Equipment
Forsys Subsea Good to Go
FMC Technologies and Technip informed that Forsys Subsea, a 50/50 joint venture, has received all regulatory approvals. The parties closed the transaction making Forsys Subsea operational on June 1, 2015. Launch events for Forsys Subsea will be held in London, Houston, Oslo, Paris, Rio and Singapore
DSME orders Alfa Laval tech for six LNG newbuilds
Alfa Laval informed it has won its first order for a completely new and very robust compact heat exchanger for gas-fuel conditioning from the Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
DSME orders Alfa Laval tech for six LNG newbuilds
Alfa Laval informed it has won its first order for a completely new and very robust compact heat exchanger for gas-fuel conditioning from the Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
Kongsberg Introduces Innovative Subsea Monitoring System
Kongsberg Maritime has launched the new Simrad Autonomous EK system to carry out continuous long term, in-depth ecosystem monitoring of the subsea environment. The Simrad Autonomous EK system uses wideband echo sounding technology to discriminate between plankton and different fish species producing
VIDEO: Progress on UDDP Scheme
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) and Vitens Evides International (VEI) from the Netherlands have just released an update video about their Urban Dredging Demonstration Project (UDDP) in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. This program, launched in 2014, is strongly focused on improving the
CT Offshore’s New Trencher ROV to Work at Gode Wind
Start June 2015, CT Offshore’s new trencher ROV, the CTO 107-1100, will be deployed at DONG Energy’s Gode Wind 1 + 2 Offshore Wind Farms. CT Offshore will install the 97 inter-array cables. According to CT Offshore, smoother operation and a faster and more precise burial of the cables are some of th
WATCH: Ulstein Presents New Subsea Concept
Ulstein has introduced its new X-STERN EXTENDER concept, a feature which, according to the company, turns a relatively small vessel into a flexible subsea vessel with an extendable moon pool in the aft. This feature increases safety in subsea operations, and the vessel’s smaller size reduces total o
News in Photos: The ‘Mac’ Completes Its Task
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has just announced that after 62 days of work their hopper dredger McFarland successfully completed emergency dredging operations on the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. The ‘Mac’, one of four oceangoing hopper dredgers owned and opera
Omega Subsea Launches UK Subsidiary
Norwegian-based Omega Subsea has established a subsea subsidiary in the UK. Founded in 2012, Omega Subsea provides total project management and onshore/offshore consultancy services for the oil and gas and renewable industry sectors. In addition to the new office in Aberdeen, Omega Subsea has office
VIDEO: The WK 100 NG-AS Working in Germany
MBN Lars Hoppe, dealer for Waterking amphibious excavators and accessories in Germany, recently organized dredging demonstration for a German water board district. The demonstration started with the help of a Waterking WK 100 NG-AS. The amphibious excavator was equipped with side pontoons and spudpo
EnerQuip: New oil and gas services company launched in Aberdeen
Former AMC Engineering directors have established a new oil and gas services company EnerQuip, with the goal to provide torque machines and associated services to the drilling and downhole tools sectors. The company, initially located in Tullos, Scotland, has said it plans to make an initial investm
West False River Barrier Project on Track (VIDEO)
According to the Department of Water Resources (DWR), construction of a temporary emergency drought barrier at West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is its nearing completion. The barrier now spans the approximately 750-foot-wide river between Jersey and Bradford islands and blocks sa
Subsea Issues Delay Production from Chevron’s Big Foot
Chevron advised that the Big Foot tension-leg platform (TLP) will be moved to sheltered waters from its location in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico following damage to subsea installation tendons. The tendons were pre-installed in preparation for connection to the Big Foot TLP. Between Friday, May
Atlas to train production workers on Ichthys project
Aberdeen-based Atlas Knowledge has been awarded a contract by INPEX to provide training for production workers involved in the $34 billion Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Australia. According to Atlas’ press release, the multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement will see the international learning te