Subsea specialists Marin Group and Ecosse Subsea Systems have formed an alliance to offer a one-stop excavation and trenching service to the oil, gas and renewables industries worldwide. The association brings together Marin Group’s pioneering Evo System suite of mass-flow excavation, claycutting an
On September 1, Siemens Energy opened its new subsea technology center in Trondheim, Norway. Siemens has invested more than EUR10 million in the refurbishment of a building in which new process equipment will be developed and manufactured. The new facility covering an area of 10,000 square meters wi
BritNed Development Ltd., the joint venture company of National Grid and TenneT, that operates the BritNed Interconnector between Great Britain and The Netherlands, has a new management team. René Kerkmeester has been appointed as the new Commercial Director of BritNed Development. In his new role h
Viper Subsea Limited has been renamed to Viper Subsea Technology Limited , and a Limited Liability Partnership, Viper Subsea LLP, has been established. The capital in the LLP is owned by Viper Subsea Technology Limited. To this end Viper Subsea LLP is a subsidiary of Viper Subsea Technology Limited.
Irish tidal energy developer OpenHydro is preparing to launch the first of four €16m turbines that will make up a €40 million project off… (irishtimes) [mappress] Source: irishtimes, September 01, 2011;
Tritech, leader in acoustic technologies, has developed a system for the real-time integrity monitoring of mooring lines, umbilicals and risers on Floating Production Storage and Offloading Units (FPSOs). RAMS (Riser and Anchor Monitoring System) is a 360° riser and anchor chain monitoring system fo
FoundOcean, contracted to Volker Staal en Funderingen BV (VSF), has completed the offshore grouting operations for Walney Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Phase 2 substation installation. The substation jacket is a four-legged steel structure with one pile sleeve per leg. The jacket was secured to the seabe
Underwater engineering specialist Tekmar Energy doubled revenues in the last 12 months and expects to achieve the same magnitude of growth… (nebusiness) [mappress] Source: nebusiness, September 01, 2011;
BMT Cordah, a leading marine environmental consultancy and a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been awarded a major contract by Canadian Natural Resources International (CNRI). This project will see BMT provide vital support and guidance for the environmental aspects during two of CNRI’s decommission
FoundOcean has completed grouting operations for a four-legged wellhead jacket in a greenfield location in the North Sea. The project forms part of a three year agreement between FoundOcean and Saipem Ltd. The jacket is installed in 81m water depth and the grouting took place via a sub-sea grouting
GSP announces its drilling fleet has been extended up to seven offshore mobile drilling rigs and a modular one. GSP Britannia (ex. Britannia) and GSP Fortuna (ex. G.H. Galloway) entered GSP’s fleet in August. GSP Fortuna is an ABS class three legged independent leg cantilever jack-up rig reaching th
Innovative gadgets and widgets which underpin the subsea industry’s cutting-edge technological reputation are to come under the spotlight at… [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, August 31, 2011;
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into an agreement to acquire OHM Surveys Holding AS (OHM), a marine electromagnetic (EM) acquisition company, from certain funds controlled by Sector Asset Management and Seatrans Group (Euro Trans Skips AS) for USD 15.75 million in a stock-for-stoc
Bourbon released solid first half results with significant recovery in activity: +18.8%,sharp increase in EBITDA (+19.3% sequentially) to 142.1 million euros,net loss,group share of 21.4 million euros owing to the change in the dollar exchange rates, generating 30.5 million euros in net financial ex
