Equipment
VIDEO: Monitoring ‘Snohvit’ World’s First Subsea Oil System
Snøhvit is the first offshore development in the Barents Sea and the first major development on the Norwegian continental shelf with no surface installations. The seabed facilities are designed to be over-trawlable, so that neither they nor fishing equipment will suffer any damage from coming into c
Siemens Wraps Up HelWin2 Platform Setup
Siemens has completed installation of the offshore platform for the direct-current connection HelWin2. Working under contract from the German-Dutch grid operator TenneT, Siemens has thus achieved a decisive milestone of the German grid connection projects. “We have now installed three high-tech plat
Hydrex Reinstalls Thruster Seals in Poland
Hydrex team has replaced the three leaking bow thruster shaft seals of a 400-meter container ship in Gdansk, Poland. The operation was performed on-site and underwater using the company’s flexible mobdocks. The vessel was able to continue its commercial activities without any hindrance or delay. Tog
Bumi Armada orders Pusnes system for Kraken FPSO
MacGregor, part of Cargotec has won an order from Bumi Armada Berhad, a Malaysia-based international offshore oilfied services provider, to supply a Pusnes offloading system for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) conversion project. The Pusnes offloading system will be delivered by
UK: CAA approves improved EBS for offshore helicopter passengers
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK’s specialist aviation regulator, yesterday announced the approval of a new enhanced emergency breathing system that will deliver improved levels of safety for offshore helicopter passengers. The move follows a series of measures announced in February to
Solar Solve Marine scores LNG order
Solar Solve Marine of the UK has recently won an order for their roller screens to be installed at the navigation bridge windows of an LNG tanker. Shell International placed the order in the middle of June for LNG Lagos, an LNG tanker built way back in 1976 at Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in F
BG Group Completes Sale of Interest in CATS Pipeline to Antin IP
BG Group announced it had completed the sale of its 62.78% equity interest in the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) gas pipeline in the UK North Sea and associated infrastructure to Antin Infrastructure Partners. Total proceeds from the transaction, announced on 17 June 2014, are up to £562 mi
Foreshore Technology Release Dredge Master Pile
Foreshore Technology have released Dredge Master Pile, a monitoring and guidance system specifically designed to improve operators efficiency on piling projects. Dredge master pile is based on Foreshore’s ground breaking Dredge Master platform and provides the operators with an intuitive system to h
Kongsberg to provide 24/7 support for OMV drilling ops
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS, has signed a four-year, multi-million dollar drilling data contract with Vienna-based OMV Group for all of its global drilling activities. The contract calls for KONGSBERG to equip OMV with the SiteCom® real-time operations support solution, which will provide 24
MTCS, KBA announce ROV High Voltage course in Aberdeen
In commercial ROVs the voltage can be in the area of 48volts and can go up to 1000, so correct use when carrying out repairs and maintenance is imperative.
COSCO to build two more PSVs for Vroon
China’s COSCO Guang Dong Shipyard Co. Ltd is going to build a further two platform supply vessels of the ULSTEIN PX121 design for
Sparrows reports 25 per cent profit rise
Sparrows has announced annual results which show a 12% increase in turnover and almost 25% rise in profits. The Aberdeen headquartered company, which provides engineered products and services to the global oil and gas industry primarily in offshore lifting and mechanical handling, has also created o
Doedijns’ UCS for Gina Krog Launch Jacket
Doedijns has recently received an order to supply the complete Upending Control System (UCS) for the Gina Krog Launch jacket currently being fabricated at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen. Weighing 17.000 tons with a height of 142 meters, a footprint of 60 x 50 meters and a top of 40 x 30 meter, the G
Aibel to hook-up Oseberg C living quarters
Statoil has awarded Aibel the contract for the hook-up of new living quarters to the Oseberg C platform. The contract has an estimated value of about NOK 125 million.