Equipment
‘Normand Cutter’ arrives at Damen Shiprepair yard
Solstad’s Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel “Normand Cutter” has arrived at Damen Shiprepair yard in Rotterdam. Damen Shipyards Group has announced through social media that the vessel arrived at the yard for the following repair items: overhaul of all four main engines, overhaul of the 300-ton SWL Nati
Spain: French Pottery Dredged Up in Port of Mahon
A piece of mid 19th century French pottery from Bordeaux has been found during the archaeological supervision carried out as part of the dredging work at the Port of Mahon. The dredger Antignano arrived at the Port of Mahon recently and joined the dredging work currently underway in the Mahon waters
RWE Installs Foundations at Gwynt y Môr
RWE Innogy UK has successfully completed the installation of all 160 foundations at the world’s second largest wind farm, Gwynt y Môr. The final transition piece was installed on Wednesday 23rd April more than eight miles off the North Wales coast by RWE’s jack up installation vessel, Friedrich Erne
AGR to provide well services for Det norske’s NCS projects
AGR has been awarded a frame agreement with Det norske to provide well services and consultancy resources to the operator’s projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The frame agreement starts 1 May 2014 with duration of three years. The possible additional two plus two years’ extension will see
SPE Intelligent Energy 2014: Experts gathered to debate oilfield digitalisation
Global experts in smart technology and intelligent energy solutions gathered at SPE Intelligent Energy 2014 to discuss the flow of new ideas, processes and technologies that will form the foundation of future smart achievements in the digital oilfield. Under the theme ‘Aspirations and Accomplishment
Oiltools to become subsidiary of IKM Testing
IKM has announced that the company has acquired Oiltools. Oiltools and IKM Testing complement each other and will offer complete solutions that include pumping of cuttings from the seabed with MRR system and pumping, cleaning and waste management topside. The Mud Recovery without Riser system expand
OEC to Carry Out Testing of RMEs Flap Wave Energy Converter
Orion Energy Centre (OEC) has recently completed a project for one of its first commercial customers, Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. (RME), a US-based wave technology developer with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. OECs facilities and expertise will be used to carry out scale model wave tank tes
VIDEO: Soho Loop Dredging Makes Progress (UK)
The Soho Loop canal dredging scheme is currently underway. The Soho Loop is a 2 km section of the eighteenth-century Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, UK, about 1.9 km west of the city center. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, April 28, 2014
Norsafe creates cost-saving davit refit solution
Implementation of the DNV-OS-E406 requirements has become a costly task for oil and shipping companies. Norsafe Group has introduced a davit refit solution that generates significant financial savings when davit and lifeboat replacements are necessary. “Norsafe’s engineering team has developed a dav
Advanced Insulation Systems acquires Manuplas
Gloucester-based Advanced Insulation Systems, a high growth SME that manufactures specialist materials used to insulate sub-sea infrastructure and fire proof oil rigs, has acquired Manuplas Limited, a specialist in providing customer polymer solutions to the marine, offshore, renewable energy and le
OceanWind Provides Energy Cables Storage for Prysmian
OceanWind, based in the Netherlands, has been awarded a long term contract to supply Prysmian Powerlink SRL with storage of energy cables and additional preparation services. At its cable facilities in Velsen Noord, The Netherlands OceanWind will execute the cable handling and provide cable handling
Hurricane Starts Drilling at Lancaster Well (UK)
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK-based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, announced that the Lancaster horizontal appraisal well was spudded on 26 April 2014. The Company is using the Transocean Sedco 712 semi-submersible drilling rig for the
PTC’s UK office boosts turnover as it marks five years
Oilfield technology specialist Petroleum Technology Company has expanded its UK North Sea operations team to more than 30 and boosted turnover to more than £8m ($13.4 mln), as it marks five years in the region, based in Aberdeen. PTC moved into Aberdeen in 2009 with a team of 10 in offices at Great
Rowan Drilling signs electrical equipment deal with Dron & Dickson
Dron & Dickson, specialists in design, supply and maintenance of hazardous area electrical equipment, has secured a two-year contract with Rowan Drilling. The project will see Dron & Dickson providing lighting and electrical equipment to Rowan Drilling’s offshore assets in the UK North Sea for the n