Equipment
Photo Update: Panama Canal Expansion
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks. To date, the Expansion Program is 88 percent complete. The Panama Canal Expansion is bas
Kongsberg Subsea Package for RV Marion Dufresne
L’Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV, the French Polar Institute) has chosen Kongsberg Maritime subsea hydroacoustic package for the mid-life upgrade of the R/V Marion Dufresne. The delivery includes new Kongsberg Maritime hydrographic equipment in addition to a Simrad EK80 scientific
Amec Foster Wheeler Gets BP Forties Pipeline Contract
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by BP to provide operations, maintenance and project support for the Forties Pipeline System (which includes the Unity offshore platform and onshore pumping stations in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire) and the Central Area Transmission System terminal in
OSRL, SWRP Deliver Subsea Containment Toolkit
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) announce delivery of a containment toolkit which can be used to minimise the environmental impact of a subsea well incident. This news builds on the successful delivery of four subsea well capping stacks in 2013-14, design
Kongsberg Delivers Seaglider Equipped with RSI MicroPod Sensor
Kongsberg Underwater Technologies, Inc. (KUTI) has delivered the first Seaglider™ vehicle equipped with a Rockland Scientific International (RSI) MicroPod™ turbulence sensor. The vehicle was commissioned by the University of East Anglia in the UK (UEA). The MicroPod package is the result of extensiv
Bluestream Boosts ROV Fleet
Bluestream Offshore has ordered a fourth Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV to undertake tasks normally performed by hydraulic vehicles. “Our clients want high-spec equipment to take on more complex construction work at a lower cost,” says Bluestream’s managing director, Rolf de Vries. “For instance, w
TTS Group wins three offshore and deck cranes contracts
A Bergen-headquartered TTS Group ASA has won three contracts through its Business Unit Offshore for delivery of offshore and deck cranes. According to the company, the total worth of the contracts is about $13.21 million. TTS said in its press release that the main contract is with Singapore-based T
OceanWorks Builds Model Node for Vancouver Aquarium
Vancouver-based subsea solution engineering company, OceanWorks, has constructed a 1/3 scale model node that will be installed in the Vancouver Aquarium’s Strait of Georgia tank later this month. Built by a team lead by systems engineer Richard Pomerleau, this demonstration node is a representation
SSCS Provides Mats for Bibby’s Pipeline Project
Norfolk-based, Seabed Scour Control Systems (SSCS), has supplied a quantity of Weighted Frond Mats to Bibby Offshore’s Singapore division for installation along one of the pipelines on the Yadana field in the Andaman Sea. The Mats, delivered on behalf of Total Myanmar, are meant to provide freespan
Kongsberg Completes CAT for cNODE Equipped HUGIN AUV
Kongsberg Maritime has successfully completed the Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT) for the first delivery of its HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with a new cNODE integrated subsea positioning and communication system. During the testing of the new package, which took place during Quarter
Kvaerner: Edvard Grieg topside ready for delivery (Gallery)
Norway’s Kvaerner has informed that the 22 000 tonnes topside for the new offshore platform for the Lundin-operated Edvard Grieg field is ready for delivery. The next phase for the topside is preparations for tow-out and hook-up of all systems before production starts from the field, offshore Norway
Bibby Athena Gets Mini-Ranger 2 Tracking System
Bibby HydroMap, a seabed survey company, has upgraded the Sonardyne Scout acoustic positioning system installed on its coastal survey vessel, Bibby Athena, to the new Sonardyne Mini-Ranger 2 USBL system. Mini-Ranger 2 is the latest addition to Sonardyne’s family of sixth-generation (6G) Ultra-Short
KONGSBERG to supply subsea structures for Ichthys GEP
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (KONGSBERG) has been awarded a contract by Saipem for delivery of subsea structures for the gas export pipeline (GEP) project of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The Ichthys Field is located about 220 km offshore Western Australia and 820 km southwest of Darwi
Dragflow Dredging Pumps for New Suez Canal
Dragflow has supplied two high head dredging pumps (HY85B) with two excavators (EXHY20) for one of the biggest contractors working in the tunneling part of the Suez Canal Development Project. These pumps will work at 44 m depth. This capital project will involve the construction of a tunnel south of