The participants took part in the deployment of the FastOcean Profiling System from the University of Maryland’s unique 155’ Mobile Test Platform. They also tried out the instrument in a laboratory setting. The FastOcean system is the only multi-wavelength Fast Repetition Rate fluorometer for use bo
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has secured a 16 million Euro contract with Statoil to engineer and supply a 16.5km subsea power umbilical that will be used to connect the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea to its subsea compression and processing equipment. The Gullfaks
KD Marine announced additions to their team on all sides of the business. Due to internal changes within KD Marine it was deemed necessary to strengthen the company with appointments in key positions. This saw the appointment of Linda Alves as Contracts Manager who comes to KD Marine after working f
Reef Subsea AS announced that one of its Norwegian subsidiaries, Scanmudring AS, has fully acquired Norwegian company Vako AS. Scanmudring had previously owned 38% of Vako and bought the remaining 62% for full ownership. Vako will be integrated into Scanmudring-Rotech Subsea, a group of companies th
A specialist North-east oil and gas industry support and training facility has expanded its team following continued growth in business. The Aberdeen-based National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC) has made three key appointments to its training and consultancy departments increasing the in-house team to 24
Prime Minister David Cameron and the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg agreed a landmark energy partnership between the UK and Norway designed to secure affordable and sustainable long term energy supplies. The Norway-UK Energy Partnership for Sustainable Growth heralds closer collaboration
OSRL exhibited at the Jakarta Convention Centre at the 36th IPA Convention and Exhibition from 23 – 25 May 2012. Themed “Working Together to Meet Indonesia’s Energy Needs”, the event saw members from the Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) and the oil and gas community gathering to share local in
On 4-5 June 2012, the Swedish Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd visited MMT head office in Gothenburg, Sweden. The purpose of the visit was to introduce high-tech marine survey and its challenges and opportunities to the minister. Ola Oskarsson, founder of MMT, invited the ministe
The oil and gas industry is set to benefit from internationally deployable well capping equipment, following collaboration between Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP). Working closely with SWRP, OSRL is making an integrated intervention system available to t
After many months of manufacturing and preparation, it is now time for the array cable installation to commence on the Anholt project. Over the past year, Nexans Deutschland has been manufacturing array cables for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in three different cross sections with a total length of
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, has been awarded a contract by AF Group in connection with the removal and recycling contract for the B-11 riser platform cessation project for Statoil, on behalf of Gassco as operator for Gassled. The contract is an option in the existing co
Bergen Group BMV has signed a contract with the ship owner North Sea Shipping AS, a subsidiary of North Sea Shipping Holding AS, for construction of a large and advanced offshore vessel. The contract value is NOK 1 billion, included options for some additional equipment. The contract represents the
The installation of the wind turbines on Anholt offshore wind farm will commence in September, but already now, the preparations in and around Grenaa Harbour are in full activity before Siemens Wind Power commences the installation works. As the installation vessels also have to jack up in Grenaa No
Aker Solutions aims to build up a 1 700-strong London engineering hub – thereby creating 1 300 new jobs – by 2015, as growth in global oil and gas markets drives demand for the company’s technologies and services. Øyvind Eriksen, executive chairman of Aker Solutions, shared this ambition with Prime
