Subsea
Oceanteam’s Subsidiary DOT Holdings Secures Interest in Offshore Support Vessel
Oceanteam Shipping ASA announced that it has secured, through its joint venture DOT Holdings AS, an interest in a new build Offshore Support Vessel. As a result a partnership with Pacific Radiance Ltd., subject to certain conditions subsequent, has been established. Closure of remaining conditions s
Jee Delivers 2015 Course Schedule
Jee Ltd, a subsea engineering and training firm, has released its 2015 course schedule, which includes an additional advanced practitioner course and a new training programme in Norway. The new practitioner course on offer – Advanced design and stress analysis of subsea equipment – provides an inten
Expro Lands Subsea Contract for BP’s Quad 204 Project
Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has secured a major subsea contract with BP for the Quad 204 project, west of the Shetland Isles in the UK North Sea. The 7-year multi-million dollar contract will see Expro provide its latest design vertical xmas tree landing string for the in
ABB Bags $800 Mln Order for Caithness-Moray HVDC Subsea Link
ABB has won an order worth over $800 million from Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission plc to provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of the Moray Firth in northern Scotland. This follows a f
Sonardyne Presented with Queen’s Award for 6G Technology
Sonardyne International Ltd. has been formally presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise by the Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire. Dame Mary Fagan presented the Award in the Innovation category for Sonardyne’s Sixth Generation (6G®) product platform during a visit to the company’s head office and m
VIDEO: AdBm Deploys Subsea Noise Reduction System at Butendiek OWF
The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), part of the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin (UT), has detailed the recent successful offshore demonstration of AdBm Technologies’ underwater noise abatement system. AdBm, a portfolio company of ATI’s Clean Energy Incubator, worked with its Du
PGS Faces Fleet and Cost Cuts
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA has announced today that it has implemented further steps to streamline operations, reduce cost and capital expenditures (CAPEX), and improve cash flow. PGS has stacked, and will consider selling or scrapping, the seismic vessels Pacific Explorer and Nordic Explorer. The s
DONG Energy to Use Nexans’ Offshore Array Cables Until 2020
DONG Energy in Denmark and Nexans signed in July a new framework agreement for the delivery of up to 1,750 kilometres of submarine cables for wind farms off the British coast. The cables will be used for connecting turbines to each other and to the offshore transformer platforms. The framework agree
Dry Well for Det norske on Kvitvola
Det norske oljeselskap ASA, as operator of production license 553, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 34/7-36 S T2. The well was drilled on the Kvitvola prospect about 5 km west of the Visund Field by the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in upper
Amarcon Showcases OCTOPUS-Onboard at SMM
Amarcon, a part of the ABB group, and OceanWaveS GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of Rutter Inc., will demonstrate an OCTOPUS-Onboard advisory suite including Wave and Surface Current Monitoring System set-up during the SMM in Hamburg, from 9 – 12 September 2014. The Amarcon OCTOPUS-Onboard motion mon
Technip Lands EPIC Gig on BP Juniper Project Off Trinidad
Technip has been awarded a substantial EPIC lump sum contract by BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC for the development of the Juniper project, to be located off the South East coast of Trinidad. The scope of work consists of design, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, load out and mechanical c
Shell, BP & Atkins to Tackle Codes at Lead SIM Summit
Developing codes and standards for structural integrity has never been so critical for ageing North Sea structures. Industry veterans Terry Rhodes, Shell’s Head of Offshore Structures, and Ramsay Fraser, BP’s Segment Engineering Technical Authority – Offshore Structures, are among the experts to add
VIDEO: Ulstein Builds ‘Island Constructor’
Designed by Ulstein Design AS (Ulstein SX 121) and launched in February 2008 from the Ulstein Verft shipyards in Norway, the Island Constructor (Hull no. 279) is Island Offshore’s offshore construction and well intervention vessel. M/V ISLAND CONSTRUCTOR is an Offshore Construction and Well Interven
DeepWater Buoyancy Records Good Growth in 2014
DeepWater Buoyancy Inc. has doubled both its facility and workforce during the first eight months of 2014. The new facility was opened in January after securing the rights to the Flotation Technologies syntactic foam-based, legacy oceanographic and oil/gas undersea product lines. “We are so grateful