Equipment
Ecosse Subsea Bags Carousel Order
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded a £3 million contract by an international infrastructure group to design and build a 1500-ton carousel and associated spread. The carousel will be used for the storage of spare cables required for UK offshore wind farm projects. The carousel will have the
Siem Offshore Contractors Selects JDR for Beatrice Inner Array Cables
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has selected UK based JDR to design, manufacture and supply around 163km of 33kV inner array grid cables for the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. JDR will be manufacturing the submarine composite cables at its Hartlepool facility. These will be directly loaded out
Technip to Lay Off All Employees at Pori (Finland)
Technip Offshore Finland is reportedly sending home its entire workforce employed at construction yard in Pori. The manufacturing yard in Finland, lately responsible for delivery of a 23,000-ton truss spar hull for Anadarko’s Heidelberg field development in the US Gulf of Mexico, has experienced a s
Maersk Oil spuds first production well at Culzean field (UK)
Maersk Oil, a Danish oil company, has started drilling of the first production well on its Culzean field in the UK North Sea. The well, spudded at 18:00 on September 28, is the first of six production wells to be drilled on the high pressure/high temperature (HPHT) field, with continuous drilling ac
ROVOP adds new unit to Gulf of Mexico fleet
Subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service provider ROVOP has expanded its fleet of ROVs for the U.S. region. The company has taken delivery of a new vehicle which will, according to the company, be the first of its kind for the Gulf of Mexico and, in a direct response to market conditions, is s
STATS Group Delivers Subsea Isolation Project in China
Pipeline technology specialist STATS Group has completed its first subsea isolation project in China on a 780km pipeline supplying gas to Hong Kong. Aberdeenshire-based company was contracted by COOEC Subsea Technology to provide a temporary isolation of the Yacheng pipeline in the South China Sea.
Hawaiki Submarine Cable Secures Alaska Communications Deal
Hawaiki Submarine Cable, the New Zealand owner and developer of Hawaiki submarine cable system, has selected Alaska Communications as its landing and operating partner in Oregon. Hawaiki will land its proposed 14,000 km trans-Pacific cable between Australia, NewZealand, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coas
HYPACK 2017 Hydrographic Training Event
The HYPACK 2017 Hydrographic Training Event will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 9th-12th 2017 at the Hilton Riverside. During the event, the company will reveal the newest version of its software, the HYPACK® 2017. The 3-day training will cover all the aspects of single beam and multi
Applied Acoustics’ Nexus USBL Boosts GOSL’s Ops
Geodetic Offshore Services Ltd (GOSL) has purchased two Applied Acoustics’ Nexus USBL positioning systems for its offshore projects including underwater installation, diver monitoring, seabed surveys and ROV operations. Emanuel Ekpeyong, managing director at GOSL, said: “The Nexus system has been mo
MacGregor buys majority stake in Flintstone Technology
MacGregor, part of Finland’s Cargotec, has acquired 51% of the shares of the privately owned company Flintstone Technology Ltd, a company specializing in technology and products primarily within the mooring and fluid handling business. “Offshore operators and field owners are looking for cost and we
KOBELCO Launches Enhanced SK140SRLC-5 Excavator
KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA, a crawler excavator manufacturer, has introduced the upgraded SK140SRLC-5 excavator in North America. Independent travel, an exclusive KOBELCO feature, allows the SK140SRLC to move, lift and swing simultaneously without experiencing loss of power. A variety of ope
Siem Offshore Contractors Picks Tekmar for Beatrice Cable Protection
Tekmar Energy has been selected to supply the cable protection systems for the inner array grid cable system for the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm, Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) informed on Wednesday. In June 2016, SOC was awarded the contract for the turnkey supply and installation package o
ACE Winches Completes Equipment Package for Quad204 Project
ACE Winches has completed a scope of work for Technip as part of a subsea infrastructure project in the Loyal field, west of the Shetland Islands. Quad204 is the redevelopment of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, located 175 km west of Shetland and 15 km north of the Foinaven field. The complete pr
MDL Launches New Tensioner
Maritime Developments (MDL) has introduced a new tensioner at its testing facility in Peterhead, UK. The 110-tonne 4-track pipelay tensioner, the TTS-4/310, features failsafe grip system, self-centring track system and a modular, road-transportable design, the company explained. “Ever since we annou