Equipment
TMT Assists in East Spar NCC Buoy Decommissioning
Australia’s Total Marine Technology has been contracted to support the decommissioning of a Navigation Communication Control (NCC) Buoy at East Spar in the North West Shelf. TMT will provide ROV operated cutting equipment, hydraulic power equipment as well as making some custom tooling to complete t
SHI orders GTT tech for FSRU
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG received a new order for a Floating Storage & Regasification Unit from the Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries.
EMAS AMC completes two subsea tieback projects in Gulf of Mexico
Ezra Holdings Limited, a contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, announced on Monday that its Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC has completed the first two of three Noble Energy-operated subsea tieback projects in the US Gulf of Mexico. The scope of wor
J2 Subsea and WeSubsea Partnership Continues
J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, has renewed its global sales and rental distribution partnership with WeSubsea. The partnership provides customers around the world with technical support from J2 Subsea, and global access to the WeSubsea range of baskets, dredgers and tooling, available for rental and
Xodus in Second Stage of Multiphase Flow Reserach
International energy consultancy Xodus Group and Dutch innovation company TNO have completed the first phase of a joint industry project (JIP) into the dynamic forces which affect the integrity of piping systems, in particular through multiphase flow. The second phase of the project, which is expect
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 21 – September 27). Project Development International (PDi), part of Ceona, has secured more than £6 million in project awards in 2015 to date. In August 2012, Hammersmith-based SURF contrac
Hycom to Maintain Van Oord’s Vessels
Hycom BV, part of the HYDAC-group, has signed an international service agreement with Van Oord. The outline agreement contains a worldwide concentrated system in which partnership is central. The two parties agreed to cooperate exclusively over the next 3 years on maintenance and repairs of all hydr
Vox Maxima Starts Its Indonesian Job
Van Oord’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, the Vox Maxima, has started the dredging work for the creation of Pluit City, an artificial island in the bay of Jakarta, Indonesia. The Pluit City project is being developed by Van Oord–Boskalis joint venture with the completion date set for 2018.
GE Deal May Bring 1000 New Jobs to UK Energy Sector
GE has reached an agreement with the UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) to access export financing for up to $12 Billion. This agreement will initially support both confirmed and potential orders in a number of international markets including Brazil, Ghana, India and Mozambique.As GE w
Offshore Energy 2015: MMT to Hold SROV Presentation
Founder and CTO of marine survey specialist MMT, Ola Oskarsson, will give a presentation on “3D visualization of subsea structures” at Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 on October 14 in Amsterdam. The Offshore Energy Conference is a platform for discussing key topics and solutions for the
Tauranga Dredging Set for Next Week
The long awaited dredging of the Tauranga Harbor shipping channels is about to begin. Danish dredging company, Rohde Nielsen, the successful tenderer for the project, will start dredging operations in the area during the next week. Port of Tauranga will widen and deepen the shipping channels from 12
Texas A&M University Launches Ocean Engineering Department
The College of Engineering at Texas A&M University has announced the establishment of the Department of Ocean Engineering. The department combines two existing programs within Texas A&M University, one on the campus in College Station, Texas, and one on the marine-oriented campus in Galveston, Texas
Atlantis Completes Subsea Cable Laying for MeyGen
Atlantis has completed the laying of four subsea cables at the MeyGen site in northern Scotland. The four cables are housed in individual bore holes of approximately 0.5km in length each, drilled earlier this year, which run from the foreshore into the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth and down to t
Jan De Nul Opens Sediments Treatment Center
Attended by the national and regional political world, the SEDIMED research project partners and co-funders, Envisan France inaugurated its Eco-Materials Production Center in La Seyne-sur-Mer yesterday, the first center of its kind in the Mediterranean area. Envisan France is the French environmenta