Equipment
Statoil Splashes NOK 1.6 Bln on New Contracts
Norway’s Statoil has handed out contracts for Oseberg Vestflanken 2, Johan Sverdrup and Gina Krog, the company said on Wednesday. The contracts, awarded on behalf of the licence partners, include marine operations, marine construction, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of an unmanned w
TenneT Spins Turntables at Eemshaven
Electricity transmission system operator, TenneT, has officially opened a special cable storage facility in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The facility provides 2.309 square meters of floor space, enabling the storage of up to 4,600 tonnes of high-voltage electricity cables. The cables concerned measur
NordBalt Enters Testing Phase
The NordBalt cable, connecting Lithuania and Sweden has started with power transmission tests, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, Litgrid, informed Monday. According to Litgrid, during the test, electricity was flowing from Sweden to Lithuania and the other way round, with inte
Martens en Van Oord Wins Brunsbüttel Fifth Lock Chamber Contract
Martens en Van Oord has won the contract for the construction of fifth lock chamber at Brunsbüttel, Germany, including the earthworks, dredging, coastal and bank protection works on the project. The customer, ARGE Neubau 5. Schleusenkammer Brunsbüttel, formed by three BAM operating companies, has fi
Hydratight, CSS Introduce Subsea RCIT
Hydratight and Connector Subsea Solutions (CSS) have partnered to design the Subsea Riser Cleaning and Inspection Tool (RCIT) and the first field units have operated offshore Brazil in the last 12 months. According to James Rowley, Global Subsea Market Development Manager, Hydratight, the tool will
Royal IHC and DIHAG Jointly Acquire Allard-Europe
Royal IHC and German company DIHAG Holding GmbH have jointly acquired the Belgian steel and iron foundry, Allard-Europe NV. IHC and DIHAG each take an equity stake of 40% and 60% respectively. Through this acquisition, IHC is able to realize a reliable supply chain (competitive on price, quality and
Dutch Government Selects KONGSBERG EM 2040C Multibeam
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment (Rijkswaterstaat Survey department IGA) has selected the Kongsberg Maritime EM 2040C very high resolution, shallow water multibeam system to spearhead its inland waterway survey operations. For starters, the Ministry has in 2015 ordered five EM 20
Microsoft’s Project Natick Tests Datacenter Underwater
A team of Microsoft employees has been testing underwater datacenter in the Pacific Ocean in 2015. The datacenter, which consumed computing power equivalent to 300 desktop PCs, was deployed inside a container. The experiment, named Project Natick, could use renewable energy sorces to get the power n
ROVOP and WFS Join Forces to Slash OPEX
ROVOP, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service provider, and WFS Technologies, developer of wireless instrumentation and control solutions, have teamed up in effort to, reportedly, reduce certain operating costs by up to 80% and extend asset life by years. To launch the collaboration, the two comp
Allspeeds Webtool Integrated Cutters for AKOFS Offshore
Allspeeds has supplied Webtool Emergency Disconnection Tools to AKOFS Offshore for its subsea equipment orientation system (SOES) used to install subsea trees. The Webtool cutters are integrated within the SOES providing quick disconnection of the bundles of hydraulic jumpers and electrical flying l
Plexus nets first order through Malaysian JV
Plexus Holdings, an oil and gas engineering services business, has secured a purchase order with Talisman Malaysia Limited, which is a part of Repsol Group, the integrated global energy group, to supply its wellhead system for an exploration well offshore Malaysia. This order with Talisman, worth £0
DEME Invests in New Generation of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers
With the order of the ‘Bonny River’ at Royal IHC, the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME is investing in a new generation of trailing suction hopper dredgers which will be trendsetting in coastal protection and dredging hard soils. With this dredger, DEME is responding
Security flaws found on West Epsilon jack-up drilling rig
Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has found security flaws on North Atlantic Drilling’s jack-up rig West Epsilon during an inspection conducted in November. At the time of the inspection, between November 23 and 25, the rig was under a contract with Statoil on the oil and gas company’s Gudr
Aker Solutions Clinches ConocoPhillips MMO Deal in Norway
Aker Solutions’ maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway secured two contracts for work at North Sea fields operated by ConocoPhillips. The company received a framework agreement for a fixed period of five years to become ConocoPhillips’ main supplier of maintenance and mod