Subsea
2H Offshore Names New Director of Aberdeen Office
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has appointed Phil Ward as a director in its Aberdeen office. This new role reflects Ward’s experience, knowledge and commitment to 2H, and is a promotion from his current role as principal engineer. Ward will work alongside the existing management team to jointly lea
FSR Places Order for Sonardyne 6G Technology
Sonardyne International Ltd., UK, has announced that Forum Subsea Rentals (FSR) is to substantially increase its stock holding of Sonardyne 6G Long BaseLine (LBL) acoustic positioning technology. The order for an undisclosed sum was confirmed on the opening day of Subsea Expo 2015, Europe’s largest
Halliburton to Slash Up to 6400 Jobs
The second-largest oilfield services company, Halliburton, has confirmed it will lay off up to 8 percent of the company’s 80,000 global workforce. It is anticipated that somewhere between 5200 and 6400 jobs will be cut, as yet another company falls victim to tumbling oil prices. In an email statemen
Subsea UK: Subsea Industry in for Major Challenges
The fast-growing UK subsea sector, which supports 60,000 jobs, is in for two years of tough times and will only weather the storm if it embraces innovation and new technology, says industry body. On the opening day of Subsea Expo, Europe’s largest subsea event, the chief executive of Subsea UK told
MacArtney Subsea Connectivity for Sabella
MacArtney has secured order from French marine renewable energy pioneer Sabella S.A.S. for a complete MacArtney connectivity solution for its new industrial scale ‘Sabella D10’ tidal stream turbine project. After successfully installing and testing the ‘Sabella D03’ demonstrator turbine unit, Sabell
Technip Brings Heidelberg Spar Hull to Anadarko
Technip’s construction yard in Pori, Finland has built and delivered a 23,000-ton truss spar hull for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s Heidelberg field development, located in the US Gulf of Mexico. The detailed hull design and fabrication of 17th spar to be delivered by Technip started in November 2012.
DOF Subsea Presents ‘Channel Challenges’ at Subsea Expo
DOF Subsea will join a host of companies in sharing their knowledge and expertise during the Subsea Expo 2015 conference programme this week. Support and development surveyor Richard Lear will give a presentation entitled: “Channel Challenges” as part of the ROV & Inspection session which will take
Osiris Launches d’ROP Survey Platform
Osiris Projects has introduces its new survey platform known as d’ROP. The company believes that the innovative d’ROP system has the potential to revolutionise productivity in shallow water survey and inspection applications. d’ROP is a dynamic Remotely Operated Survey Platform that borrows and comb
Forum to Unveil XLX-C ROV at Subsea Expo
Forum Energy Technologies will launch its latest generation subsea robotic system at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen this week. Forum will unveil the XLX-C ROV – a highly capable work-class vehicle that is more compact than the XLX model but with similar capabilities. This new ROV has been two years in deve
Ashtead Nets Subsea Contract from Fugro
Ashtead Technology has secured a new contract with FUGRO to be a preferred supplier of subsea rental equipment and associated services to all its operating companies around the world. The award comes as the Aberdeen headquartered business launches its 30th anniversary celebrations at Subsea Expo tod
Bibby Offshore Singapore Wins Seascape ROV Deal
Bibby Offshore’s Singapore division, Bibby Offshore Singapore (BOS), has secured a contract with subsea service provider Seascape. Singaporean company Seascape, a subsidiary of Mermaid Subsea Services, has appointed BOS to provide ROV services for its DP2 dive support vessel (DSV), the Windermere. T
NordLink Cable System Gets Green Light
By signing the ownership agreement for the NordLink, the first high-capacity power cable between Norway and Germany, partners TenneT, Statnett, and KfW, which is represented by KfW IPEX-Bank, have made the final investment decision for the project. The construction of the system will start as soon a
Kvaerner Posts Loss
Kvaerner, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, has reported operating revenues in fourth quarter 2014 amounted to NOK 3591 million, compared with NOK 3 939 million for the fourth quarter 2013. The decrease from last year is mainly due to reduced activity with in the jackets
Deep Trekker Unveils DTX2 at Underwater Intervention
Deep Trekker has presented it’s new Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), the Deep Trekker DTX2, at the Underwater Intervention conference and exhibition in New Orleans. This new ROV represents the first in a new line of subsea vehicles to complement the companies existing portable ROV line, the DTG2. Ra