Equipment
Ecosse Subsea Systems Adds MASfab
Banchory-based subsea technology specialist, Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS), has acquired MASfab for an undisclosed sum. The County Durham-based MASfab provides a range of fabrication, welding and construction services to the oil, gas and renewables sectors. As part of the deal MASfab has been awarded
Subsea 7 Lands USD 300 Mln Maria Gig
Subsea 7 has been awarded of a contract with a value of approximately USD 300 million for the Maria field development by Wintershall Norge AS. The pipeline and subsea construction contract consists of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of 95 kilometres of rigid flowlines
Vertech Invests in Growth
International oil service firm Vertech, part of Global Energy Group (GEG) has announced plans for rapid growth at its new Aberdeen office in the next five years. Only a few months old, the Granite City arm of the Australian company, said it aims to achieve £40 million annual turnover from the base.
Polar Duchess in 3D Barents Shoot
Dolphin Geophysical, in partnership with TGS, is currently acquiring 4,100km² of Multi-Client 3D Broadband seismic in the Barents Sea. The Polar Duchess is utilising 12 streamers and is working towards a planned completion date in June 2015. The Ringvassøy survey will cover open acreage of the Norwe
Kvaerner Earns $18.3 Mln in Q1
Kvaerner, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, has recorded net profit for total operations of NOK 137 million ($18.3 million) in first quarter 2015, compared to NOK 63 million ($8.4 million) in the corresponding quarter last year. Basic and diluted earnings per share for t
Scientists Study Ocean Acidification Effects at Raunefjord
In a new experiment with the KOSMOS mesocosms, scientists from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel address key questions about the impacts of ocean acidification on the food web and biogeochemical cycling. As part of this study, which runs until the end of June in Raunefjord, Bergen (Nor
GIW Pump for Chinese Dredging Contractor
GIW Industries, Inc., a company involved in the design, manufacture and application of heavy duty centrifugal slurry pumps, has announced the successful design and installation of a unique underwater pump system for a Chinese dredging contractor. This equipment package consists of a GIW® Minerals LH
News in Photos: Dredging the Boone’s Landing
Groh Dredging and Marine Construction of Wisconsin is entering the final phase of the Boone’s Landing dredging project. So far, approximately 75% of the dredging works have been completed. The company is dredging an area 150 feet long and 100 feet wide at the boat ramp. The work will remove 2 to 4 f
Plexus gets third well order from Maersk Oil
Plexus Holdings PLC, an oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has secured an additional purchase order with Maersk Oil’s Danish business unit to supply its wellhead system and mudline services for a well offshore
Plexus Wins Another Delivery for Maersk
Plexus has secured an additional purchase order with Maersk Oil’s Danish business unit to supply its wellhead system and mudline services for a well offshore in the Danish sector of the North Sea. According to Plexus, the value of the order is estimated at approximately £1.25 million with revenues s
Nexans’ third delivery to Statoil’s Snøhvit
Nexans has delivered one umbilical to the Snøhvit offshore field in Norway, which is the company’s third delivery in a €45 million ($50.59 million) contract with Statoil. Nexans said that Statoil’s Snøhvit gas field, the largest industrial project off the coast of northern Norway, will be equipped w
Heerema Starts Mooring Setup at Ichthys
Mooring installation works have begun at the Ichthys Field in the Browse Basin about 220 kilometres offshore Western Australia as part of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s ongoing offshore installation campaign. The first of 49 foundation piles was safely deployed and driven into the seabed o
Mooring works kick off at Ichthys project (Australia)
Mooring installation works have begun at the Ichthys Field in the Browse Basin about 220 kilometres offshore Western Australia as part of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s ongoing offshore installation campaign. The first of 49 foundation piles was deployed and driven into the seabed on Wedne
GAC Hull Cleaning System in Singapore
GAC EnvironHull’s hull cleaning technology has made its Asian debut at this year’s Sea Asia exhibition, marking its introduction at one of the world’s busiest ports, Singapore. The HullWiper Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) system was launched in late 2013 in the United Arab Emirates and has since be