Subsea
ABPmer Strengthens Metocean Division
Marine consultancy, ABPmer, has welcomed Robin Stephens, Dr Ian Wade and Dr Sarah Taws to its Metocean Team. The appointment of these metocean specialists is said to reflect the company’s focus on broadening its metocean consultancy service. Robin Stephens, Head of Metocean Consulting, joins ABPmer
Neptune Energy Expands Its Team with New Appointments
Neptune Energy has made three senior appointments, based in its Aberdeen and London offices. Pete Jones has joined Neptune Energy as UK managing director. Most recently Jones held the position of managing director of Taqa Europe. He has over 25 years’ international experience in the upstream oil and
Subsea 7 Bags Buzzard Phase 2 Work
Subsea 7 said it has been awarded a contract by Nexen as part of the Buzzard Phase 2 Project, located approximately 55 kilometers off the north-east coast of Scotland. According to the company, the contract is worth between $50 million and $150 million. Subsea 7’s contract scope includes project man
Swire Oilfield Services Gets New CFO
Swire Oilfield Services has appointed Martin Shaw as its new chief financial officer. Shaw will be based in the Aberdeen headquarters and will be responsible for the Group finance function including planning, accounting and reporting, tax and treasure, HR and IT, in addition to driving improvements
NORBIT Supplies WBMS Systems for NOC AUV
NORBIT has been appointed by the National Environmental Research Council (NERC) to supply two multi-beam echosounder (MBES) sonar systems for use on the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) new AUV platform. The WBMS deep water multibeam systems will be used on NOC’s new 2000 meter depth rated AUV p
EDS Executes 66kV Blyth Wind Farm Project
High voltage engineering specialist, EDS HV Group (EDS), now part of James Fisher and Sons, has completed installation, termination and testing work at the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator wind farm (BOD). The BOD project has enabled owner and developer, EDF Renewables UK, to trial new technology and it
DNV GL Supports Shell Penguins Redevelopment in UK
DNV GL has won a cross-service contract to support Shell’s Penguins field redevelopment on the UK Continental Shelf. The contract with Shell involves a team which will deliver an integrated verification and class project for the operator’s Penguins floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) v
Prysmian Lands Hornsea Project Two Inter-Array Cables Contract
Prysmian has been awarded a new contract by Ørsted Wind Power to supply submarine inter-array cables for Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project Two, located 89 km off the Yorkshire coast, will be able to supply well over 1.3 million homes with green, renewable electricity once it be
Allspeeds Boosts Manufacturing Capabilities
Accrington-based, hydraulic tools specialist, Allspeeds, has invested over £150,000 in a new vertical machining centre at its Accrington manufacturing facility in Lancashire. The Hartford Plug & Play Series MVP-16 will streamline production of larger Webtool cutting tools, significantly reducing man
Hurricane Finalizes Lancaster Turret Mooring Installation
Hurricane Energy has informed that the turret mooring system, including the newly-constructed buoy for the Aoka Mizu FPSO, has been installed at the Lancaster field in UK. The installation, part of the LancaOster Early Production System (EPS) development, is a subject to final classification society
CGG Swings to Q2 Profit
French geoscience expert CGG has reported net profit of $49 million for the quarter ended June, 2018, against net loss of $170 million same time last year. For the second quarter 2018, the company generated $314 million in revenue and operating income of $26 million, against revenue of $350 million
SeaBird Wraps Up Geowave Voyager Buy
SeaBird Exploration’s acquisition of the seismic vessel ‘Geowave Voyager’ from Exploration Vessel Resources II, a wholly owned subsidiary of CGG, has become effective and unconditional. The agreement became unconditional following the technical inspection of the vessel, the company informed. SeaBird
Seatronics Expands Hydrographic Survey Equipment Inventory
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has doubled its stock of Sonic 2024 Multibeam Echosounders with the acquisition of eleven new systems from long-term supplier R2 Sonic. Responding to increased need for hydrographic surveys, Seatronics have more than doubled their stockholding of Sonic 2024 systems wit
Advance Global Recruitment Appoints Finance Director
Energy industry recruitment specialists, Advance Global Recruitment Limited (AGR) has appointed Mark Scott as finance director. Scott has held CFO and FD positions within international businesses over the past 8 years. Prior to that Scott was a senior consultant with PKF (now BDO) providing financia