Subsea
OSRL, SWRP Deliver Subsea Containment Toolkit
Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) announce delivery of a containment toolkit which can be used to minimise the environmental impact of a subsea well incident. This news builds on the successful delivery of four subsea well capping stacks in 2013-14, design
Kongsberg Delivers Seaglider Equipped with RSI MicroPod Sensor
Kongsberg Underwater Technologies, Inc. (KUTI) has delivered the first Seaglider™ vehicle equipped with a Rockland Scientific International (RSI) MicroPod™ turbulence sensor. The vehicle was commissioned by the University of East Anglia in the UK (UEA). The MicroPod package is the result of extensiv
Bluestream Boosts ROV Fleet
Bluestream Offshore has ordered a fourth Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV to undertake tasks normally performed by hydraulic vehicles. “Our clients want high-spec equipment to take on more complex construction work at a lower cost,” says Bluestream’s managing director, Rolf de Vries. “For instance, w
Trelleborg’s Topside and Subsea Solutions on Display at PECOM
For the first time, Trelleborg’s offshore operation will exhibit at the Petroleum Exhibition Conference of Mexico (PECOM) in Villahermosa, Mexico, presenting its latest topside and subsea solutions. On Wednesday April 15 at 18:00, Sales Manager, Ole Bjørn Rasmussen will give a talk on Health, Safety
Catherine Hughes Resigns from Statoil’s Board of Directors
Catherine Hughes has informed that she will resign from her position as member of the board of directors in Statoil ASA with immediate effect in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest following a recent change of circumstances. The nomination committee in Statoil will start its search for a
OceanWorks Builds Model Node for Vancouver Aquarium
Vancouver-based subsea solution engineering company, OceanWorks, has constructed a 1/3 scale model node that will be installed in the Vancouver Aquarium’s Strait of Georgia tank later this month. Built by a team lead by systems engineer Richard Pomerleau, this demonstration node is a representation
SSCS Provides Mats for Bibby’s Pipeline Project
Norfolk-based, Seabed Scour Control Systems (SSCS), has supplied a quantity of Weighted Frond Mats to Bibby Offshore’s Singapore division for installation along one of the pipelines on the Yadana field in the Andaman Sea. The Mats, delivered on behalf of Total Myanmar, are meant to provide freespan
Saipem Awards Ichthys Subsea Contract to Kongsberg
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (KONGSBERG) has been awarded a contract by Saipem for delivery of subsea structures for the gas export pipeline project of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The Ichthys Field is located about 220 km offshore Western Australia and 820 km southwest of Darwin. The
Kongsberg Completes CAT for cNODE Equipped HUGIN AUV
Kongsberg Maritime has successfully completed the Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT) for the first delivery of its HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with a new cNODE integrated subsea positioning and communication system. During the testing of the new package, which took place during Quarter
FoundOcean Bags Gemini OWF Grouting Contract
FoundOcean has been awarded the contract to grout the 150 monopile foundations for the 600MW Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of main contractor Van Oord. The project will be the first to use MasterFlow 9800, a new material jointly developed by FoundOcean and BASF. FoundOcean proposed the materi
Ceona Extends West Africa Presence with New Partnership
Ceona, SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has entered into a Joint Venture (JV) with Seaweld Engineering which will act as a strategic partner for offshore deepwater construction projects in Ghana. The JV allows Ceona to extend its operations in West Africa. The agreement w
Bibby Athena Gets Mini-Ranger 2 Tracking System
Bibby HydroMap, a seabed survey company, has upgraded the Sonardyne Scout acoustic positioning system installed on its coastal survey vessel, Bibby Athena, to the new Sonardyne Mini-Ranger 2 USBL system. Mini-Ranger 2 is the latest addition to Sonardyne’s family of sixth-generation (6G) Ultra-Short
Hydro Group, EnerMech Jointly Develop New Product
Subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group has teamed up with mechanical engineering group EnerMech to launch new product offering to the market. Hydro Group and EnerMech have combined expertise to deliver a new hydraulics hose product, offering lay-up and over-sheathing of hydraulic hoses fo
Technip Bags Triton Subsea Deal (UK)
Technip has been awarded a brownfield subsea contract for the Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, operated by Dana Petroleum, located in the central North Sea. This FPSO vessel is located 193 kilometers east of Aberdeen, at a water depth of approximately 90 meters. It pr