Interventek Subsea Engineering has secured funding from the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) towards the development of the control system for a new subsea in-riser landing string, designed to reduce the size, weight, complexity and cost of this critical well intervention equipment for oil and g
QED Naval have completed the setup of the performance trials of the ballast system of the Subhub Community Demonstrator. The trials will take place over the next 3 months, initially situated at a sheltered water, low flow site in Castle Ward Bay. The conditions will be progressively increased in mag
SubConn, in collaboration with MacArtney, has invested in expanding its production facilities. The company has invested in a 2,300 m2 new location that combined with its existing 2,500 m2 is set to double their existing production facilities. With new premises and investments in production equipment
Aqueos and Otto Candies have entered into a multi-year agreement for the charter of the DSV Kelly Ann Candies, a USA built multi-role DP2 diving support vessel. The vessel has a built-in 14-man draeger saturation diving system complete with 3-man bell, moon-pool bell launch with cursor, self propell
Canyon Offshore, the Robotics division of Helix, has entered into an agreement with Otto Candies for the charter of the Jones Act-compliant inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel Ross Candies. The charter will start in July 2019 upon completion of a previously scheduled regulatory dry dock.
Oceaneering and Pacific Drilling have entered into a five-year ‘Digital Services Package’ agreement. The deal will allow the provision of emerging services such as remote ROV piloting, surveying, and automation aboard Pacific Drilling’s drillship fleet. The collaboration between Oceaneering and Paci
Oceaneering International has secured a drilling and completion support contract for integrated services with Wintershall Norge. The contract covers ROV services for the drilling unit West Mira, which will perform production drilling on Wintershall-operated fields in the Norwegian Continental Shelf,
Oilfield services investment company Akastor recorded profit of NOK 62 million ($7 million) for the first-quarter 2019 compared to loss of NOK 19 million ($2 million) same time in 2018. The Oslo-listed company as a group generated some 21 per cent higher revenue (NOK 1.1 billion) in the Q1 2019 from
Engineering and construction specialist Subsea 7 has seen recognised loss in the quarter ended March 31, 2019 on activity drop in renewables and heavy lift business units, forex expenses and tax charge against prior-year comparable period. The Oslo-listed firm posted quarterly loss of $19 million, o
Recently, ZTT Submarine Cable (ZTTSC) completed the factory test and delivery of 500kV AC submarine cable for the second-circuit transmission line project for Zhejiang Zhoushan Networking North Passage. The leaders and experts from Zhejiang Electric Power affiliated to State Grid, China Electric Pow
Sonardyne is supplying long endurance acoustic sensing technology for a new seabed observatory that will provide critical information about earthquake and tsunami hazards is to be deployed offshore Vancouver, Canada. The new Northern Cascadia Subduction Zone Observatory (NCSZO) will use a “seafloor
Subsea Internet of Things (SIoT) specialists, WFS Technologies has developed new way to enhance operational effectiveness, while reducing risk and preventing interruption to pipeline production. The patented Seatooth PipeLogger is an integrated pipeline, umbilical, risers and flowlines temperature m
A joint initiative of the H2020 OPERA and INTERREG 2SEAS MET-CERTIFIED projects is setting up a a workshop on certification of marine energy converters. Both the OPERA and MET-CERTIFIED projects have been applying the IEC standards to real world wave and tidal energy deployments. The workshop aims t
SIMEC Atlantis Energy, a sustainable energy generation company, has informed that its tidal energy project MeyGen has exported over 15GWhrs to the grid. According to the company’s social media update, this represent a new record of exported tidal energy to the grid, surpassing the previous record of
