Equipment
Statoil Disappointed with Hoop Summer Campaign
Statoil has together with its partner Idemitsu Petroleum Norge made a small gas discovery in the Mercury prospect in PL614 in the Barents Sea. This completes Statoil’s 2014 exploration programme in the Hoop area. This summer Statoil drilled three exploration wells in the Hoop area in the Barents Sea
Calecore, N-Sea Team Up in Barents Sea Survey
Calecore’s Offshore Geophysical division has seen a steady increase in demand over the past two years for ROV Survey Services. In June WROV operations were undertaken onboard the Kommandor Calum for a project West of Shetland whilst the Kommandor Stuart has been undertaking multiple integrated 2DHR,
SubC Honored by EEEGR, Completes Subsea Projects
SubC Partner UK, a provider of offshore engineering services to the offshore renewables and oil and gas sectors, has been recognised by EEEGR for its innovative Flexicrane offshore material handling solution. Furthermore, SubC has successfully executed a major UK subsea inspection campaign across mu
VIDEO: Cowes’ New Breakwater Project Moves Ahead (UK)
Work on the construction of a new breakwater structure at the mouth of Cowes Harbour, which will transform the port into a true sheltered harbourage, is moving forward. Cowes Harbour Commission’s appointed contractors Boskalis Westminster to design and construct the breakwaters. The company has comp
Proserv appoints two VPs
Energy services company, Proserv, says it has further consolidated its position for future growth by appointing two vice presidents to its senior management team. Paul Douglas has been promoted to the role of VP operations with Bruce Stuart joining Proserv as VP sales and business development for Eu
OSBIT Power Wins LARS Delivery for Helix
OSBIT Power, a North East subsea engineering and technology company has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by Helix Well Ops for the supply of twin, heavy weather ROV launch and recovery systems (LARS). OSBIT, based in Riding Mill, Northumberland, has to meet challenging space constraints a
Proserv Boosts Management
Proserv has further consolidated its position for future growth by appointing two vice presidents to its senior management team. Paul Douglas has been promoted to the role of VP operations with Bruce Stuart joining Proserv as VP sales and business development for Europe and West Africa (EWA) from FM
SWERUS-C3 Reserch Discovers Subsea Methane Venting in Laptev Sea
SWERUS-C3 scientists have discovered vast methane plumes escaping from the seafloor of the Laptev continental slope. These early glimpses of what may be in store for a warming Arctic Ocean could help scientists project the future releases of the strong greenhouse gas methane from the Arctic Ocean. ”
Outreach Buys Tech Safe Systems
Outreach Ltd., the supplier of hydraulic handling, lifting and access equipment based in Falkirk, has acquired of one of the UK’s top suppliers of Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) for remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs). Outreach Ltd has acquired, for an undisclosed sum, Great Yarmouth ba
Performance Beyond Compliance Certificate for VBA Team (UK)
VolkerStevin, alongside joint venture partners Boskalis Westminster and Atkins (VBA Joint Venture Limited), received a performance beyond compliance certificate from Considerate Constructors for their Ramsbottom and Stubbins flood risk management scheme. The river flood defense works involved the te
New Junior Research Group Set Up at GEOMAR
The Croatian/Canadian biologist Dr. Elizabeta Briski studies the question whether species from certain regions have inherent advantages over other species in colonizing new ecosystems. For her research she has been awarded with the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. T
QED Naval Secures Funding for Subhub Project
QED Naval have received the financial backing from Kelvin Capital and the Scottish Investment Bank to support the continued development of the Subhub, the tidal turbine foundation structure. This 1st tranche of money will allow QED Naval to conduct the tank testing of 2 models of increasing scale wi
North Sea Systems Wraps Up ‘CableFish’ Stage 1 Trials
North Sea Systems, supplier of dedicated survey systems for high flow environments, has completed the first stage of the new CableFish test programme and the results proved that this concept will revolutionise submarine cable installation for high flow environments. The trials were conducted on a si
VIDEO: Dredger “Optimus” at Work (Finland)
Wasa Dredging Ltd. from Vaasa in Finland has recently started dredging in the Port of Pietarsaari with its new dredger “Optimus”. In Pietarsaari, Wasa Dredging will undertake two contracts: one for deepening the port where rock blasting is involved, and one for deepening and widening the channel, by