Kvaerner establishes an engineering office in Trondheim. The establishment will increase Kvaerner’s capacity and competence to meet the future activities, and it is part of the company’s jacket strategy in the oil and gas industry. Being close to the technology and research communities in the city a
International technology Group ANDRITZ increased its stake in Hammerfest Strøm AS from 33.3% to 55.4%. The other major shareholders are the local Norwegian utility company Hammerfest Energi and the Spanish utility company Iberdrola. The company will operate under the name of ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest
BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, environmental and engineering consultancy, will showcase its portfolio of offshore support services on Stand I120 at the Oceanology International conference taking place in London this month. BMT’s knowledge and expertise provides a fully int
Technip was awarded a lump sum front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Statoil ASA for the development of the Luva floating platform, offshore Norway, at a water depth of approximately 1,300 meters (4,265 feet). The contract covers the design and planning for procurement, construction and tr
Leading deepwater mooring ropes specialist, Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division is undertaking a research project into the development of cut resistant jackets for mooring ropes in the Norwegian and Barents Seas. The project will be used to assess materials needed to reduce the effects of fishing traw
Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology specialist delivering multi-million pound savings and reduced risk to the oil & gas industry, has completed its biggest-ever deal with work valued at £1.5million to supply new products for well completion operations. The agreement involves Red Spider supp
Caledonian Geotech has proved its commitment to achieving the highest possible standards by being awarded a hat-trick of prestigious industry accreditations. Based in Dundee, Caledonian Geotech was formed in 1980 and encompasses the practical application of geology, engineering and oceanography. Fol
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $15 million from E.ON UK, to supply the power export cables for the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. ABB will design and supply 2×14 kilometer (km) circuits of 132 kilovolts (kV) three-core AC submarine cable, wi
The next Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) will be number 50 in the series. To celebrate this milestone, the MMF Steering Group has announced that MMF50 will take place on Tuesday 12th June 2012 in the prestigious Princess Royal Gallery at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in the Historic Dockyard
AML Oceanographic of Sidney, B.C. will introduce four new products at Oceanology International 2012. Turbidity•Xchange™ and DO•Xchange™ are two new additions to AML’s Xchange family of field-swappable sensor-heads. The addition of these two new low cost sensor-heads brings all the advantages of fiel
CodaOctopus’ team aims to make a real splash at this year’s Oceanology International. The CodaOctopus will unveil a whole host of new products, services and branding in London’s Excel, where the event takes place. New Products Oceanology will unwrap several new products across its portfolio. The com
As part of Bowtech’s continual product improvement strategy, the compact tooling and diving cameras have been upgraded with 100 more TV lines. The monochrome LCC-700 camera replaces the LCC-600 and the colour camera L3C-650 replaces the LCC-550. Bowtech’s LCC and L3C cameras have been on the market
Aberdeen-based oilfield services firm Coretrax Technology Limited has secured over £1.2million of contracts since the start of the year and expanded its team to 12 people. Coretrax specialises in innovative oilfield services to the completion, cementing, abandonment and wellbore clean up sectors bot
Fugro Seacore have announced that they have signed a contract relating to the design, build and installation of an offshore met mast to record and monitor site conditions on the proposed Rampion Offshore Wind Farm site in the English Channel, 13km off the coast of Sussex, UK. “We will be working on
