Plexus Holdings plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering announces its interim results for the six months to 31 December 2012. Highlights Financial · 21% increase in sales revenue to £11.3m (2011
The first graduate to come through the Fort William-based subsea training facility, The Underwater Centre, as a result of a Caithness Chamber of Commerce-led funding initiative has already secured a job in the industry. Kevin Macleod (30), of Caithness, who was working as an instrument technician wi
Ballast Nedam has signed a contract for the installation of foundations at the German EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm with ARGE BALTIC 2 Foundations, a joint venture between HOCHTIEF Solutions AG, GeoSea N.V. and HOCHTIEF Offshore Crewing GmbH. Ballast Nedam will erect the project’s 39 monopile and
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a renewed Framework Agreement with Statoil to provide subsea operations services for its developments on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The duration of the agreement is five years with options for three additional three-year extensions. Under the
Various contractors are using Lerwick’s comprehensive services and facilities, including extensive laydown areas and deep-water quays and anchorages, to support subsea installation work on the Laggan-Tormore fields, West of Shetland, and construction of the associated Shetland Gas Plant next to the
The new purpose-built headquarters for subsea installation contractor, Bibby Offshore is entering its final phase of construction. The new 53,427 sq. ft. office facility at Prospect Park, Westhill, which represents a multi-million pound investment, is on track to be completed by April 2013. Bibby Of
Scottish-based FoundOcean has been working at the Costa Concordia wreck removal site since October 2012, having been awarded the scope of work to design, manufacture, and grout two and a half thousand fabric formworks, which will support the ship’s hull during the up-righting phase of the salvage op
MMT has been appointed by Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH to conduct a pre lay survey and ROV inspection of the IAG at the Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Park. This project is now ongoing and MMT uses the survey & ROV vessel IceBeam, equipped with a Kongsberg EM2040 Dual Head Multibeam and a Sub-Atlantic Moh
Modus Seabed Intervention continues to demonstrate its commitment to be at the forefront of subsea technologies with the creation of a new Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) division. The North East England-based company has begun an investment programme into a planned fleet of AUV units; utilised
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced that it has been contracted by Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI) as the supplier of the POSEIDON project, a high-capacity undersea cable system that will enable advanced communications for
Statoil and its partners have started up production on the Stjerne field, 13 kilometres southwest of the Oseberg South platform in the North Sea. Stjerne is the fifth of Statoil’s fast-track projects in production. “This is a good example of how to make smaller discoveries profitable. The project ha
Ocean Installer has been awarded a major Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation (EPCI) contract for subsea installations and tie-in operations at the Statoil operated fields Gina Krog (former Dagny) and Eirin. The total contract value is approximately USD 85 million (NOK 500 million),
Dolphin Geophysical has received a letter of award for two new 3D seismic contract surveys in Norway, for an undisclosed client of approximately 2.300 sq. km. in total. The surveys are located in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea and will be acquired by the high capacity 3D seismic vessels, Polar
STATS Group has successfully isolated a 24″ oil export line on BP’s Marnock ETAP spur line located in the Central North Sea to allow the replacement of a 16” valve. STATS deployed its 24” Remote Tecno Plug to isolate a pressure of 60 Bar providing safe working conditions to allow valve replacement a
