Equipment
Exova wins Kaombo pipeline contract
Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has been awarded a £2.5 ($3.82) million contract by CRC–Evans Offshore to provide pipeline material, welding and AUT qualification testing for the Kaombo project offshore Angola. Pipelaying on the ultra-deepwater offshore project
Damen upgrades Van Oord’s ‘Stornes’ to work in greater depths
Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel, Stornes, has recently been in Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam for a scope of work which allows the vessel to operate at greater water depths in future. Stornes is a 175m long, 26.24m wide, DP2 vessel used for subsea rock installation to protect piping. Si
The Hydrographic Society UK Gets New Chairman
Ian Holden, currently Project Surveyor with DOF Subsea in Aberdeen, has been elected Chairman of The Hydrographic Society UK (THS UK) in succession to David Parker, the UKHO’s Hydrography Manager with particular responsibility for its Civil Hydrography Program (CHP). A former Liverpool Port Hydrogra
Sonardyne’s SPRINT for MMT’s Surveyor Interceptor
Sweden’s MMT selected Sonardyne’s acoustically aided inertial navigation system, SPRINT for its 2,000 metre rated remotely operated vehicle, Surveyor Interceptor. Designed for subsea vehicles, Sonardyne believes, SPRINT makes optimal use of acoustic aiding data including USBL, LBL and Doppler Veloci
Connect LNG unveils new loading system
Connect LNG, a Norwegian engineering company, said it has recently finalized customer studies, proving cost reductions associated with the construction of vessel berthing and LNG loading. Connect LNG’s loading solution has through recent customer projects shown cost savings of up to 80% compared to
Connect LNG unveils new loading system
Connect LNG, a Norwegian engineering company, said it has recently finalized customer studies, proving cost reductions associated with the construction of vessel berthing and LNG loading. Connect LNG’s loading solution has through recent customer projects shown cost savings of up to 80% compared to
Siemens, J–Power Systems Get NEMO LINK Contract
NEMO LINK announced the two winning contractors who will build the first electricity interconnector between Great Britain and Belgium. They are Siemens and J–Power Systems, the Japan-based company, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. The contracts are together valued at about €500m (U
DFI Proceeds Diamond Campaign Off Namibia
Diamond Fields International (DFI ) has announced a restart of offshore marine operations on its Namibian concessions in a joint venture with International Mining and Dredging South Africa (IMD), a subsidiary of International Mining and Dredging Holdings, Limited (IMDH) and an associate company of N
VIDEO: MegaPEX Experiment on the Sand Motor
By depositing a large amount of sand in a single operation, between March 2011 and November 2011, Rijkswaterstaat together with contractors and the provincial authority of Zuid-Holland created the hook-shaped peninsula, the Sand Motor. This innovative method for coastal protection is the first exper
New Damen’s Dredger for Noordland BV
Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam is constructing an innovative razor shell dredger for the Dutch fishing cooperative YE 118 Noordland BV. The 43-meter vessel, sharing the same name as the cooperative, shows how a standard Maaskant design can be modified to meet the ever changing requirements of t
Delmar Sets Up New R&D Team
Delmar Systems, a Broussard-based mooring and subsea specialist, has created a new R&D team dedicated to developing innovative mooring and subsea technology. According to the company, establishment of the R&D team will allow Delmar Systems to address its customer and market technology needs in the m
Karsten Moholt to work on Songa rigs
Karsten Moholt AS, a specialist in electro-mechanical machinery that serves energy, offshore, shipping and subsea businesses, has been awarded a framework agreement from Songa Offshore. The agreement is for inspection, monitoring, service and repair of rotating electrical equipment on all of Songa O
Apply subcontracted for Sverdrup accommodation module
Norway’s Apply Leirvik has signed a contract for an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) delivery of the Johan Sverdrup Accommodation module. The company says that with a value of around NOK 2 billion ($252.1 million), this is its largest contract ever. The Accommodation module is part of
Big Foot Delayed Indefinitely as More Tendons Sink
Three more tendons on the Chevron’s Big Foot tension-leg platform (TLP) have sunk, causing an indefinite delay to the start of the project. As Reuters reports, nine of sixteen tendons have sunk to the seabed after failing to float. Chevron previously reported that the Big Foot TLP was not connected