Equipment
Tidal Lagoon Could Contribute $46 Bln to UK GDP Between 2015-2027
A macroeconomic impacts study has found that a national fleet of six tidal lagoon power plants would contribute £27 billion to UK GDP over the investment period 2015-2027. Since many of the components can be sourced within the UK, tidal lagoon infrastructure investment offers one of the best returns
Blue Water Energy invests in Unique Maritime Group
Unique Maritime Group (UMG), one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, has announced a pivotal strategic equity investment from Blue Water Energy. Founded in 1993, UMG is a specialist in the provision of services, and the sale and rental of equipment for t
Workers stuck on North Sea rig due to helicopter leak
A crew consisting of 18 oil workers has been left stranded on a North Sea Ensco 102 rig when discovered that the helicopter, that was supposed to fly them home, is leaking fluid. The problem with the Airbus EC225, that was supposed to take the workers home, was discovered when the rig workers lined
Conquest MB1 Assistance in Concordia Ops Nears Completion
Now the disaster ship Costa Concordia floats again, the work of the Dutch Conquest MB1 crane ship and her crew is there almost done. The Dutch company Conquest Offshore has in the recent months, in cooperation with a large group of international companies, installed the sponsoons that will refloat t
UK: James Fisher, KDM Marine Enter Business Partnership
James Fisher, the UK’s leading marine services provider, announced the formation of a new venture with Aberdeen based company KDM Marine, named James Fisher Mass Flow Excavation Ltd, to jointly offer their market-leading subsea excavation capability and resources to the offshore industry in a single
APC creates in-house LNG equipment testing facility
Alpha Process Controls, a member of the GT Group, has created a unique in-house testing centre to support the manufacture and commissioning of its family of marine emergency release couplings for LNG transfer. The testing facility, which represents a £1million investment by the company, utilises a p
UK: TRUXOR to Revitalize Bottesford Beck
North Lincolnshire Council has been working closely with The Friends of the Beck to regenerate the Bottesford Beck area and with the help of a new ‘amphibious’ machine the area will be improved even more. The TRUXOR machine has been brought in by Ebsford Environmental, the contractor that is carryin
Tritech Sells Gemini Profiling Sonars to STR
Tritech announces the sale of multiple Gemini 620pd multibeam profiling sonars to Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR), Great Yarmouth. The sales of Gemini 620pd, the latest technology for subsea profiling operations, are significant for Tritech as they follow on from the successful introduction of t
Nexen: Blackbird’s second production well tested
Atlantic Petroleum has announced that the initial production testing from the Blackbird Field second production well, 20/02a-B3, has achieved sustained rates of over 7,000 bbls/day (c. 660 bbls/day net to Atlantic Petroleum), which was constrained by surface equipment. The well is being drilled and
VIDEO: Kamps Presents Drag’oon Dredging Machine
KAMPS, a Belgium-based company specialised in water treatment projects, has introduced the Drag’oon, an efficient solution for the dredging projects. The system’s two flow pumps (upside/downside), mounted on a very maneuverable barge, provide good dredging power. The Drag’oon is completely remote co
Ezion secures North Sea service rig charter deal
The Board of Directors of Ezion Holdings Limited has announced that it has secured a contract with an approximate value of USD 122.6 million to provide a Service Rig over a 7 year period to support the oil & gas activities of an east European based national oil major in the North Sea. The Service Ri
8over8 launches contractual risk management solution ProCon 2014
International software firm 8over8 Ltd. has announced the launch of ProCon™ 2014, the latest release of its flagship contractual risk management solution. ProCon 2014 enables owner operators of large capital projects to establish a commercial firewall against value leakage from mismanagement of unfo
FES International to deliver DBSCs for Kraken oil field
FES International has won a contract to supply 12 Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) to contractor GE Wellstream. FES International has supplied DBSCs to GE Wellstream for more than a decade. The product is one of the firm’s most successful product lines enabling the quick, efficient and sa
New EC250E and EC300E Excavators from Volvo
The new Tier 4 Final/Stage IV-compliant EC250E and EC300E crawler excavators from Volvo Construction Equipment are powerful and efficient machines, designed to reduce fuel consumption and increase productivity. New Volvo EC250E and EC300E crawler excavators deliver a 5 percent improvement in fuel ef