Equipment
Schlumberger Awared Drilling Services for Statoil
Schlumberger Norway has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide integrated drilling services for the Norwegian continental shelf licenses Gullfaks, Gullfaks Satellites, Snorre, Statfjord , Tordis/Vigdis, Visund.The agreement also covers exploration drilling on the Norwegian continental shelf
Schlumberger, Statoil sign drilling services agreement.
Schlumberger Norway has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide integrated drilling services for the Norwegian continental shelf licenses Gullfaks, Gullfaks Satellites, Snorre, Statfjord , Tordis/Vigdis, Visund. The agreement also covers exploration drilling on the Norwegian continental shel
New Chief Executive for HR Wallingford
Dr Bruce Tomlinson has been appointed as Chief Executive of HR Wallingford. He joins HR Wallingford from UK-based Fugro EMU, a marine survey and consultancy, where he was Managing Director. With more than 25 years’ experience in the maritime industry, Bruce brings high level strategic business exper
MRV Alba na Mara in New Subsea Survey (UK)
The MRV Alba na Mara cruise will be conducting the survey below in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage. The purpose of the cruise is to investigate the distribution and quality of benthic biotopes around Scotland. The data are required to underpin designation and management of the new suit of
DEPLA Anchor Developed for Deep Water Use (AUS)
An innovative offshore anchor designed by researchers at The University of Western Australia has already been snapped up by Dutch anchor specialists Vryhof Anchors. The Dynamically Embedded Plate Anchor (DEPLA) was developed by Associate Professor Conleth O’Loughlin, from UWA’s Centre for Offshore F
APEM Selected for Seabed Survey (UK)
APEM has won a major contract to collect and analyse over 1,000 samples from the seabed in the eastern English Channel and off the south coast, for eight marine aggregate operators with licensed interests across the region. Offshore surveys organised by APEM will collect 1,060 ‘grab’ samples of the
Marine Aggregates Industry Chooses APEM (UK)
APEM has won a major contract to collect and analyze over 1,000 samples from the seabed in the eastern English Channel and off the south coast, for eight marine aggregate operators with licensed interests across the region. Offshore surveys organized by APEM will collect 1,060 ‘grab’ samples of the
VIDEO: Foundation Setup on Borkum Riffgrund 1 OWF
Last week, all 77 monopile foundations were successfully installed at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German North Sea. Installation was carried out using a noise mitigation system to lower the impact on adjacent marine life. It is the first time ever that this system has been used
ICOL Invites Companies to Work on Inch Cape OWF
Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has launched the Request for Proposals process for the Wind Farm and Transmission Works Packages of the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Project. The Wind Farm package will involve the design, delivery and installation of the WTG Foundations and Substructures and Inter-array
New EBS equipment training for offshore helicopter passengers
Offshore safety training provider Falck Safety Services (Falck) has joined forces with aviation provider SaxonAir in Norwich to offer helicopter safety training to correspond with new offshore regulations. Falck, which is based in Aberdeen and Teesside, will provide specialist safety courses at Saxo
ASV’s C-Enduro Project Success Under SBRI
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) report on the success of C-Enduro under the UK Government backed Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI). ASV designed and built C-Enduro, a long endurance marine unmanned surface vehicle under an SBRI led by the National Oceanogrpahy Centre (NOC) and co-funded
Tidewater orders Wärtsilä-designed arctic PSV
A second confirmed design contract for Wärtsilä’s new series of arctic platform supply vessels has been signed.
Deltares: Experts Aim to Achieve Broader Perspective on Flood Risks
Last week an article entitled ‘Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management’ appeared in the professional journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. In this article, 30 international hydrologists, including Laurens Bouwer of Deltares, advocate the creati
UK: Port of Wells Dredging Scheduled for Next Week
The Port of Wells dredging scheme will resume next week, on August 11, 2014. The port’s dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the main channel north of number 4 buoy, between buoys 4 and 2. All material dredged from these areas will be placed on the berm which is marked by [&