Equipment
Gallery: ALE mates Malikai topside with hull
ALE, a global heavylift specialist, has mated the topside for Shell’s Malikai tension leg platform with its hull in Malaysia. According to ALE’s press release, the company has jacked-up the Malikai Topside 40m high, before skidding the Topside a distance of 90m whilst at this elevation – making thes
VIDEO: Filling of the PAC-4
As part of the Expansion Program’s fourth phase of the Pacific Access Channel (PAC-4), the process to fill the new channel that will connect Culebra Cut to the new locks in the Pacific side has officially started. The new channel is 6.1 kilometers long and 218 meters wide and 19 million cubic meters
InterMoor Completes Okoro Field Gig Off Nigeria
InterMoor, an Acteon company, recently completed a top chain replacement project the Armada Perkasa FPSO offshore Nigeria. The FPSO is spread-moored in shallow water in the Okoro field. The Okoro field lies at a water depth of 14 meters in block OML 112, which is situated about 12km off the shore of
BSEE inspects Shell’s oil spill response equipment in Alaska
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has inspected Shell’s oil spill response equipment staged in Northern Alaska. The bureau said that two members of its Oil Spill Preparedness Division recently traveled to communities along the Arctic to verify and inspect oil spill response e
Two new FMC Technologies’ ROVs for Bourbon’s vessels
FMC Technologies has delivered two of four new HD remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to Bourbon Offshore this month and will deliver the remaining two in the fourth quarter of 2015 Capable of operating at depths of up to 3,000 meters (9,842 ft.) below sea level, FMC Technologies’ HD ROVs will be mobi
PSA sees flaws in Statoil’s Sleipner ops (Norway)
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Statoil’s administration of emergency preparedness, materials handling and lifting equipment maintenance at Sleipner platform, in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit carried out from August
Red Marine’s load test system for ‘Skandi Africa’
Red Marine has recently delivered a high capacity load test system to Technip for the periodic load testing of the pipelay system onboard the subsea construction vessel Skandi Africa. The vessel has been specifically designed for pipelaying in harsh environments and in water depths of up to 3,000m.
Oyster Secures R&D Funds
Aquamarine Power and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) have together secured an €800,000 (£580,000) EU Horizon 2020 grant to improve the performance of Aquamarine Power’s Oyster wave energy converter. The company has already built and operated two full-scale Oyster machines at the
Hitachi Excavators Working in Ghana
Three Hitachi excavators are working on a $30 million government-funded coastal defense project in Ghana. Hitachi ZX350LCH-3G duo and one ZX470LCH-5G are being utilized by Xara Developers for the construction of a 2km revetment along the Gulf of Guinea coastline. Measuring 5.5m high, it will protect
New Coastal Protection for Cadzand
During a regular safety check of the Dutch coastline several locations were identified where the coastal protection is unable to withstand a 4,000 years super storm. These locations are seen as weak links in the Dutch coastline. In Cadzand Bad, located close to the Belgian border in the Dutch provin
BP and Subsea 7 Jump In on Magma’s M-Pipe Development
Magma Global has signed a joint development agreement with BP and Subsea 7 in a project to qualify Magma’s carbon fibre m-pipe as the next generation of subsea pipelines. The programme is also supported by the National Composites Centre (NCC) and Innovate UK, the Government initiative established to
DeepOcean Bags Shell North Sea Survey Gig
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has been awarded a call-off contract for provision of ROV based Survey Services by Shell in the North Sea. According to DeepOcean, the contract is for three years plus options. “Shell in the Greater North Sea has been on our Clien
Rampion OWF Seabed Ops to Start This Week
Work will begin this week at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, in readiness for the first foundation installation in January, E.ON UK informed today. This will include clearing boulders on the seabed along the cable route and around each of the 116 foundation positions to allow safe and effective inst
IKM Secures Sverdrup Hot-Tap Contract
IKM Ocean Design has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Johan Sverdrup gooseneck spool and retrofit hot-tap tee from Statoil on behalf of operator Gassco. Part of the gas export solution from the Johan Sverdrup field, the assignment will take about two years to c