The UK government is backing industry plans for a multi-million pound underwater engineering hub in Aberdeen. Bringing together underwater technologies from both industry and academia from up and down the country, the planned Global Underwater Engineering Hub should reinforce the UK’s status in the
Nortek has released a new unmanned surface vehicle (USV) designed for the Chinese market to offer an open and low-cost platform to measure water current and direction. Nortek China has integrated Doppler instrumentation on the vehicle to help better meet user requirements for ocean surveying. The ne
SubConn, in collaboration with MacArtney, has invested in expanding its production facilities. The company has invested in a 2,300 m2 new location that combined with its existing 2,500 m2 is set to double their existing production facilities. With new premises and investments in production equipment
International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has opened the application process for the DP Practitioner Accreditation Scheme. Two categories of practitioners are eligible for accreditation, a DP Trials and Assurance Practitioner and a company DP Authority. Captain Andy Goldsmith, IMCA’s techn
Aqueos and Otto Candies have entered into a multi-year agreement for the charter of the DSV Kelly Ann Candies, a USA built multi-role DP2 diving support vessel. The vessel has a built-in 14-man draeger saturation diving system complete with 3-man bell, moon-pool bell launch with cursor, self propell
Canyon Offshore, the Robotics division of Helix, has entered into an agreement with Otto Candies for the charter of the Jones Act-compliant inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel Ross Candies. The charter will start in July 2019 upon completion of a previously scheduled regulatory dry dock.
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company has agreed the acquisition of Spectrum, creating a leading provider of 2D and 3D seismic data. The transaction is expected to be completed as a statutory merger pursuant to Norwegian corporate law between TGS and Spectrum. The transaction is supported by the board of di
Oceaneering and Pacific Drilling have entered into a five-year ‘Digital Services Package’ agreement. The deal will allow the provision of emerging services such as remote ROV piloting, surveying, and automation aboard Pacific Drilling’s drillship fleet. The collaboration between Oceaneering and Paci
TUV SUD NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to fill a knowledge gap in the oil & gas industry’s use of online oil-in-water analysers to help optimise oil and gas recovery. In its quest to optimise production and recovery, the oil & gas industry is in
Ocean Scientific International (OSIL) has supplied a data buoy platform to the ‘ORION’ joint research and development centre for use as a real-time monitoring station on an EU-funded project managing coastal erosion. The Harmonized Coastal Corrosion Management Framework for Enhancing the Implementat
Oceaneering International has secured a drilling and completion support contract for integrated services with Wintershall Norge. The contract covers ROV services for the drilling unit West Mira, which will perform production drilling on Wintershall-operated fields in the Norwegian Continental Shelf,
Oilfield services investment company Akastor recorded profit of NOK 62 million ($7 million) for the first-quarter 2019 compared to loss of NOK 19 million ($2 million) same time in 2018. The Oslo-listed company as a group generated some 21 per cent higher revenue (NOK 1.1 billion) in the Q1 2019 from
C-Kore Systems has welcomed Diego Baraldi to the company to represent C-Kore as sales manager – South America. Diego has over 15 years of experience in the offshore oil & gas sector, starting his career with Halliburton as field engineer and then working for Lupatech as business development manager.
Lankhorst Offshore has been awarded a contract by TechnipFMC to supply the mooring lines for the Energean Power Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Karish and Tanin gas fields, offshore Israel. Energean Israel, who leases and operates the Karish and Tanin gas fields, wil
