Subsea
PSA Carries Out Audit of Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen
In the beginning of April, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil’s detailed engineering of offshore loading systems for Aasta Hansteen FPSO. The objective of the audit was to verify that the loading system for Aasta Hansteen was adequately qualified and dimensio
TGS Starts Two New Surveys in Barents Sea
TGS begins new 2D and 3D multi-client projects in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Both surveys will provide customers with high quality data prior to the closing of the 23rd Norwegian Licensing round. The HFCE14 is a 3,100 km2 3D multi-client survey, extending TGS’ existing multi-year 3D Hoop coverage to
Marsol and Aubin Team Up to Offer ‘Industry First’ Pigging Solution
UAE-based global marine solutions provider, Marsol International and chemical engineering specialist Aubin Group has announced a partnership agreement to provide an ‘industry first’ total pigging solution for non-piggable pipelines. Marsol and Aubin delivered a solution to achieve a world’s first by
SEACON Earns Queen’s Award for International Trade
SEACON Ltd, part of the SEA CON Group has won the Queen’s Award for International Trade. The award was made in recognition of SEACON’s continued growth and commitment to international customers and year on year progress, not just in revenue but in customer relations and overall business development.
Island Offshore Takes Delivery of SCV Island Pride
Island Offshore has informed through the social media that it has taken delivery of the subsea construction vessel M/V ‘Island Pride’. The vessel was delivered from VARD Brevik in Norway. The vessel is of UT 737 CD design and is capable of providing trenching work, crane work, subsea construction, R
UK BAS Scientists Discover New Species in Southern Ocean
British Antarctic Survey’s scientists have found a new species of bug, similar in appearance to the common woodlouse, plastered all over a whale carcass on the floor of the deep Southern Ocean. Scientists say that Jaera tyleri is the first in its genus to be found in the southern hemisphere, and may
SEAI Boosts ESB’s Westwave Project with $1.8 Mln Funding
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has announced funding of $1.8 million for environmental and feasibility studies at ESB’s Westwave project which aims to deploy five wave energy devices off the coast of County Clare by 2018. This announcement brings Ireland another step closer to capturing
OMS Receives Queen’s Award for Innovation
Optical Metrology Services (OMS), an oil & gas pipe measurement specialist, has won the coveted 2014 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its SmartFit™ service, a system for managing pipe preparation and fit-up in readiness for welding prior to pipe laying. Used in the oil & g
Claxton’s Camera Update to Benefit Crane Operators
Claxton Engineering Services Ltd, an Acteon company, has launched the latest version for its ATEX and safe-area crane boom cameras. The new system will improve operational safety through substantial upgrades in camera performance and its user interface. Enhancements to the camera, which is one in a
Maersk Oil Awards Atkins with Engineering Support Contract
Atkins has won an engineering support contract covering three of Maersk Oil’s UK assets in the North Sea. The Gryphon FPSO, Global Producer III FPSO and Janice FPU are planned for major offshore inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) works this year, in addition to field expansion works. Maersk ha
Expro Wins $100 Mln Subsea Contract for Shah Deniz Stage 2
Expro, international oilfield services company, has secured a milestone subsea contract with BP for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 project in the South Caspian Sea, one of Expro’s largest Europe CIS contracts to date. The 5-year contract, worth almost $100m, will see Expro provide completion landing string
Hejre Jacket Ready for Sail Away at Heerema’s Vlissingen Yard
Heerema Fabrication Group loaded the 8,500 tons Hejre jacket onto a Heerema barge at Vlissingen. The jacket will be part of DONG Energy’s Hejre development, the largest oil and gas project in the Danish sector of the North Sea. Heerema secured the contract for the construction of Hejre jacket from T
HR Wallingford’s ARC-Boat Benefits UK Environment Agency
The ARC-Boat, developed by HR Wallingford, is a remote controlled boat used to deploy river, estuary and reservoir survey technology. Two-years after its introduction, it has been of great value to the UK Environment Agency. International environmental hydraulics specialist HR Wallingford worked in
Noreco: Production from Huntington to Restart Between April and May
Production from the Huntington field in the UK has been interrupted since 12 April whilst work is undertaken to replace a number of couplings that are part of the inert gas system on the floating production and storage unit. According to information conveyed by the operator to the license partners,