Rapidly-evolving energy production technology services company Proserv has secured two major contract wins worth in excess of £15 million for work in the North Sea, further strengthening the company’s market-leading position in the subsea controls and communications field. The first deal is with TAQ
A new report from Douglas-Westwood shows the outlook for the deepwater business to be one of major long-term opportunity. As deepwater projects become increasingly capital-intensive there is an economic challenge for exploration & production (E&P) companies but a significant potential prize for oilf
On 23-24 January, part of Wave Energy Centre’s (WavEC) team has been performing measurements at a wave tank of the University of Porto’s Faculty of Engineering (FEUP) to prepare the testing of a wave energy converter at this tank in April. The Wave Energy Centre is a non-profit organisation, founded
Geological Survey of Ireland announced a tender for the supply of an echosounder. The requirement is for a shallow-water multi-beam (MB) echosounder for deployment on a small vessel during near-shore mapping exercises. It should be suitable for inshore craft and 20m+ vessels. The tender has a value
Statens vegvesen Region vest announced a tender for subsea tunnel seismic survey services with a value between 4 Mln and 6 Mln NOK. E39 Rogfast is a subsea tunnel between Randaberg and Bokn, with an arm up to Kvitsøy in Rogaland. Reflection and refraction seismic has already been performed, at sea a
KONGSBERG had a high level of activity in Q4 2012, with operating revenues of MNOK 4 209. This is 8.4 per cent higher than in Q4 2011. EBITA came to MNOK 480 in Q4, compared with MNOK 544 in Q4 2011. The Group was awarded strategically important contracts in Q4, and the influx of new […]
The Divers Institute of Technology (DIT), Seattle Washington and the Underwater Centre in Fort William, Scotland have formed an alliance to provide American and Canadian divers the opportunity to advance their careers in the global subsea market. The Underwater Centre offers Divers Institute of Tech
In completing over 85% of all energy resources assessments for the domestic scene, Partrac have established themselves as the leading survey company able to deliver high quality data from these environments. Technical Director Kevin Black said: “We have just completed internal reviews for our 2012 A
Technip Offshore Wind has safely and successfully completed contractual work on the installation of 38 array and 8 substation cables on the Lincs wind farm located off the Lincolnshire coast. The project was the first to use the award-winning Pull-In Module (PIM) Technology. Geoff Fisher, Vice Presi
GDF SUEZ has signed a partnership agreement with Cofely Endel, its subsidiary specialized in industrial maintenance, the hydro turbine equipment design company Voith Hydro, the French shipbuilder Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN) and ACE. Through this partnership, GDF SUEZ reaffirms its ma
Heerema Fabrication Group’s Vlissingen yard in the Netherlands last week signed the Letter of Award with Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a fixed jacket for the Dagny field development in the central part of the North Sea. Following the award to HFG’s engineering firm HFG
Work has recently been completed on a pre-dredge multibeam survey onbehalf of BAM Nuttall in Stromness Harbour, Orkney. The £9.2m Copland’s Dock development will see construction of a new 100-metre pier and associated access road in Stromness. Due to the shoaling nature of the site the survey equipm
In August 2012, Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.’s robotics subsidiary, Canyon Offshore Limited (U.K.), was contracted to conduct trenching operations with the T1200 water-jet trenching system in the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm off the coast of the United Kingdom. The scope of work comprise
MMT has just completed a coastal survey in connection to the planned Kårehamn wind farm. Baltic Offshore contracted MMT for a coastal survey, including multibeam survey. A marine cable will connect the new Kårehamn wind farm to the island of Öland. The new bathymetric chart will aid planning and exe
