Equipment
Expro secures major subsea contract west of the Shetland Isles
Expro, a UK-based oilfield services company, Expro, has secured a major subsea contract with BP for the Quad 204 project, west of the Shetland Isles in the UK North Sea.
ABB Bags $800 Mln Order for Caithness-Moray HVDC Subsea Link
ABB has won an order worth over $800 million from Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission plc to provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of the Moray Firth in northern Scotland. This follows a f
Wärtsilä LNGPac gets DNV GL AIP Certificate
The new Wärtsilä LNGPac, the upgraded version of the company’s successful LNG fuel handling system, has been granted an AIP (Approval in Principle) Certificate from the classification society DNV GL. The certificate will be presented at the Wärtsilä stand in Hall A4, Booth 305 at the SMM conference
UK: Galgate Dredging Starts Soon
During the second half of September/early October, the following works will be taking place at Galgate Marina; pontoon replacement and alteration works in the central basin and dredging of the narrow boat berths. The pontoon works will start on the 15th September and will take several weeks to compl
Voith launches new Schneider Propeller for tugs and OSVs
Voith rounds off its product portfolio for tugs and offshore support vessels (OSV) with the new size 34 Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP).
VIDEO: AdBm Deploys Subsea Noise Reduction System at Butendiek OWF
The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), part of the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin (UT), has detailed the recent successful offshore demonstration of AdBm Technologies’ underwater noise abatement system. AdBm, a portfolio company of ATI’s Clean Energy Incubator, worked with its Du
ABB to power Ocean Rig’s drillship duo
ABB has secured an order to deliver total power solutions to Ocean Rig’s two seventh generation new drillships that are being built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) at Goeje shipyard in Korea.
DONG Energy to Use Nexans’ Offshore Array Cables Until 2020
DONG Energy in Denmark and Nexans signed in July a new framework agreement for the delivery of up to 1,750 kilometres of submarine cables for wind farms off the British coast. The cables will be used for connecting turbines to each other and to the offshore transformer platforms. The framework agree
Amarcon Showcases OCTOPUS-Onboard at SMM
Amarcon, a part of the ABB group, and OceanWaveS GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Rutter Inc., will demonstrate an OCTOPUS-Onboard advisory suite including Wave and Surface Current Monitoring System set-up during the SMM in Hamburg, from 9 – 12 September 2014. The Amarcon OCTOPUS-Onboard motion mon
Total completes location preparation for ‘Prospector 1’
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. has announced that Total E&P UK Limited and ELF Exploration UK Limited has completed the preparation of the location for Prospector 1 drilling rig. Therefore, as of 5 September 2014 the rig is being compensated per its original contract at the mobilization rate. In
PGS cuts fleet to reduce cost and capex
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA announced today that it has implemented further steps to streamline operations, reduce cost and capital expenditures (“CAPEX”), and improve cash flow.
Technip Lands EPIC Gig on BP Juniper Project Off Trinidad
Technip has been awarded a substantial EPIC lump sum contract by BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC for the development of the Juniper project, to be located off the South East coast of Trinidad. The scope of work consists of design, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, load out and mechanical c
Jan De Nul Opts for SpeedCast Satellite Services
SpeedCast International Limited (SpeedCast), a leading global satellite telecommunications service provider, has been awarded a multi-year contract from Jan De Nul Group, a leading expert in dredging, marine construction, and specialized services for the offshore oil & gas, and renewable energy indu
VIDEO: Ulstein Builds ‘Island Constructor’
Designed by Ulstein Design AS (Ulstein SX 121) and launched in February 2008 from the Ulstein Verft shipyards in Norway, the Island Constructor (Hull no. 279) is Island Offshore’s offshore construction and well intervention vessel. M/V ISLAND CONSTRUCTOR is an Offshore Construction and Well Interven