Equipment
News in Photos: West Bay Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, and Plaquemines Parish Government recently signed a Project Partnership Agreement for construction of the Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Program. The project will use sediment obtained from operation and mainten
Shawcor Integrates Sales Force
Canadian pipeline services specialist, Shawcor, will see its eight divisions co-locate in downtown Calgary, AB. According to the company, Canusa-CPS, DSG-Canusa, Flexpipe Systems, Guardian, Shawcor CSI, Shaw Pipe Protection, Shaw Pipeline Services and ShawFlex form a sales super centre in the Dome T
Technip Downgraded on Restructuring News
This week, subsea major, Technip, introduced its restructuring plan in order to tackle the challenging industry environment, speculating an even tougher and prolonged downturn. Following the announcement that Technip will take one-off charges of €650 million due to restructuring, the company’s share
Apply Rig & Modules to tend for Songa Offshore’s rigs in Norway
Apply Rig & Modules, a provider of control systems, products and system packages for the petroleum industry on- and offshore, has been awarded a framework contract from Songa Offshore. The contract is for electrical services and maintenance on all seven of Songa Offshore’s rigs operating on the Norw
Vard picks NDM’s winch package for Kreuz Subsea vessel
Vard has selected Norwegian Deck Machinery (NDM) to supply a large winch package for a new-build Diving Support and Construction Vessel to be built for Kreuz Subsea group. The vessel will be of VARD 3 17 design, with a total length of 91.2 meters and a beam of 21.5 meters, and has been developed esp
NDM’s Winch Package for Kreuz Subsea’s Newbuild
NDM has been selected to supply a large winch package for Kreuz Subsea’s newbuild vessel. The vessel will be of VARD 3 17 design, with a total length of 91.2 meters and a beam of 21.5 meters, and has been developed especially for diving support and subsea construction duties. Designed by Vard Design
Horns Rev 2 Mono Bucket Decommissioned
The meteorological mast, supported by a Mono Bucket foundation, at the Horns Rev 2 wind farm, Denmark, was successfully decommissioned on July 07. The met. mast was no longer required at the Horns Rev 2 wind farm by the current owner Dong Energy, Universal Foundation wrote. The Mono Bucket was one o
Ellicott Celebrates 130 Years of Business
The employees of Ellicott Dredges LLC in Baltimore, Maryland had two big reasons for celebration this week. First Ellicott’s Baltimore plant has achieved an enviable safety record of one thousand (1,000) consecutive working days without a lost time accident. Ellicott values safety at all its locatio
Uzma wins Petronas award
Uzma Berhad’s subsidiary, Uzma Engineering Sdn Bhd, has been awarded a contract for leasing, operation and maintenance of a water injection facility for PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. The company obtained the contract to provide a water injection facility for Petronas’ D18 field offshore Sarawak in July 201
Shawcor forms sales centre in Calgary
Shawcor Ltd., a Canadian energy services company, has announced that eight of its divisions will co-locate in downtown Calgary, AB. Namely, the move will see Canusa-CPS, DSG-Canusa, Flexpipe Systems, Guardian, Shawcor CSI, Shaw Pipe Protection, Shaw Pipeline Services and ShawFlex form a sales super
PSA probes Statoil’s Asgard subsea compression project
On May 28, 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of Statoil’s Åsgard subsea compression project. The Åsgard field lies on the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, about 200 kilometres off mid-Norway and 50 kilometres south of Heidrun. Statoil recently started the instal
Tracerco Wins IOP Innovation Award for Discovery
Tracerco, based in Billingham, received an Innovation Award from the Institute of Physics (IOP) for developing Discovery. Discovery is used to establish the integrity of subsea pipeline assets. The system operates at depths of up to 3000 meters and uses gamma ray tomography to produce high resolutio
Willow Woods as Breakwaters
A three-month ‘Building with Nature’ study has been launched by Ecoshape, Deltares and Witteveen en Bos in the channel to the south of the Ridderkerkse Griend nature reserve in the Netherlands. The study will look at two types of willow woods – pollard willows and an osiery – to see whether it is po
Baker Hughes chemicals for Norwegian oil fields
Norway’s Statoil has awarded Baker Hughes an eight-year contract to design and supply production chemicals to the offshore Norne field and the deepwater Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. Work is anticipated to begin in July 2015, and the contract also includes an extension option of four ye