Equipment
Oceaneering’s umbilicals for Shell’s Appomattox field
Oceaneering International, Inc. has been awarded a contract from Shell Offshore Inc. to supply umbilicals for the deepwater Appomattox development located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The order is for electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilicals, totaling approximate
Competitors Team Up to Form Inter Array Engineering
UK’s Advanced Global Energy and Dynamo Electrical, have joined forces to launch a new engineering company Inter Array Engineering. Inter Array Engineering will be based in offices and training facilities in Luton and will offer services of MV/HV/EHV termination and testing, fibre optic services, win
Italdraghe Harvester on Its Way to Kenya
The latest Italdraghe acquatic weed harvester is now on its way to Kenya. Destined to be used to remove the mats of hyacinth and hippo grass that have been steadily taking over the waters of Lake Victoria, the harvester will be based in the city of Kisumu. The harvester, doubly certified by both the
Fugro to Install Rampion Cables
Fugro has been awarded a contract for the installation and burial of array cables at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. The development in the English Channel, 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast, is being built by E.ON alongside partners, the UK Green Investment Bank plc. According to Fugro, the engine
Plexus Launches Python Subsea Wellhead
Plexus has launched the POS-GRIP Python Subsea Wellhead at a ceremony attended by Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism at Offshore Europe 2015 in Aberdeen. The new Python Subsea Wellhead has been under development since 2011 within a Joint Industry Project supported b
Subsea UK’s ROV Conference 2015: Advancements in ROV technology
Advancements in remotely operated vehicle (ROV) technology and the challenges posed by a difficult marketplace will be amongst the topics under the spotlight at Subsea UK’s 2015 ROV Conference. According to Subsea UK, the event which takes place on Friday, September 11, during the final day of Offsh
Sonardyne’s Fusion 6G to Support Egina Subsea Construction
Total, operator for the Egina oil field offshore Nigeria, together with its construction and survey partners, has successfully installed a Fusion 6G subsea positioning network to support its development of the $15 billion project. Supplied by Sonardyne UK, the acoustic technology specified for Egina
New DRAGFLOW Dredger for Chile
The new DRAGFLOW Amphibious Dredger (DRM85/160E22) was sold by their Chilean distributor Jacol to a mining company based in the north of Chile. The machine will work in a tailing pond near a mine in the Atacama Desert. The purpose of this project is to pump back to the mine and to reprocess the old
Seabased in Cable Swap at Sotenäs Wave Power Plant
Finnish energy company, Fortum, and Sweden’s Seabased Industry have agreed to replace an export cable at the demonstration wave power plant off the coast of Smögen, Sotenäs community, in western Sweden. Back in December 2011 Seabased and Fortum signed two contracts, one to deliver a 10 MW demonstrat
Dredge Yard in Mumbai
For the second year Dredge Yard was the key sponsor of the India’s biggest Dredging Conference, held in Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai last week. The annual event focused on analyzing the key trends and developments, highlight recent government initiatives and discuss the best practices and the most pro
ITS Introduces DENS-ITOMETER
Industrial Tomography Systems (ITS) has developed the DENS-ITOMETER, a technology designed around electrical conductivity which offers a greener, simpler and more cost effective alternative to conventional nuclear based systems. Supplied as a pipe based sensor, the new DENS-ITOMETER monitors slurry
VBMS, JDR Win Galloper OWF Cabling
JDR has been sub-contracted to supply the offshore array cables for Galloper Wind Farm Limited (GWFL) by the project’s array cable installation contractor, VBMS (UK), in an overall deal worth around £100 million. JDR will produce 56 sub-sea inter-array cables for the Galloper offshore wind farm, whi
Plexus, Aquaterra to jointly supply HTHP dual barrier risers for jack-ups in North Sea
Plexus Holdings PLC, an oil and gas engineering services business and Aquaterra Energy Ltd, an international energy engineering solutions company, have signed an agreement to jointly supply High Pressure/ High Temperature dual barrier marine risers utilising Plexus’ POS-GRIP technology for the use o
Plexus and Aquaterra Ink Collaboration Agreement
Plexus has signed an agreement with Aquaterra Energy to jointly supply High Pressure/High Temperature dual barrier marine risers utilising Plexus’ POS-GRIP technology, for the use on jack up rigs initially in the North Sea market. Under the Agreement, Plexus will provide 18-3/4″ 15,000 psi jack up W