Operations & Maintenance
Two Dalby Offshore Apprentices Complete 1st Sea Trip
Dalby Offshore apprentices Chris Baxter and Nick Marsay have both successfully completed their first stint on the Dalby fleet. After completing their medical, STCW, Slinger & Banksman course, and learning some basics at 54 North Maritime Training, they were ready for their first trip to sea. The two
Technip Bags Layang Subsea Gig
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Ltd in the Layang field, Block SK10, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia at a water depth of 85 meters. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of three flexible pi
Craig Wiggins to Lead Aker Solutions’ MMO in UK
Aker Solutions has appointed Craig Wiggins as its managing director of maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in the UK. Wiggins will be based in Aberdeen and have responsibility for the company’s brownfield engineering capability in the region. “We’re very pleased to welcome Craig
Atlantic Towing inks Cape Sharp Tidal deal
Nova Scotia-based Atlantic Towing has secured a contract to provide tug and barge services to the Cape Sharp Tidal project in Canada. Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between Emera and OpenHydro, plans to deploy two 2 MW tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. According to Emera, the agree
Bourbon Gets Two More FMC ROVs
FMC Technologies has delivered the remaining two, in series of four, new Heavy Duty remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) ordered by Bourbon Offshore. Two of these HD ROVs, designed by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics, were delivered in September this year, with the remaining two announced for the fo
Alam Wins PFLNG1 Gig
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Petronas Floating LNG 1 Ltd (PFLL), subcontracted Alam Maritim Resources to perform offshore works of final positioning and mooring system hook-up on its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. This is the second pa
C-Innovation Boosts Its ROVs with Sonardyne SPRINT
C-Innovation, a provider of deepwater ROV services within the oil and gas sector, has placed an order for SPRINT Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) from Sonardyne International. SPRINT is an acoustically aided inertial navigation system for subsea vehicles. SPRINT has been fully integrated into UHD R
OPT tests its new power take-off system
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has begun the testing of a redesigned APB350 power take-off (PTO) system, in addition to completing the repairs on its APB350 A1 PowerBuoy. According to OPT, the accelerated life testing (ALT) consists of operating PTOs in tandem with accelerated operating profiles, wh
Gardline Wins London Array Extensions
Gardline Environmental’s Coastal Division has recently been awarded contract extensions at the London Array offshore wind farm. These extensions mean that the Marian Array, Ellida Array and Smeaton Array, as well as the Gardian 7, will continue crew transfer operations supporting the O&M teams at Lo
Gardline Wins London Array Extensions
Gardline Environmental’s Coastal Division has recently been awarded contract extensions at the London Array offshore wind farm. These extensions mean that the Marian Array, Ellida Array and Smeaton Array, as well as the Gardian 7, will continue crew transfer operations supporting the O&M teams at Lo
Centrica to Develop Butch as Subsea Tie-in to Ula
Butch discovery operator, Centrica Energy Norway, and partners have decided that Butch will be developed as a subsea tie-in to the Ula field. With the selected subsea tie-in concept the Butch well stream will be transported to the BP operated Ula platform where processing will be performed. The Butc
EMGS Continues Malaysia Campaign
Norway’s Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has inked a contract extension worth approximately USD 7 million with an undisclosed oil company in Malaysia. As announced on August 7, 2015, EMGS received a letter of award for a contract worth approximately USD 4.2 million for 3D EM data acquisition over
Minehunter Task Group Surveys Seabed Off Bahraini Base
Royal Navy minehunters and their US counterparts have surveyed the seabed for mines more than 200 nautical miles away from their Bahraini base using a range of autonomous and unmanned systems. The Task Group was made up of HMS Shoreham and Bangor, the USS Devestator and Gladiator as well as Royal Fl
FMC Technologies Takes Profit Hit
FMC Technologies has seen its third quarter 2015 net income slashed more than half from the prior-year quarter primarily due to the continued decline in the North American land market and the negative impact of the strengthening U.S. dollar in its subsea technologies segment. For the Q3 2015, the Ho