Subsea
Saab Seaeye and TMT Develop Lighter Electric Torque Tool for ROVs
Saab Seaeye, the specialist in electric underwater e-robotic systems, and Australia-based Total Marine Technology (TMT) have launched a new lightweight electric torque tool. The tool can operate across the Saab Seaeye range of e-robotic vehicles. According to Saab Seaeye, no smaller electric class 1
Sonardyne’s Tracking Technology for German Research Vessel
Sonardyne International has supplied its deep water acoustic tracking technology, Ranger 2, for the German research vessel the Maria S. Merian. Delivered through Sonardyne’s in-country agent, Scholz Ingenieur Büro GmbH, the system was chosen as a replacement for the vessel’s existing third-party Ult
Premier Oil Looks to Utilize OPT PowerBuoy for Decom Ops
Ocean Power Technologies has signed an agreement with Premier Oil to study the feasibility of using the PB3 PowerBuoy for decommissioning operations in the North Sea. The contract outlines work that will determine the viability of using the PB3 for monitoring and guarding remaining wells and subsea
MDL Beefs Up Its Pipelay Tensioner Portfolio
Maritime Developments is set to add a new pipelay tensioner to its offshore service fleet – according to the company, the largest road-transportable system of its kind on the rental market. The MDL TTS-4/375 will be capable of 150-tonne pull force and 1500-tonne nominal squeeze. It features a 5.5m t
Aker Solutions Nets Troll and Askeladd Subsea Deals from Statoil
Aker Solutions has secured contracts from Statoil to provide subsea production systems and services for the Troll Phase 3 and Askeladd natural-gas developments offshore Norway. The company will deliver a subsea production system consisting of two manifolds and nine trees for the Troll development in
ASV C-Worker 7 Supports Subsea 7 in Mediterranean Pipelay Ops
Subsea 7 has recently deployed ASV Global’s C-Worker 7 class autonomous surface vessel to support a pipelay operation off the coast of Egypt. Fitted with a survey suite comprising a multibeam echosounder and side scan sonar, the C-Worker 7 carried out touchdown monitoring in support of the Seven Ant
Turkey Approves Construction of TurkStream Second Gas Pipeline
Gazprom has received a construction permit from the authorities of the Turkish Republic for the second string of the TurkStream gas pipeline’s offshore section stretching to the Turkish coast. “The TurkStream project is well underway. In accordance with the plan, it is carried out simultaneously at
Enpro Subsea Gets EV Private Equity Boost
Enpro Subsea has secured investment from EV Private Equity (EV) to grow its production optimisation business into new international markets and further develop the range of production optimisation and intervention technologies. The Aberdeen-headquartered subsea company enters 2018 with projects curr
Bakker Sliedrecht Retrofits Pelagia’s Winch Drive System
Bakker Sliedrecht has completed a retrofit of an obsolete deep-sea winch drive system for the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research’s (NIOZ) vessel Pelagia. NIOZ decided to improve the reliability of the deep-sea winch drive system before embarking on a research expedition. To improve the reli
Imenco Bags Hornsea Project One Corrosion Protection Deal
Imenco Corrosion Technology has been awarded a contract to deliver equipment for corrosion protection (cathodic protection) of the offshore wind farm – Hornsea Project One off the Yorkshire coast in UK. The contract has been awarded by Ørsted Wind Power – the world’s largest developer and operator o
DeepOcean Wins Nord Stream 2 Ploughing Works
DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for performing ploughing operations on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea. The Nord Stream 2 Project concerns the construction of an offshore natural gas transmission system comprising of two 1,220 km pipelines from the Russian Baltic Sea to the German
N-Seatec Secures New Order
N-Seatec, the Netherlands-based technical solutions provider, has received an order for the design and delivery of a large electronics box (EPOD). This EPOD will be used on a subsea template and is the interface between all subsea sensors and topside, the company explained. Design of the stainless s
Chevron Stops Erskine Field Production Due to Pipe Blockage
Chevron has shut down the Erskine field, located in the UK Central North Sea, due to blockage in the condensate export pipeline. During the routine pipeline cleaning operations of the Lomond to Everest condensate export pipeline a blockage occurred in the pipeline. The company is currently investiga
OSIL Develops ROV/AUV Mounted Sediment Corer
UK-based Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) have released a new sediment corer designed to be mounted to the skids of ROVs or AUVs. The system allows sediment samples to be collected during routine ROV operations and can be chained together to allow multiple core assemblies to be installed as