maersk Oil-operated Culzean field in the UK North Sea. The offloading system will be placed on the FSO vesse
Keller’s Gearbox for Cutter Suction Dredger Xin Hai Kun
Keller, a German manufacturer of special gearboxes, in Autumn 2015 received the request from the Chinese dredging company CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd. for the modification and upgrade of the cutter drive aboard the cutter suction dredger Xin Hai Kun. The new design required a power increase of u
Impact Subsea, Unique Group Introduce Flooded Member Detection System
Impact Subsea, in collaboration with Unique Group, has launched underwater Flooded Member Detection (FMD) system. When used by divers or remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) the ISFMD system monitors and records water level, depth of reading, position of the sensor probe and temperature of water. A sof
All Set for CEDA Dredging Technology Webinar
The next event in the CEDA webinar series on dredging equipment and technology will be a practitioner-level presentation on ‘Production estimation based on specific energy in sand, clay and rock’ and will take place today, from 14:00-15:00 hrs (CEST). The practitioner-level webinars are for professi
Technip Umbilicals Enters Redundancy Talks with Newcastle Staff
Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Technip Umbilicals, has repotedly entered into a period of collective consultation with its workforce over proposed redundancies for its Newcastle-based manufacturing facility. The company, which employs some 500 workers at its Tyneside site, is said to be planning
Ofgem Lowers Revenue Cap for NSL Interconnector
Ofgem has proposed lower levels for the range in revenues that the developers of the North Sea Link (NSL) can earn, which should benefit the consumers of this electricity interconnector between UK and Norway. The NSL project is one of seven new interconnectors that have been proposed to link GB with
MacGregor to supply deck machinery for six Middle East-bound anchor handlers
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won deck machinery orders for six 64m anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels being built for long-term charter in the Middle East to Saudi Aramco. The order is booked in Cargotec’s 2016 third quarter order intake. MacGregor was awarded the contract by PaxOcean Eng
Seatools Upgrades HighWire for Boskalis
Seatools has completed the upgrade of a HighWire survey grade taut wire system, to be deployed by Boskalis to determine the position of a subsea cable plough during an installation project. Initially delivered in 2001, the HighWire system served Boskalis during the installation of submerged sewage o