Equipment
Tritech Sonar for Sistac ROV
Tritech has sold a multibeam sonar Gemini, to remotely operated vehicle (ROV) providers Sistac Sistemas de Acesso. Sistac initially hired a deep-rate Gemini to evaluate its performance during sea trials. The Gemini 720id multibeam sonar is now the primary sonar onboard Sistac’s Soil Machine Dynamics
MTG to Present Latest Solutions
MTG will be at the Europort 2015 exhibition in Rotterdam (3-6 November), introducing its latest solutions for the dredging market. The main innovation is DMET, a hammerless system which ensures maximum reliability and productivity even in the most demanding applications and environments. It is a G.E
Royal IHC at Europort 2015
Royal IHC will take part in Europort 2015, the maritime exhibition set for 3-6 November at Ahoy Rotterdam, with a focus on all areas of the shipbuilding industry. “Europort has become one of the world’s leading meeting places for professionals and pioneers in our markets,” said IHC’s Strategy & Comm
VIDEO: How to Dismount Cutter Head
Royal IHC, a Dutch builder of vessels and equipment for the dredging and offshore oil & gas industries, has just introduced a video that shows how to remove a cutter head and prevent eventual damage during the process. The cutter heads and teeth on the dredgers are exposed to extreme forces and wear
Sonardyne Bags TES Order for Middle East
Abu-Dhabi based TES Survey Equipment Services LLC is to become the first company in the Middle East to rent the 6G underwater acoustic positioning technology from Sonardyne International Ltd. The order for multiple Mini-Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) systems and Wideband Sub-Mini 6 Plus (WSM 6
WATCH: UBW Presents New Research Submersible
U-Boat Worx (UBW), has launched a transparent 3-person submersible capable of diving to 1,700 meters the C-Researcher 3. UBW, in collaboration with scientists has designed a compact, DNV GL-classed, submersible that enables scientists, policy makers and philanthropists to explore the world’s oceans.
Exceed Introduces Decommissioning Collaboration Tool
Exceed has launched online information management system for the offshore decommissioning market. Exceed has invested in excess of £300,000 in the development of iVISION, an online platform which connects multi-location, multi-discipline teams and business units through one central point where infor
Alfa Laval to provide boiler modules for FPSO offshore Nigeria
Alfa Laval, a Swedish heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling company, has won an order to supply its Alfa Laval Aalborg boiler modules for an FPSO vessel to be moored offshore Nigeria. The company has said that the order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Systems segment, has a value
VIDEO: Replacing Rubber Rings in Gate Valves
Royal IHC has just released a video showing the procedure for replacing Rubber Rings in Gate Valves and what to do if you encounter difficulties while doing it yourself. IHC Parts & Services, as part of the Royal IHC group, has been manufacturing valves for more than sixty years. The company has ext
NPD Gives Green Light for Gullfaks Subsea Boost
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted the licensees of Gullfaks Sør consent for start-up and operation of new subsea wet gas compressor and umbilical on the Gullfaks field in production licence 050. The Gullfaks project is the second major seabed gas compression project that will be
Statoil gets nod for new subsea wet gas compressor on Gullfaks
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted the licensees of Gullfaks Sør consent for start-up and operation of new subsea wet gas compressor and umbilical on the Gullfaks field in production licence 050, in the northern North Sea. Statoil is the operator at Gullfaks Sør with 51%. Other pa
Helix Energy in deepest pipeline trenching project offshore Brazil
Houston-headquartered Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., an oil and gas services company, has been awarded by Shell a deepwater trenching contract in Parque das Conchas field (BC-10) offshore Brazil. Namely, the Anglo/Dutch oil and gas major Shell, has awarded a contract to Helix’s robotics subsidi
Trelleborg, Schoolhill Support BP’s Shah Deniz Project
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has produced a seal for a valve designed by Schoolhill Hydraulic Engineering for BP’s Shah Deniz field. The subsea QEV (quick exhaust valve) has been created for a subsea HIPPS (high integrity pressure protection system) at the South Caspian Sea site. Trelleborg created
Canyon Offshore Bags Shell Trenching Gig
Shel has awarded a contract to Helix’s robotics subsidiary, Canyon Offshore, to trench and bury over 40 kilometers of pipe in 1675 meters of water in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The work will be performed at the Shell-operated BC-10 field in the fourth quarter of 2015 from the DP III M/V Grand