Equipment
Waveblade Trialled at The Underwater Centre
Commercial divers and ROV pilot technicians of The Underwater Centre recently trialled the ‘Waveblade’ tool while working in Loch Linnhe, simulating a realistic operational environment. Waveblade, a lightweight, hand-held submersible power tool, is designed to remove marine growth through vibration,
AEUK Wins Torpedo Protection Gig from Dstl
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK Ltd (AEUK) has been awarded a $5.6 million (£3.5 million) three year contract for the provision of underwater defensive aids research. The exciting three year contract was awarded by Dstl to provide research into a future torpedo countermeasures system for surface ships and subma
MEP for Scotland Visits Bibby Offshore
Aberdeen based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has last week hosted Conservative MEP for Scotland, Dr Ian Duncan, as part of a fact-finding mission into the oil and gas industry. As part of Dr Duncan’s visit, he toured the company’s 50,000 sq ft purpose built state-of-the-art workshop
Statoil hires ‘Island Frontier’ for well plugging gig
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Island Frontier for preparatory well-plugging work at Statfjord Øst and Sleipner Øst in the North Sea. Statoil has received consent to use Island Frontier, which is a well-intervention vessel, for work preparatory t
‘Waveblade’ seeking place in Oil & Gas industry
A simple yet innovative new tool is set to make waves in the oil and gas industry after successfully undergoing a commercial trial at award-winning subsea training and trials facility, The Underwater Centre. Commercial divers and ROV pilot technicians recently trialled the ‘Waveblade’ while working
WorleyParsons on Ekofisk EPCI work
Rosenberg WorleyParsons has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for ConocoPhillips’ capacity increase project on the Ekofisk Complex in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Contract value is estimated to 167 million AUD ($145.8 million). The compan
Aibel Lands Goliat FPSO Deal
Aibel has been awarded the contract for hook up and commissioning of Goliat FPSO before start-up at the field. The contract includes preparations and commissioning before start-up at the field. In addition, the project will consist of construction work and work related to commissioning of Goliat. Go
Universal Foundation Completes Trial Setup Project
The offshore wind foundation from Universal Foundation, a Fred. Olsen related company, has recently completed a trial installation campaign across three major offshore wind sites in the UK North Sea, as part of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme. The project was managed by
VIDEO: Sea-Force Hyperbaric Reception Facility
Hyperbaric Reception Facilities (HRF) are used to provide a permanent onshore environment for the safe decompression of saturation divers who need to be evacuated from a saturation diving vessel. Previously the use of HRFs by the commercial diving industry has been considered an optional item to hav
C-MAR’s DP services for Bourbon Offshore fleet
C-MAR, an international marine and offshore services business, has won a new contract with Bourbon Offshore. C-MAR says that the three-year agreement, will start in January 2015 and see C-MAR supply Dynamic Positioning assurance services to one of the largest offshore vessel owners in the world. C-M
MPI Offshore Sets Up Humber Gateway Substation
MPI Offshore’s wind-turbine-installation vessel, MPI Adventure, has successfully completed installation of the Humber Gateway Substation, following a very efficient transportation and installation period. This contract, which was undertaken for E.ON, involved the load out and installation of a total
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (October 27 – November 02). Technip has been awarded a large engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPCI) contract by EnQuest for the Kraken development located in the North Sea
VIDEO: Havila Phoenix Subsea Vessel
The Havila Phoenix is a dynamically positioned multi-role ice class construction vessel. The Phoenix is a construction, installation and trenching support vessel available for subsea operations and is equipped with 250te active heave compensated offshore crane, 1500m 2 deck area, 140 berth accommoda
QPS to Launch New Bathymetry Processing Platform
This week at Hydro 14 in Aberdeen, QPS announced a new processing product called Qimera that will be released in the New Year. The announcement was made on Wednesday to attendees at a QPS workshop. The announcement was the first public unveiling of the product and brought an audible gasp as the feat