Equipment
INTECSEA Names New Director of UK Operations
INTECSEA, a deepwater engineering and project management company, has appointed Dave Baker as Director of its UK operations. Baker, who officially joins INTECSEA in April 2015, brings with him over 35 years of industry knowledge and expertise. Previously with JP Kenny, most recently as Managing Dire
CSA Builds Mobile Labs for Oil Spil Response
On behalf of the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) and BP Exploration & Production Inc. (BP), CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc. (CSA) has developed mobile operational and laboratory containers. According to CSA, these containers meet the standards of Det Norske Veritas, American Bureau of Shipping, and
Technip wins subsea contract for Glenlivet project (UK)
Building on the previous award by Total E&P UK of the contract for the Edradour Subsea Development, located approximately 75 km North West of Shetlands in the UK waters, Technip has been awarded an additional scope for the parallel development of the Glenlivet field located nearby. The Glenlivet spe
Liquid Robotics in RBR Top 50 Robotics Companies
Liquid Robotics, the pioneer in unmanned ocean robots, was named one of Robotics Business Review (RBR) Top 50 most noteworthy companies in the global robotics industry for 2015. In the fourth annual RBR50 list, Liquid Robotics was recognized for the Company’s innovation and development of the Wave G
Six Maersk AHTS get Rolls-Royce’s anchor recovery frames (Gallery)
Maersk Supply Service has exercised an option to add Rolls-Royce’s new Anchor Recovery Frames (ARF) to the supply contract awarded in December for deck machinery for six high-end anchor handlers under construction at Norway’s Kleven Verft AS. The contract marks the first reference for Rolls-Royce’s
WGMN finishes Valemon hook-up
Wood Group Mustang Norway (WGMN), together with Statoil, has completed hook-up of the Valemon platform in the North Sea on schedule. Valemon, located on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), is the second Statoil-operated platform to be put into production in the last nine months. WGMN teamed with
Searcher Seismic targets China
Searcher Seismic has announced a commercial marketing agreement with BGP. As a result of this agreement Searcher provides BGP with an exclusive right to market the Searcher multi-client 2D and 3D seismic library within China and receive commission fees on the sales of this data. The agreement covers
VIDEO: OSC Åsgard Subsea Compressor Installation Training
During the summer of 2014, Statoil took part in the procedural training in Offshore Simulator Centre AS (OSC) facilities in the new Norwegian Maritime Competence Center (NMK) in Aalesund. OSC simulated the full Subsea installation with: Vessel, Crane (SHS: Special Handling System), 2x WROV, Obsv. RO
Nautilus Starts Auxiliary Cutter Commissioning
Nautilus Minerals Inc. has announced that the commissioning and Factory Acceptance Testing of its third and final Seafloor Production Tool, the Auxiliary Cutter, has started at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston said: “We are very excited that th
Nautilus’ Final SPT Starts Commissioning at SMD
Nautilus Minerals has announced that the commissioning and Factory Acceptance Testing of its third and final Seafloor Production Tool (SPT), the Auxiliary Cutter, has started at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston, said: “We are very excited that
INEA Inks ‘Blue Growth’ Grant Deals
Three projects under the H2020 priority Blue Growth: unlocking the potential of seas and oceans will receive nearly €14.5 million EU funding to develop tools for the exploration of the underwater world, as well as to advance the Blue Growth economy. BRIDGES, a four year-long project bringing togethe
Subsea Cable Defect at Anholt OWF
An error has been reported in the submarine cable connecting the DONG Energy-operated 400MW Anholt offshore wind farm to the grid on land. The citizens on Anholt lost power for 31 minutes, until the island’s emergency supply was up and running. According to Energinet.dk, It is still too early to say
ECO Technologies Eyes Future Growth
ECO Technologies, an Eastern Canada based environmental services provider, specializing in low impact interventions in sensitive aquatic ecosystems, as well as highly efficient dredging operations in harsh industrial and coastal environments, is continuing with the fundamentals – expertise, experien
DNS begins subsea mattress decommissioning research
Decom North Sea (DNS) has announced a partnership with Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) and subsea engineering and training firm, Jee Ltd, which will investigate efficient solutions for the recovery of concrete subsea mattresses and re-use, thereby contributing to the circular economy. The project involves