Equipment
OPITO International Gets New MD
An oil and gas industry skills and workforce development body, OPITO, has appointed Graham Gall as new managing director to lead its international business. Gall is a former managing director of Falck Safety Services in Brazil. Prior to joining Falck, he was also standards and approvals director for
Lankhorst Ropes Nets Appomattox Contract
Lankhorst Ropes has been awarded a contract by Shell to supply the mooring lines for the Appomattox development to be located approximately 140 nautical miles Southeast of New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. The semi-submersible four-column production platform will be moored in approximately 7,200 fe
Dynamic to Deliver Deck and Jacket for Eni’s Nene Field
Dynamic Industries secured an award for the refurbishment of a 500-ton production platform and 300-ton jacket for Eni’s Nene field. The offshore production facility is expected to be loaded out in May 2016 for Nene field located in The Republic of Congo. The Nene field, which is expected to contain
Goodtech to work on FPSO bound for Brazil
Goodtech, an engineering company from Norway, has won a contract with Teekay Offshore for the FPSO Petrojarl I bound for Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The work will be performed by Goodtech’s Projects & Services business area that provides technical solutions in the fields of a
Ampelmann’s gangway defying monsoons in Malaysia
Dutch provider of offshore access solutions Ampelmann, has secured its first contract with Petra Resources Sdn Bhd, with end client Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd in Malaysia Ampelmann will supply offshore access services in Sarawak waters during the monsoon period. Stretching from October to February, the
ABB to Improve World’s First HVDC Link
ABB has won orders worth over $22 million from Vattenfall Eldistribution AB to upgrade the world’s first commercial high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which ABB installed in 1954. The orders were booked in the fourth quarter of 2015. The 150-kilovolt (kV) link has the capaci
Saab Seaeye Leopards for Louis Dreyfus TravOcean
Specialist submarine cable installation company, Louis Dreyfus TravOcean, has ordered two Saab Seaeye Leopards for touchdown monitoring and support. The Leopard ROVs, with eleven thrusters and iCON intelligent control system should provide TravOcean with a stable work platform particularly in strong
Dynamic to spruce up Eni’s Nene
Dynamic Industries, an offshore services company, has announced a new award for the refurbishment of a 500 ton production platform and 300 ton jacket for Eni’s Nene field, offshore Congo. Dynamic said it would be using its inventory of used structures. The offshore production facility is expected to
Red Marine Completes Subsea Valve Testing for FMC Technologies
Red Marine has completed a programme of qualification testing on a new subsea landing string valve system for FMC Technologies. Used during workover operations, the valve allows rapid redistribution of high pressure oil and gas within the landing string system to allow for emergency riser disconnect
Wärtsilä helping Ensco with rig uptime and cost management
Finland’s Wärtsilä has signed a maintenance agreement with Ensco, an offshore drilling contractor, to create savings by optimising Ensco’s assets and improving predictability through condition monitoring services and parts supply management for Ensco’s four drillships equipped with six Wärtsilä 32 e
McDermott Scoops Anadarko Subsea Gig
McDermott has been awarded a subsea umbilical and flowline installation contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in support of its Phase II development of the Caesar/Tonga field located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Caesar/Tonga Phase II is being developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operate
Pharos Subsea Hydraulic Cable Grab Helps Repair Basslink
After completing London Array work, Pharos Offshore has secured a new job for its subsea hydraulic cable grab in Bass Strait off the Tasmanian coastline. The subsea hydraulic cable grab will be used to recover the Basslink subsea cable for repair. The cable experienced fault in December last year. T
OSBIT Power Expands to Deliver ITFs for Helix Vessels
OSBIT Power has secured additional facilities at the Port of Blyth to deliver its largest project yet to Helix Energy Solutions. In an agreement with the Port, the company will utilise its facilities on a 12-month basis to manufacture three sets of intervention tension frames (ITFs). The systems, ea
Technip to Build Foundations for Finland Offshore Wind Project
Technip Offshore Finland will manufacture subsea foundations for the world’s first offshore wind farm suitable for icy conditions, which will be built by Finish wind farm production company Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy. The construction of the offshore wind farm is scheduled to kick off this spring. The OWF