Subsea
Prysmian Showcases Oil and Gas Technology at OTC 2014
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase at Offshore Technology Conference 2014 in Houston, TX (USA) from May 5th to 8th (booth 5447). The Group will present its comprehensive product portfolio specifically designed for the Oil and Gas industr
Kongsberg GeoAcoustics Delivers GeoChirp 3D to China’s FIO
GeoChirp 3D high resolution sub-bottom profiler provides three dimensional acoustical images of shallow sub-seabed structures and buried objects. It transfers the well-established principles of conventional 3D reflection seismic, used in hydrocarbon exploration, to high resolution chirp sub-bottom p
AGR Experts to Lecture at DEVEX Conference
Leading experts from global service company AGR, have been announced as guest speakers at this week’s DEVEX European Production and Development conference. DEVEX is a main event to the industry’s key professionals during which knowledge sharing and experience exchange on projects and new innovations
Eaton Introduces ‘Synflex’ Subsea High Pressure Hoses
Power management company Eaton introduced the Synflex® 3395-32 and 3394-32 Thermoplastic Hoses, designed specifically to help increase uptime, safety and reliability for subsea oil and gas applications. The new high pressure hoses are a market exclusive for 2-inch hoses reinforced with Kevlar® to wi
Transocean Spitsbergen to Drill Statoil’s Apollo Prospect
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7324/2-1 Apollo in production licence 615 in the Barents Sea using the Transocean Spitsbergen mobile drilling facility. Water depth at the site is approx. 430 metres. Drilling is planned to begin in May 2014, with a duration of a
AWE Sets Up Production Liner in Pateke 4-H Well
AWE Limited has reported that the Pateke-4H development well has been drilled to a revised measured total depth of 4,772m, including a 749m horizontal section through the reservoir, and installation of a 6 5/8 inch slotted production liner has been completed. The well will now be completed and suspe
MMO Restricts Piling Activities for Westermost Rough OWF
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) licensed Westermost Rough Ltd (WMR Ltd) to construct the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm in November 2011. The work includes constructing a 35-turbine wind farm off the east coast of England, with the closest turbine being about 8 kilometres from the shor
MBARI’s ROV ‘Doc Ricketts’ Marks Its 600th Submersion
Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts successfully completed its 600th dive. Since February 2009, Doc Ricketts has explored the deep sea as far north as the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the Pacific northwest coast and as south as Baja California, Mexico. Doc Ricketts is MBARI’s next generation ROV
Ocean Shield Resupplies, Continues Search for Flight MH370
Ocean Shield will today (May 05) return to Fleet Base West to replenish its supplies and conduct routine maintenance and software modifications to Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ‘Artemis’ Bluefin-21. On completion of the short port visit, Ocean Shield will return immediately to the search are
Expro Achieves $2 Bln Order Book Milestone
Expro announces $2 billion order book at the end of its 40th anniversary year, thanks to a number of contract wins, including almost $500million in the last quarter alone. Expro attributes this success due to its market-leading position in deep water well testing and subsea landing string services,
NOAA Adds New Survey Ship to Its Fleet
NOAA has commissioned a state-of-the-art fisheries survey vessel, NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, during a ceremony at the Navy Pier in downtown San Diego. The ship will conduct fish, marine mammal and turtle surveys off the U.S. West Coast and in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Funded through the Amer
Kleven: Strong Financial Performance in 2013
The Kleven group delivered a strong financial performance in 2013, with an operating profit of NOK 172 million. ‘An operating profit of NOK 172 million is a solid result in the current market situation,’ said Ståle Rasmussen, CEO of Kleven. Turnover in 2013 was NOK 4.2 billion, a record high for the
FMC Technologies to Unify Houston Facilities into One Campus
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has broken ground on a new campus at Generation Park, located on the northeast corner of the Sam Houston Tollway (Beltway 8) in Houston, Texas. Within the next 10 years, the company’s goal is to consolidate all of its 10 Houston facilities, including its corp
BBC Austria Loads Subsea Structure for SEME Project in Nigeria
Lifting and transfer services were delivered by the vessel ‘BBC Austria’ helping the Nigerian South Atlantic Petroleum company (SAPETRO) to load SEME project critical subsea structure onto ‘OOC Panther’, an offshore supply vessel supplied by the Hamburg based company Opielok. Previously being abando