IMCA is holding a day-long seminar in London on Tuesday 15 October with aim to demystify what digitalisation means for the offshore oil and gas industry in general, and for the marine contracting sector in particular. The theme of the seminar, taking place at Prince Philip House on Carlton House Ter
Olis Robotics has entered into an agreement with iCsys, part of the Envirex Group, for sales, distribution and support of Olis Robotics machine-learning ROV controllers. “We’re excited to continue to see rapid adoption of our technology which provides a major evolutionary leap beyond the 1990’s manu
Tekmar Group has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Pipeshield International from its founder Steven Howlett. This is the third acquisition of the group since its admission to AIM in June 2018 and is continuing the strategy to acquire offshore energy businesses with synergie
Impact Subsea has expanded operations with the opening of a new office in Aberdeenshire, UK. The new office more than doubles the company’s space for product development, sales and marketing functions. All sales, marketing and product development staff will be located in the new office, with the ori
Subsea and pipelines engineering consultancy Atteris has nominated Céline Lanoëlle to lead its new Dynamic Systems Business Stream. Lanoëlle is a specialist dynamic riser engineer with more than 14 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. The scope of services includes engineering for flexib
Polymer lining specialist for subsea pipelines Swagelining has installed its LinerBridge connector technology for the first time. The Swagelining team installed the LinerBridge polymer lining connectors within Pipeline Bundles for one of Equinor’s developments in the Norwegian North Sea; followed by
Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract to provide an integrated mooring lines life extension solution for Shell’s FPSO Fluminense, including project management, engineering, interface management and offshore execution off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. “This is an important milestone for Maersk
Unique Group has signed an agreement to acquire five unmanned surface vessels (USV) DriX units from French high-technology company iXblue. Unique Group’s new addition is designed for a wide range of tasks such as geophysical and hydrographic surveys, touchdown monitoring of pipelines, subsea positio
JFD has announced a new partnership with Armelsan, a Turkey-based designer and supplier of sonar systems for the Turkish Navy. Established in 2011 with offices in Ankara and Istanbul, Armelsan delivers a variety of sonar systems including diver detection sonar, hull mounted anti-submarine warfare so
Forum Subsea Technologies’ latest remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the XLe Spirit, has completed sea trials in Norway. The vehicle is the first of a new generation of electric observation class ROVs. It is the smallest in the new range, and powerful enough to perform subsea maintenance and repair wo
Blue Ocean Monitoring has recently purchased a new L3Harris Technologies Iver3 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to support its global survey operations. The AUV is capable of operations to 200 meters, and is said to be one of the smallest and lightest on the market, allowing for single-user deplo
CSA Ocean Sciences (CSA) and MMT have entered into strategic alliance to provide combined services for the Americas offshore markets. Kevin Peterson, CSA’s chief executive officer, stated: “The combined offerings from MMT and CSA delivers a comprehensive solution for operators looking for integrated
Leidos Australia plans to deliver the first Survey Craft System to the Royal Australian Navy in November 2019. A key component of the Australian Navy SEA1770 project, the Survey Craft, will provide underwater hydrographic survey data to the Navy to assist with the safe deployment and maneuver of nav
Universal Subsea’s patent-pending Defender subsea isolation cap has been installed at the Bulleit subsea well, operated by Talos Energy in the Gulf of Mexico. The thermoplastic cap was landed, locked and sealed to the wellhead in Green Canyon Block 21 using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) after de
