Equipment
Alfa Laval pumps for FSO in Norway
Alfa Laval, a Swedish company specialising in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply Framo pumping systems for an FSO project in Norway. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Pumping Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 115 million ($13
IKM nets EPC contract from Statoil
Statoil has awarded the EPC Contract for the Zeepipe IIA Gooseneck Spool and Retrofit Hot Tap Tee to IKM Ocean Design. According to IKM, the contract has a duration of approximately 18 months for the completion of detailed design/engineering, procurement and construction. The work starts immediately
News in Photos: Negrini Equipment at Work
Negrini company, specialized in engineering and manufacturing a comprehensive range of grabs and buckets for rope machines and crawler mounted cranes, has been active in the market since 1967. The company’s equipment is very well-known for quality as well as for the very accurate and skillful engine
ABB Lands $900 Mln NordLink Deal
ABB has won orders worth around $900 million from a consortium comprising leading utilities Statnett and TenneT as well as promotional bank KfW to supply on-shore (HVDC) converter stations and the cable system in the German sector that will facilitate the first ever interconnection between the Norwe
MMT Presents Surveyor Interceptor at Ocean Business
MMT will showcase its new Surveyor Interceptor ROV (SROV) at the Ocean Business, an offshore technology event being held from April 14 – 16 at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. MMT has, together with Reach Subsea AS, developed the Surveyor Interceptor (SROV), which is specially desi
Open Ship Day for Grand Canyon II
Myklebust Verft and Volstad Maritime will hold an open vessel day aboard Grand Canyon II on Saturday March 21. Back in March 2014, Kleven secured a deal with Ålesund-based ship owner Volstad Maritime for the delivery of two offshore construction vessels (OCVs), Grand Canyon II and Grand Canyon III.
Statoil to install ‘world’s first wet gas compressor’ (Gallery)
Statoil has informed that the world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea to provide another 22 million barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir. “I’m very proud of this proj
PHOTO: OneSubsea Delivers Gullfaks Wet Gas Compressor to Statoil
The world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform to provide another 22 million barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir. “I’m very proud of this project. Subsea compression is a game changer f
Jee to Demonstrate U-tube in Scottish Tidal Waters
Jee Ltd has been awarded phase two of a contract with Scottish Enterprise, which will see the company undertake the demonstration of their “U-tube” solution in Scottish tidal waters. In September 2014, Jee secured a phase one contract with Scottish Enterprise, which involved a pioneering study for t
Deltares: New Nature in New Meuse River
Under the umbrella of the Ecoshape partnership, Deltares will be starting this year on greening the banks of the New Meuse river in Rotterdam. On 16 March, Ecoshape signed a memorandum of understanding to that effect with nine other parties. Ecoshape is involved with this program on the basis of the
US Seismic Systems Suspends Ops and Terminates All Employees
Acorn Energy has stopped funding its majority-owned US Seismic Systems (USSI) subsidiary and USSI has suspended operations and “terminated substantially all employees”. USSI intends to sell its assets and is exploring ways to maximize value for creditors and other stakeholders, expecting that most o
Aquamarine Power Reveals Oyster Testing Results
Aquamarine Power has published operational information gathered during months of testing their Oyster 800 wave machine at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The academic analysis examines data generated by the Oyster 800 machine last year – which includes operating during major stor
CGG Nets 3D Seismic Off Colombia
CGG has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to acquire and process a 16,314 square kilometers 3D seismic survey on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia. According to the company, the survey will be the largest marine seismic program ever acquired in Colombia an
Sonardyne’s Fusion 6G for Moho Nord Field
Sonardyne International Ltd. has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by UTEC, an Acteon company, to supply Fusion 6G acoustic positioning technology for the Moho Nord subsea project situated 75 kilometres off the coast of Congo. The equipment will be used to support the installation of 230 k