Equipment
Picture of the Day: IHC Beaver Dredger
The IHC Beaver® dredgers are well known for their robust construction, reliable operation and excellent performances. To date, IHC Merwede has supplied more than 800 of these standardized cutter suction dredgers worldwide. The IHC Beaver dredger can be dismounted to be transported via road, rail or
Royal IHC’s Hi-Traq Scoops BEEA Prize
Royal IHC’s Hi-Traq, trenching machine and tooling platform, has won the award for ‘Mechanical Engineering Product of the Year’ at the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEA) in London last Thursday. Hi-Traq is the first 4-tracked subsea vehicle with fully independent suspension and steering. T
Global Marine in Tampnet Southern North Sea project deal
Global Marine has been awarded a third contract to extend the Tampnet offshore fibre optic network with a new cable linking offshore platforms in the Southern North Sea. This latest signing follows Global Marine’s successful installation of the previous phases of the North Sea project, using cable s
Offshore workers should take part in safety talks, PSA Norway says
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the organisation of employee participation at Talisman’s Gyda organisation. The PSA focused in particular on the structures, remits and coordination of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) activities in t
JDR’s Umbilicals for Wintershall’s Ravn Field
JDR has won a contract for the design and manufacture of a hybrid power steel umbilical from Wintershall Noordzee B.V. This umbilical will be deployed to the Ravn field development in the North Sea. JDR’s scope of work includes delivery of an 18.2 km umbilical which will provide power and control, c
PSA audits Statfjord A safety management
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of Statoil’s management of the domains of electrical installations, safety instrumented systems and technical safety at Statfjord A platform, in the North Sea. The Statfjord field is in the Tampen area, in the northern part of the
JDR to supply umbilical for Wintershall’s Ravn field
JDR has won a contract for the design and manufacture of a hybrid power steel umbilical from Wintershall Noordzee B.V. This umbilical will be deployed to the Ravn field development in the North Sea. JDR’s scope of work includes delivery of an 18.2 km umbilical which will provide power and control; c
Wood Group Mustang nabs pre-FEED for Snorre C TLP
Wood Group Mustang has been awarded the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) contract by Statoil for the proposed Snorre C tension leg platform (TLP) to be located on the Norwegian continental shelf. Work is being conducted by Wood Group Mustang and Wood Group Kenny and follows their comple
MacGregor mooring systems for Mermaid’s tender rigs
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won new contracts that will see electrically-driven versions of its mooring systems fitted to two new tender assist drilling rigs for Thailand-based Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited. The Self-Erected Drilling Tender (Hull No. CMHI (JS)-151-1 and Hull No. CMH
Milestone Aviation now part of GE
GE Capital Aviation Services, the aircraft leasing unit of GE, has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Milestone Aviation Group, the Dublin-based helicopter lessor, for $1.775 billion. “The Milestone acquisition is a great fit for GE – it combines GECAS’ global reach and 45+ years in
The Netherlands: TenneT Sets Up Offshore Grid Development Base
TenneT has established a new Offshore Netherlands department dedicated to the development of an offshore electricity grid in the Dutch part of the North Sea. In June of this year, Minister Kamp of Economic Affairs took the guiding decision to appoint TenneT as the sole operator of the offshore elect
VIDEO: Maersk Oil ‘Dan Bravo’ Deep Dive
Substantial volumes of oil and gas remain in the subsurface of the Danish North Sea, but recovering them is technically complex and requires work above and below water. Dan Bravo Rationalisation, a challenging three-year project that has reached its midway point, is an example of the complex subsurf
Statnett Gets Green Light for Two Major Subsea Cable Links
Today, the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has granted Statnett licences to construct interconnectors to Germany and the UK. These projects have thus taken an important step closer to realisation. “We are very pleased that the Ministry has now issued licences for the two planned subsea ca
Rosneft Wraps Up Barents Sea Survey
Rosneft has finished performing comprehensive geophysical exploration, including seismic data acquisition 3D and gravimagnetic survey on the West-Prinovozemelsky licensed site on the continental shelf of the Barents Sea. The scope of work totaled 2.8 thousand square km. The specialized scientific re