Subsea
Scottish Enterprise, The Nippon Foundation Ink Subsea MoU
Scottish Enterprise and The Nippon Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during Offshore Europe on Tuesday, which will see both organisations work together to invest in research and development projects around subsea technology challenges. The projects will address challenges identif
Wood Group-Led JIP Shows Reliability of Flexible Pipes
Wood Group has led a global project to improve industry knowledge and understanding of flexible pipe integrity management. The findings of the Sureflex joint industry project (JIP) are published today by Oil & Gas UK (Tuesday 5 September) in a report, Flexible Pipe Integrity Management Guidance & Go
Lloyd’s Register Supports Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup Development
Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) Risk Management Consulting team has signed a contract with Statoil to use LR’s expertise to conduct total risk analysis for the riser platform modification project at the Johan Sverdrup field which is forecast for production start-up in late 2019. Most of the front end engine
Consortium to Audit North Sea NDT Challenge
A consortium of organisations has set out to tackle one of the most enduring challenges in the North Sea: the non-destructive testing (NDT) of corroded pipes under insulation and engineered temporary pipe wraps. The group, which includes TRAC Oil & Gas, the University of Strathclyde, and CENSIS, the
Expro Scoops Repsol Sinopec UK North Sea Deal
International oilfield services company, Expro, has secured a five-year master services agreement with Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited, for well services across its UK North Sea assets. The contract is valued at $8 million for the first calendar year, which will be reviewed on an annual basis –
Well-Safe Boosts Team, Selects Aberdeen HQ
Well-Safe Solutions, a new player in the decommissioning market, has appointed Jim Christie as director of programmes. The specialist well abandonment company, launched in July this year, has already assembled a senior team of eight industry experts and now employs 20 people. Well-Safe has just sign
STR Expands into Aberdeen
Great Yarmouth-based Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has set up a new facility in Cults, Aberdeen. The second facility within the United Kingdom represents a strategic expansion, driven by STR’s Managing Director Scott Johnstone, and should allow STR to provide its full suite of technology and sup
Laminaria Gets Funding for Wave Energy Development
Laminaria has raised EUR 2 million from new investors, QBIC II and PMV, and existing investor CEIP, to support the development of its wave energy generation technology and initiate a full-scale demonstration project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. Proving survivabili
Visund IOR Project Gets Green Light
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the installation of a new template at the North Sea Visund field as part of Statoil’s improved oil recovery project. Visund is an oil and gas field in the northern part of the North Sea, approximately 22 kilometers northeast of the Gullfaks fie
GeoSea Completes A2SEA Acquisition
International competition authorities have approved the acquisition of A2SEA by Belgian GeoSea, part of DEME Group. The agreement was signed in July, where the former owners DONG Energy and Siemens International agreed to sell the full ownership of A2SEA to GeoSea. Michael Glavind, CEO at A2SEA said
Bibby Offshore Wraps Up Two North Sea Contracts
Bibby Offshore has completed two contracts with Perenco and Endeavour Energy UK. Perenco appointed Bibby Offshore to perform subsea integrity inspections and maintenance works on the Inde Joint pipeline, which runs to the Bacton Gas Terminal in the Southern North Sea. The 15-day workscope saw Bibby
NOC Marine Robotics Innovation Centre Welcomes Saab Seaeye
Underwater robotics company, Saab Seaeye, has joined the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) Marine Robotics Innovation Centre, as an Associate Member. For Saab Seaeye, the NOC is an important hub in the development of underwater autonomous and robotic systems, and this new membership should furthe
Braveheart Marine Takes Delivery of New Vessel
Javelin International has named and delivered the multipurpose vessel Patriot, designed for hydrographic survey and crew tender activities, to Braveheart Marine. The Patriot is the fourth vessel from Javelin International that Braveheart Marine ads to its fleet. The vessel, with a length of 25,90m a
Global Marine Sets Up Presence in Port of Blyth
The Global Marine Group (GMG) has expanded its operations base in the United Kingdom to include the Port of Blyth, Northumberland. Operating from the Port of Blyth, both of GMG’s two business units, CWind, which provides services to the offshore wind industry, and Global Marine, which provides fibre