Subsea
Irish Consul General Visits Aquamarine Power
Aquamarine Power played host to Pat Bourne, the Consul General of Ireland to Scotland. He stopped by Aquamarine’s HQ in Edinburgh to catch up with the CEO Martin McAdam. Top of the agenda was the progress on the Oyster 800 wave machine, future cooperation between Ireland and Scotland, and a discussi
TTS Group Awarded New Subsea Crane Contract from European Customer
TTS Group ASA has, through its subsidiary TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS in Bergen signed a new contract for delivery of a subsea crane. Value of the contract is approximately NOK 35 million. The contract is with a European customer, and concerns delivery of an active heave compensated subsea cr
Helix Well Ops Strengthens Its Position in Scotland
Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (Well Ops) has underlined its commitment to the north-east and the energy industry with a move to new premises. A leading global provider of subsea well intervention, Well Ops has moved to Alba Gate on Stoneywood Road in Dyce, Aberdeen. It has taken on a six-year lease
Atkins Bags Dudgeon OWF Monopile Foundations Contract
Atkins has been awarded an engineering contract for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm which will power more than 400,000 UK homes each year. The contract will cover all design and engineering services for the monopile foundations for the 6.0 MW turbines as well as management assistance during fabricati
SPE Aberdeen Presentation to Focus on Offshore Marine Equipment
Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) Aberdeen Section will host an engineering expert, Dr. John White to discuss the challenges associated with the analysis and design of offshore engineering equipment. Offshore marine equipment can be physically complex, expensive, safety critical and required to
PHOTO: Naming Ceremony of Sanco Sword Held in Norway
Sanco Shipping & Dolphin Geophysical held a naming ceremony for M/V Sanco Sword on Saturday, March 22. The M/V Sanco Sword is a high capacity 3D seismic vessel built by Kleven Maritime’s Myklebust Yard in Norway. The vessel is characterized by high transit speed and industry leading bollard pull, wh
Bibby Offshore Provides IRM Services for Maersk Oil UK
Award-winning subsea installation contractor, Bibby Offshore, has recently commenced work with Maersk Oil UK on a multimillion pound contract. The contract will see Bibby Offshore provide subsea construction and inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services to all of Maersk’s North Sea assets. D
MCT Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT) appointed Sven Stoye as new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1st March 2014. Stoye has over 15 years of experience in the energy sector and joins MCT from Siemens Power Generation division where he was Vice President for Engineering for all disc
Centrica Orders Plexus’ Equipment for Southern North Sea Well
Plexus Holdings PLC has received an additional purchase order from Centrica Plc to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for a gas appraisal well in the Southern North Sea. The value of the order is estimated at approximately $1.5 million with revenues expected to commence in April
Stork Scoops ‘Safety Innovations’ Award at OAA 2014
Stork, the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, has won the ‘Safety Innovations’ accolade at the 2014 SPE Offshore Achievement Awards for its innovative Extended Reach Breathing Apparatus System (ERBAS). The Safety Innov
Nord Stream Launches DIF Online Portal
Nord Stream Shared its Environmental Database with the Scientific Community for a Better Future of the Baltic Sea using its Data and Information Fund (DIF) online portal. This portal enables Nord Stream to share its extensive knowledge and survey data with the scientific community for the further re
Saipem Extends ‘Normand Cutter’ CSV Contract
Saipem Ltd, an Italian oil and gas industry contractor, has declared their option to extend the contract for the construction vessel (CSV) “Normand Cutter” with 1 year from May 2014. This is the second of a total of three yearly options. Normand Cutter is a 127,5 m Deepwater subsea construction and
DNV GL Prepares Subsea Facilities Report
The PSA has commissioned a new report on technological developments, incidents and future trends relating to subsea facilities. The development of subsea technology, along with the increasing number of new entrants, and the increasing complexity of solutions for subsea installations on the NCS, has
Baker Hughes Buys Weatherford’s Pipeline Business
Weatherford International Ltd. and Baker Hughes Incorporated have signed an agreement for the sale of Weatherford’s pipeline and specialty services business to a subsidiary of Baker Hughes for a total consideration of $250 million, including $241 million in cash and $9 million in retained working ca