GL Noble Denton has won the coveted Utilities category of the 2012 Pipeline Industries Guild Awards. The award honours an innovative Beam Drilling System, which is used by UK gas network operators to secure drilling equipment onto gas pipelines more safely and efficiently. The Beam Drilling System i
Royal Navy and Army bomb disposal experts have successfully removed the remnants of a V2 rocket which was submerged off the English coast. A 4-feet-long section of the German World War 2 weapon was pulled from mudflats at low tide on the River Stour between Harwich and Felixstowe. The six-man Navy t
Centrica Renewables Energy Ltd has contracted Global Marine Energy Ltd., the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide, to provide the cable landing works related to the west export nearshore cable at the Lincs Offshore wi
The Norwegian Government approved the development plan for the Martin Linge gas field. Until now the licensees have referred to the field as Hild. Located in the northern part of the North Sea, the field is about 150 kilometres west of Kollsnes. Total investments in the development amount to about N
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has received a Letter of Intent from an undisclosed client for two 3D seismic acquisition projects offshore Norway. The program will commence in mid-May and is expected to run for approximately 105 days. About Polarcus Polarcus is a pure play marine geophy
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract from Allseas for the design and manufacturing of an 850mt Offshore Mast Crane. The crane will replace the current 300mt Offshore Mast Crane onboard Allseas’ pipelaying vessel “Solitaire”. The delivery is sc
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that the Gaupe field, located in the Southern North Sea, offshore Norway, commenced production on 31 March 2012. The Gaupe field is located in PL292 and is adjacent to the Norway – United Kingdom (UK) border, some 225 km from the Norwegian mainland. T
The Norwegian subsea entrepreneur Ocean Installer and A/S Norske Shell signed 30.03.12 a Letter of Intent to award an important contract. The contract covers EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation) services in the context of A/S Norske Shell’s further development of the Draugen f
After intensive research and the consolidation of the markets SubCtech has succeeded in the breakthrough that they always were waiting for. With company’s know-how in deepwater engineering and ship-measuring systems, they could combine the two business divisions. SubCtech proudly announced a success
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has placed a £6 million order for a Mooring Maintenance Vessel (MMV), with MPI Services (UK) Limited, trading as Manor Marine. The contract for the MMV is the PLA’s largest single investment in over 20 years. The vessel will replace the PLA’s two salvage ships, Cro
The subsea adventure has just begun. Within five years the subsea sector will double in size, and within twenty years the subsea production will be on par with traditional oil and gas production offshore. – In five years, the subsea market is anticipated to grow from around $30 billion to between $6
From 1 April 2012, Jens-Peter Saul (45) takes over the position as CEO of Ramboll from Flemming Bligaard Pedersen (63). This transition marks a generation change in the management of the largest consultancy company in the Nordics. Jens-Peter Saul holds a degree in engineering from the University of
JSC Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad, Russia) works hard on construction of same-named Project 22010 oceanographic research ship. It is planned to maintain such working speed till the end of 2012 when the ship will be put afloat for outfitting and trials, reports the shipyard’s press service. To determi
LDD, an Acteon company providing near and offshore drilling and foundation services, announced that its custom-built LD5000 pile top reverse circulation drilling rig has been delivered to Birkenhead, UK, where LDD will use it to provide critical pile relief drilling for the installation of up to 160
