International oil services company Aker Solutions takes its subsea business to Sweden through establishment of an office in Gothenburg. The objective is to tap into the Swedish engineering market to help further grow Aker Solutions’ subsea business. International oil services company Aker Solutions
A new £350,000 storage facility has opened at Peterhead, as part of Peterhead Port Authority’s ambitious plans for its Smith Quay development. The storage base, which covers 8,000 square metres, provides additional working space to support vessel activities at the port’s £35million deepwater berth,
The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has announced it has cemented its UK presence in Aberdeen, Scotland, with the opening a new … (bus-ex) [mappress] Source: bus-ex, September 12, 2011;
Almarin, based in Barcelona, Spain, and Ahlers Lindley, based in Estoril, Portugal, have joint forces to launch a new range of marine buoys and towers under the name Balizamar. The primary application of the Balizamar line of products is Aids to Navigation (AtoN), flotation and mooring buoys. Baliza
Fathom Commercial Diving expands its portfolio with four new exciting products : Digital Diver Communications System – Using the latest high fidelity digital signal processing techniques, precision analogue interfaces, fibre-optic network and both wireless and touchscreen user interfaces, these modu
Blue Offshore, a specialist subsea construction contractor, have commenced with the building of their second cable installation system for delivery by Quarter 1 2012. Blue Offshore assist their customers with innovative standalone and module-based solutions to suit their particular project needs. Th
Blue Offshore has been awarded a second lease agreement for their subsea cable installation system by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) for 2013. The system includes the uniquely adaptable modular turntable system, loading arm assembly, tensioners, trackways, associated equipment and constructio
A large oceanographic data buoy from Newfoundland has been found off Shetland after it went missing during Hurricane Igor in September 2010. Shetland Coastguard was contacted by the stand by vessel Grampian Frontier reporting that they had recovered the large yellow one tonne bouy which had floated
In the last few years Hydrex divers have carried out thruster operations on numerous occasions around the world. This article gives a summary of some of the more important ones. Replacement of azimuth thruster on crane barge in Gabon A Hydrex diver/technician team mobilized to an offshore crane barg
SDIS 17 invites tender for supply of diving instruments and accessories including dry suits and subsea rescue equipment. Divided into lots – tenders should be submitted for one or whole. Value of contract is between 55,000 and 469,000 EUR. Project period is 12 months from date of contract award. Ten
The past 3 days has seen Flexlife Research and Development team members demonstrating a number of new products and services to visitors at Offshore Europe 2011. Offshore Europe attracts a world-wide audience of industry leaders, engineers and technical specialists so has provided the perfect opportu
The AF Group (AFG) has signed the contract for the “H7 Platform Removal Project”. The contract is signed with Statoil, on behalf of Gassco as operator for Gassled. The agreement covers planning, engineering, removal and demolition of the installation. The contract value is approx. NOK 420 million, e
Bulgaria’s Government said on September 7 it has allowed British oil and gas explorer Melrose Resources to use a seismic vessel by the … (sofiaecho) [mappress] Source: sofiaecho, September 09, 2011;
JDR, the leading provider of specialist high performance subsea cables and umbilical systems for the offshore oil, gas and renewables market announces that Andrew J. Norman will join the company as Chief Executive Officer on 19 September 2011. Andrew joins from Dresser Flow Technology Europe, where
