Equipment
Major Breakthrough for ¡VAMOS!
The Viable Alternative Mining Operating System (¡VAMOS!), a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, has passed a major milestone with the successful delivery of conceptual design plans of the prototype and all associated equipment. This work was carried o
TSHD Hondarra Delivered
Another example of successful cooperation between Astilleros de Murueta and Damen Dredging Equipment was the recent delivery of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hondarra. This 1.200 m³ hopper dredger, the 4th TSHD built by this Spanish-Dutch cooperation, will perform maintenance dredging dutie
Another Capital Project for GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) from Oak Brook, Illinois, has won a $76.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for dredging, rock removal and deepening of the Delaware River main channel. This capital cleanup project will be performed in Chester, Pennsylvania; Pedricktown, New Jersey; and Cl
Alcatel-Lucent to Develop Sonangol Offshore Optical Cable
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks has been awarded the development of the Sonangol Offshore Optical Cable (SOOC), a project aimed at reducing the cost-per-bit associated with the delivery of data traffic to Angola, including its offshore oil and gas production facilities. Spanning 1,900 km, the SOOC
Neumann Acquires Rockcrush
Neumann Equipment, a subsidiary of Neumann Contractors, has recently acquired the intellectual property of Rockcrush IP including the rights to manufacture and sell all of the former Rockcrush Dredge, Winch and Cable Handling range of equipment. The Rockcrush Dredger range has been specifically deve
Aker Solutions to deliver subsea production system for Rotan (Malaysia)
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Murphy Sabah Oil Co., Ltd. (Murphy) to deliver the subsea production system for the Rotan deepwater natural gas development offshore Malaysia. The delivery includes hardware for four subsea wells, a hub manifold, in-line tees, a connection system and p
Technip Umbilicals for Eni’s East Hub Off Angola
Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Technip Umbilicals and Angoflex have been awarded a contract by ENI to supply umbilicals to the Block 15/06 East Hub Development offshore Angola. The field is located approximately 350 kilometers north of Luanda, at water depths of 450-600 meters. The contract cov
Technip to supply umbilicals to Eni’s East Hub Development (Angola)
Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Technip Umbilicals Ltd. and Angoflex Ltda. have been awarded a contract by ENI S.p.A. to supply umbilicals to the Block 15/06 East Hub Development offshore Angola. This field is located approximately 350 kilometers north of Luanda, at water depths of 450-600 meter
CUI Global delivers detection units to LNG project in Australia
CUI Global revealed that its UK energy, Orbital Gas Systems, has delivered the first three mercury detection units to an LNG project under construction in Australia.
Hydrex Repairs Drillship in GoM
Hydrex mobilized a team of diver/technicians to perform repairs on a 225-meter drillship after its transit flap came loose and caused damage in the aft bulkhead and a leak in the ballast tank situated behind the moonpool hull. The vessel was located in Trinidad but was about to start a contract in G
2H Offshore secures Chevron production riser programe
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract by Chevron to manage a production riser weld qualification testing programme. According to 2H Offshore, the aim of the development of 20,000 psi technology is to qualify the equipment required to develop future offshore fields with design p
Equinix Supports FASTER Subsea Cable
Equinix announced support for the new FASTER subsea cable system which runs on the trans-Pacific route, connecting United States and Japan. The cable will be backhauled into four of Equinix’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers on the West Coast of the United States including Silicon
Picture of the Day: JULONG Dredger in Kazakhstan
A brand new JULONG 10 inch jet suction dredger, with a pump capacity of 1200 m³/h, was recently commissioned in Kazakhstan. The maximum working depth of this dredging machine is 10 meters. The dredger is equipped with a 220kw diesel engine for the dredge pump, and a 75kw diesel generator to supply p
XPD8 wins North Sea platforms monitoring contract
XPD8 Solutions, an Aberdeen-based asset integrity management specialist, has secured a significant two-year contract with CNR International. The agreement will see the firm providing condition monitoring services to five CNR platforms in the North Sea. Gordon Ellis, operations director at XPD8, said