Subsea UK recently visited Surrey University to engage with students and highlight the benefits of a career in the subsea sector. Attended by around 60 penultimate and final year undergraduates from Civil, Structural, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering disciplines, and a few studying MSc in Petrole
Forum Subsea Technologies has recently announced a new addition to their ROV fleet, the Tomahawk ROV. It is constructed by Sub-Atlantic at its facility in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Forum’s Sub-Atlantic fleet includes the class-leading Comanche, Mohican, Super Mohawk, Mohawk, Mojave and Navajo Electri
Top individuals and companies in the offshore industry were celebrated last night at the 2012 Offshore Achievement Awards, with AMEC winning the Best Large Company Award and Professor Alex Kemp being awarded the Lifetime Achievement accolade. An audience of more than 370 guests attended the 26th OAA
Apply Nemo has signed a contract with Statoil for delivery of an Automated Multi Pig Launcher to the Fram field. The contract value is approximately 35 MNOK and the equipment is scheduled to be delivered in Summer 2013. The Apply Nemo Automated Pig Launcher will allow for automated launching of pigs
Planet Ocean ltd and its Canadian principal, the newly launched Ocean Sonics Ltd made a delivery of the very first ic-Listen-HF, High Frequency Smart Hydrophone to Dr Merin Broudic of Swansea University at a small ceremony on their stand at Oceanology International in London. The hand over was made
Laurent Beauvais, President of the Basse-Normandie Region and Chairman of the Ports of Normandy Authority, and Patrick Boissier, Chairman and CEO of DCNS, signed a memorandum of understanding at DCNS headquarters in Paris, in the presence of Jean-François Le Grand, President of the Manche Department
Intertek METOC, a specialist marine consultancy, has been selected by ScottishPower Renewables, an Iberdrola company, to provide modelling, survey support and marine expertise for offshore wave and tidal resource assessment. The recent ROC (Renewable Obligation Credits) banding review has already st
SeaBird Exploration PLC announces that Nils Haugestad has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company and will assume his responsibilities with SeaBird as of 1 April 2012. Mr. Haugestad has over 20 years experience in investment banking, principal investments and corporate strategy. He is
At the Oceanology International event in London this week, Applied Acoustics celebrated the sale of their 150th USBL tracking system to Seascape BV from The Netherlands. Sales Manager Gavin Willoughby handed over the award to Gert-Jan de Rooij the Sales Engineer from Seascape at a small ceremony on
Aqua Vision BV has announced that it will host the 9th ADCP Workshop on 20-21 June, 2012. Past workshops have proven to be a huge success and this years’ will be no different. With a host of international speakers, demonstrations of the latest ADCP technology and an array of interactive workshops, i
Emerald Atlantis Limited (Emerald Networks) announced the selection of TE SubCom and the signing of a system supply contract. The execution of the contract, bringing it into force, enables the construction of the Emerald Express Trans-Atlantic Cable System. The first phase will provide both low-late
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, announces the appointment of Christopher Fraser to the Board of the Company as a new, Non-executive Director, replacing Jeff Thrall who h
Business leaders have hailed a high-profile recruitment event for military personnel in Scotland as a resounding success for helping to attract skilled people into the subsea industry. Subsea UK’s flagship event, which was held in Moray in conjunction with Kinloss Skills Partnership, provided the re
Pipe measurement technology specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS) Ltd has launched a new system for optimising the fit-up and improving the weld productivity of oil and gas pipes. In oil and gas pipeline projects, the welding of fatigue-sensitive SCR and flowline pipes to tight specifications
