Subsea
Women Test Drive USG’s Proteus DMUV
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ subsidiary Undersea Solutions Group (USG) has made history as its two female divers became the first women to crew and drive a dual-mode underwater vehicle (DMUV). Chloe Mallet, an ocean engineer, and Andrea Raff, a mechanical engineer, crewed and operated USG’s Proteu
Mooreast Anchors in Gulf of Thailand
A total of 12 units of Mooreast MA5S anchors have been successfully installed for 2 newly developed oilfields in the Gulf of Thailand last month. Each of these MA5S anchor weighs 12 tons and comes with 4.7 ton ballast as well as class certification for permanent mooring. According to Mooreast’s clie
OGN Establishes New Pipework Division
OGN Group has launched a new pipework division to deliver specialist fabrication services for bespoke projects. Utilising its purpose-built facilities at the 32-hectare Hadrian Yard on the banks of the River Tyne in Wallsend, OGN provides a range of services for all forms of fabricated pipework to o
New Approach to Reduce Wave and Tidal Project Risks
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Frazer-Nash Consultancy have produced a standardised approach to assessing and reducing uncertainty associated with energy yield assessment for wave and tidal energy projects. This approach will ultimately help to reduce risk and make projects more at
Subsea Innovation Builds LARS for SMD
Subsea Innovation has completed the design and manufacture of two of its Launch & Recovery Systems (LARS) for SMD in Newcastle. These are the first systems that Subsea Innovation has produced for SMD, a designer and manufacturer of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), who have recently been acquired b
Kongsberg Makes Promotion in Aberdeen
Kongsberg Maritime has appointed Frank Maclean as a new general manager for the offshore division of its Aberdeen base. Maclean has spent majority of his time with Kongsberg Maritime, where he held positions within sales, customer support and training. Since 2010, he has held the position of busines
NOC, Partners to Develop New Robot Glider
19 partners from across Europe have come together to develop ultra-deep-sea robot glider, NOC informs. This glider will be capable of sampling the ocean autonomously at depths of 5000m, and maybe more in the future, for up to three months at a time. The project has won €8M of funding from the Europe
SOC Hires JDR for Veja Mate Cabling
JDR has won a subcontract from Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) to supply submarine composite power cables and related accessories as well as termination and testing services for the Veja Mate offshore wind farm. The 67x 6 MW Siemens-supplied Wind Turbine Generators will be interconnected by an inner
Briggs Wins Cable Maintenance for Dong Energy
Briggs Group has secured an eight-year framework agreement with DONG Energy for the contingency and repair of export and array cables for offshore wind farms throughout the UK and Northern Europe. The agreement covers all DONG Energy’s sites in Europe, including nine offshore wind farms in the UK, f
PHOTO: Olympic Delta Named
Norway’s Kleven Verft and Olympic Shipping held a naming ceremony on Saturday, July 4, for a newly built multipurpose subsea support & construction vessel Olympic Delta. The MT 6021 MKII-design vessel was baptized by Cassie Dingman in Fosnavåg, followed by an Open Ship event. To remind, Olympic Ship
Drydocks World Completes Shell FLNG Turret Mooring System
Drydocks World, a provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors, has successfully completed the world’s largest turret mooring system. At almost 100 meters high, weighing over 11,000 tons and with a diameter of 26 meters, the turret will ensure the Prelude f
Cidade de Itaguaí FPSO Reaches Lula Field
The floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Cidade de Itaguaí is now anchored in the Iracema Norte area of Lula field, in the Pre-Salt layer of Santos Basin, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The platform-ship is able to produce 150,000 barrels of oil and compress 8 million cubic mete
GMS Bags First Decom Job in North Sea
Gulf Marine Services announces that one of its Large Class vessels in Europe has been contracted for decommissioning work, a new activity for the Group. The vessel, which has been supporting well service and maintenance work in the Southern North Sea for an international oil company since Q3 2012, w
SubC Secures Maersk Oil EPCI Contract
SubC Partner recently won an EPCI project on an FPSO with Maersk Oil in the Dumbarton field in the North Sea, 230 kilometers northeast of Aberdeen. The final goal of the project is to replace selected buoyancy modules on a live riser, without shutting down oil production, the company said. “We are d