Equipment
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
LOI Signed for Jakarta’s Giant Sea Wall South Korea, the Netherlands and Indonesia have signed a letter of intent for a study on a joint realization of the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD), also known as the ‘Giant Sea Wall’ project. Panama Canal Project Enters […]
Picture of the Day: Dredger at Agua Clara Locks
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program, will soon become a reality. With the project 93% completed, the Panama Canal Expansion has reached its final stretch. The filling of the new locks began recently, marking the start of a
GE, Pemex Ink Cooperation Deal
GE and Mexico’s Pemex have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), as part of the GE’s quarterly meeting of its corporate executive council in Crotonville, New York, with the presence of Pemex CEO, Emilio Lozoya Austin and GE’s chairman and CEO, Jeff Immelt. As an answer to the new situation in
Kværner to Build Sverdrup’s Drilling Platform Jacket
Norway’s Statoil has, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partnership, awarded a contract to Kværner Verdal for delivery of the steel jacket for the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform. The contract is an execution of the letter of intent signed by Statoil and Kværner for delivery of two jackets for Johan
Hexatronic Nets Subsea Cable Order from A-2-Sea
Hexatronic Cables & Interconnect Systems has secured a contract with A-2-Sea Solutions Limited for the supply of rock armored submarine ribbon cable. In the contract worth 10 million Swedish Crowns ($1.19 million), Hexatronic will supply approximately 20 km of rock armored submarine ribbon cable, fo
GE, Pemex ink MOU
GE and Mexico’s state-owned oil and gas company Pemex on Thursday signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU was signed in New York with the presence of Pemex CEO, Emilio Lozoya Austin and GE’s Chairman and CEO, Jeff Immelt. According to GE the MOU sets the framework for GE and PEMEX
CAGE Deploys Kongsberg’s K-Lander Observatories Off Svalbard
Two K-Lander observatories from Kongsberg Maritime were deployed offshore Svalbard this summer, to try and unveil the secrets of natural release of the climate gas. The observatories were deployed by the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate Environment and Climate (CAGE) at the University of Tromsø (UiT),
EIVA Launches Software Package for Shallow Water Surveys
Denmark’s EIVA, an offshore survey and engineering specialist, has launched a new software, dedicated for shallow water surveys, the NaviSuite Kuda. “With NaviSuite Kuda, we have taken many of the high-end features of EIVA’s NaviSuite software package and made them available in an affordable bundle
FMC Technologies Delivers Another ROV to C-Innovation
FMC Technologies has delivered seventh UHD-III remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to C-Innovation this month, with an eighth vehicle delivering in October 2015. In addition to the newest two UHD-IIIs, C-Innovation is upgrading all (11) of its first-generation UHD ROVs to increase offshore efficiency, a
GE Bags Another Statoil Deal
GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a four-year framework agreement to provide wellhead equipment and associated services to Statoil with the option of two, two-year extensions. This deal follows the company’s framework agreement with Statoil to provide subsea operations services for its Tordis, Vigdis, S
GE signs wellhead equipment deal with Statoil
GE Oil & Gas has secured a four-year framework agreement to provide wellhead equipment and associated services to Statoil with the option of two, two-year extensions. GE Oil & Gas will provide its DWHC MS-700 SFX and MS-800 SFX wellhead systems to Statoil. The wellhead systems are designed to be a h
OceanTools Launches New Subsea Scanning Tool
Aberdeen-based engineering firm OceanTools has released C-Scan, its new laser based optical 3D scanning system. Encased within subsea housings providing an operational depth rated at 3000m, the C-Scan system comprises a 360O rotary encoder plus a laser triangulation system capable of taking measurem
Spanish Navy Deploys Seismometers in Gulf of Cadiz
Spanish Navy’s Royal Observatory, in collaboration with the patrol boat Vigia, has deployed six seafloor seismometers about 90 miles southwest of Cape St. Vicente. The installation has been done at depths ranging between 4,700 and 4,900 meters. The devices consist of an anchor, buoys, seismic hydrop
Marine GeoSolutions Wraps Up Geophysical Survey of CETO 6 Site
Marine GeoSolutions (MGS), a Perth-based specialist marine geophysical & hydrographic survey company, has completed an offshore marine survey in support of Carnegie Wave Energy’s CETO 6 Yirra Wave Energy project. The project involved the acquisition of hydrographic and geophysical survey data at the