Ten more Saab Seaeye Falcon ROVs have been ordered by Russia’s JSC Tetis Pro, bringing the total sold into the Russian Federation to 24 – and more are planned. “Nothing matches the Falcon,” says Head of ROV at Tetis, Dmitry Voytov. “It is small and mobile, yet powerful and simple to use.” He also li
Statoil ASA has together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made a substantial oil discovery in the Havis prospect in the same licence as Skrugard (PL532) in the Barents Sea. This is the second high-impact discovery in the North in nine months. Well 7220/7-1, drilled by the drilling rig Ak
DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded a Frame Agreement for Offshore Survey Services by Statoil. The 4-year frame agreement with 2 x 1 year options includes services for light construction, ROV survey with MultiBeam Echosounder (MBE), ROV survey w/o MBE, acoustic survey, acoustic survey with ROTV, a
Poole Tidal Energy Partnership has been generating interest to harness the power of the ocean. Students from the Bournemouth University are promoting the renewable energy scheme in order to help PTEP to get community support for the project. The power produced from tides in Poole Harbour could be us
In order to generate solar and wave power, Phil Pauley has developed Marine Solar Cells that can collect energy offshore, using a combination of floating photovoltaics and natural buoyancy displacement. The devices can be stationed offshore by attaching them to underwater moorings, where they create
Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, is driving forward an initiative aimed at developing standard procedures for decommissioning projects. Chief Executive Brian Nixon said: “Many of the North Sea’s near future oil and gas decommissioning projects will be the first to
Bergen Group BMV AS is awarded a contract for rebuilding work on the high- capacity seismic vessel Polar Duchess. The project generates immediate activity at the yard, and will be completed within en of 1st quarter 2012. The contract, which has a value of approximately NOK 17 million, comprises the
In August 2008 SMD delivered a Quasar vehicle to the Marine Institute. This vehicle (known as Holland 1) has recently been used in a scientific mission, which discovered a previously unknown ecosystem on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Holland 1 was required to operate more than 3km below the surfa
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, announces that Tullow Oil plc, a leading independent oil and gas explorer and producer, has signed up as an additional consulting partner to Plexus’ Jo
Technip was awarded the last option for the Statoil frame contract for diving, pipeline repair, contingency and modification services. The frame contract has been held by Technip since January 2007 and is now extended to the latest possible completion date of December 2014. The yearly revenue under
The C-Tecnics pan and tilt camera is almost 20 years old and has just surfaced after completing another successful season clamped to one of the piles under Swanage Pier. Its real-time output to the internet and to screens on the pier were initially considered to be of novelty value only, but with th
Sercel has confirmed the fifth installation in the past year of its advanced integrated navigation system, SeaPro Nav. CGGVeritas selected SeaPro Nav as its navigation system of choice and is expected to equip more than ten additional vessels in the company’s fleet by the end of 2012. This successfu
Auditing and assurance plays a crucial part of ensuring the safety and integrity of any diving system as well as ensuring efficient diving operations. Therefore it is essential that all diving systems are audited by a competent auditor, periodically or post mobilisation. The past twelve months have
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announced that Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has chosen IFS Applications as its new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. With IFS Applications, SMD will integrate the project-centric business’s processes across a number of locations, delivering be
