Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, MSP, was given a tour of pipeline engineering specialist STATS Group, as the company revealed 2011 turnover would exceed £17.5 million ($28.2 million). Mr Salmond was invited to visit STATS’ headquarters in Kintore, near Aberdeen, in recognition of his suppor
A decade or so ago, a question mark hung over the sustainability of the subsea capability in and around Aberdeen. However, the creation of Subsea UK, coupled with improving fortunes for the UK oil & gas supply chain, especially on the international circuit, changed all that. Aberdeen and especially
Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz offshore gas condensate field produced 1.848m tonnes of condensate in 2010, 10.2% more than in 2009. By Rufat Abbasov(Trend) [mappress] Source:Trend.az, February 7, 2011;
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), a part of IHC Merwede, will be showcasing a range of their bespoke engineering solutions at the forthcoming SUBSEA 11, on 9-10 February 2011, Aberdeen at stand number B14. The ambitious engineering company designs, builds and supports offshore equipment, including
The possibility of a subsea cabling project is being investigated by a consortium comprised of Scottish and Southern Energy, Norwegian… [mappress] Source: randstadcpe,February 07, 2011;
Draka Offshore announced today The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has once again selected Draka as their subsea power cable provider with a further purchase of cables and logistical solutions. “It is always exciting to receive new orders, but to quickly receive a second order from a new custom
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $75 million from ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, acting as Technical Service Provider on behalf of the operator Gassco, in the German Sector of the North Sea. This contract is for the engineering, procurement and insta
Technip announced it has acquired all of the assets of Subocean Group, a UK based subsea cable-installation company, working in the Marine Renewables sector. The acquisition, which is effective today, will contribute to Technip’s strategy to develop a leading position in the renewables market in the
During 2010, Nylacast renowned for being “intuitively synchronized” to their customers needs have been working hard to ensure their customers are receiving the value added service where ever they are in the world. After great successes in 2010 and in order to service the North America and Latin mark
Aberdeen based research organisation National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) has appointed David Pridden as CEO. Pridden is well known to the UK’s subsea community. NSRI Chairman Bill Edgar said: ‘Through his championship of the Subsea 2020 vision when he was inaugural CEO of Subsea UK, he was the
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), a part of IHC Merwede, will be showcasing a range of their bespoke engineering solutions at the forthcomi…. [mappress] Source: engb,February 07, 2011;
GE Oil & Gas is pleased to announce it has been issued orders to supply seven (7) subsea tree and wellhead systems, utilizing the VetcoGray… [mappress] Source: geoilandgas,February 07, 2011;
AMC Connector, a future new-build subsea installation and construction vessel from Aker Solutions, has finalised its vessel specs. With a total payload capacity of 9 000 tonnes of subsea power cables or umbilicals, the vessel will be well equipped to target the deepwater installation segment. AMC Co
RWE npower renewables announced the award of a multi-million pound inter-array cabling contract to Draka Offshore for Gwynt y Môr offshore… [mappress] Source: drakamog,February 07, 2011;