Subsea
France: Technip’s Performance in Line with Objectives, CEO Says
Technip’s Board of Directors on February 19, 2013, approved the audited full year 2012 consolidated financial statements. Operating income of the company was €235 million in fourth quarter 2012, including €3 million of acquisition costs, versus €197 million a year ago. Financial result in fourth qua
A&P Falmouth Helps Develop Vessel for Tidal Devices Installation (UK)
A&P Falmouth is part of an exciting new project to design and develop a vessel to make the installation of tidal energy devices easier and more cost effective. The renewable energy project has been awarded a grant of £1.5m by the Technology Strategy Board to design, develop and commission a barge eq
Flexlife Reports Successful Growth at Newcastle Base, UK
Flexlife, a specialist provider of flexible pipe technologies and engineering services, has seen successful growth at its Newcastle base since opening 18 months ago. The office has grown from three to 24 employees with turnover in excess of £1.5 million. Andy Lake, appointed to head up the office as
Modus Seabed Supports WWF’s Energy Bill (UK)
Modus Seabed Intervention, one of North East England’s leading subsea specialist contractors has joined an alliance of organisations, led by environmental group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), calling on MPs to support a drive towards a near-carbon-free-power sector by 2030. The Darlington-based comp
IOS InterMoor Secures Goliat Field Mooring Contract (Norway)
IOS InterMoor AS, an Acteon company, has secured a contract from Eni Norge to provide two complete mooring spreads for developmental drilling in the Goliat oilfield in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. Under the terms of this three-year contract, IOS InterMoor will provide the rig moorings with asso
VIDEO: 3D Seismic Vessel Polar Duke Operating in Barents Sea
M/V Polar Duke is a purpose built high-end 3D seismic vessel, capable of towing 14 streamers at 100 metre separation. Rigged with Sercel SSAS Sentinel streamers and an impressive bollard pull of approximately 210 Tonnes, M/V Polar Duke is undoubtedly one of the most efficient vessels available to th
VIDEO: Sercel’s OptoWaveTM Ocean Bottom Cable System
Optowave™ is a permanent acquisition system designed for seafloor 4D-4C reservoir monitoring. Using passive sensors (optical fiber) technology in a four components (4C) station, Optowave™ provides supreme reservoir imaging solution and enhanced repeatability from survey to survey. This asset benefit
Prysmian Secures Two Contracts for New Submarine Link in UK Channel
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded two new contracts worth in total approximately €45 million by Jersey Electricity plc (UK), for the “Normandie 3” project to provide electricity to Jersey in the Channel Islands from the French mainland. T
UK: CGG Acquires New Multi-Client BroadSeis Seismic Program in Central North Sea
CGG has commenced acquisition of a new, highly pre-funded 3D multi-client program in the Central North Sea (CNS) using BroadSeisTM, its broadband marine solution, with BroadSourceTM, its broadband source option, to deliver superior imaging for enhanced interpretation. Quad 30 Phase 7 of CGG’s Corner
DeepOcean Bags Largest Contract in Its History (Norway)
DeepOcean AS (“DeepOcean”), a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded the single largest contract in the history of the company since it was founded in 1999. The contract is for a firm period of 5 years starting in the first quarter of 2014 with options for another 3 years and covers subsea
Secretary of State for Scotland Visits Technip Offshore Wind (UK)
As part of a February tour, The Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore visited Technip Offshore Wind’s Aberdeen headquarters to hear about current and upcoming Technip Projects and how the Company has adapted its Oil & Gas heritage to the development of award-winning, cutting-edge technology
VIDEO: RV TÜBİTAK Marmara Launched (Turkey)
The RV TÜBİTAK Marmara is a Turkish research vessel owned by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and operated by its newly established Marine Research Center for oceanographic research studies. The vessel was designed by Soyaslan Marine, indigenously developed and b
Houlder Delivers RSDS to Aquatic (UK)
Houlder has announced the delivery of its Reel Skidding Drive System (RSDS) to Aberdeen-based Aquatic; equipment and solution providers for reeled products. The unit is now in transit to South America for mobilisation on-board Aquatic’s end customer vessel for the project. The Reel Skidding Drive Sy
Plexus Wins Best Oil and Gas Plc Award (UK)
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announced that it has been awarded the ‘Best Oil and Gas Plc’ award at the annual Stock Market Wire Awards, presented on 18 February 2013