Subsea
Ashtead Technology Sets Up New Group to Drive Down Subsea Costs
Ashtead Technology, a provider of subsea technology and services, is launching a new service to increase efficiency and drive down risk and cost in subsea and marine operations. By applying its engineering and technical know-how to solve specific subsea challenges, Ashtead has already delivered inte
UK Eyes Five Protection Areas for Harbour Porpoises
UK is looking to protect harbour porpoises by setting up five marine conservation areas in its surrounding waters. According to a statement on Tuesday by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), an adviser to the UK government on nature conservation, five harbour porpoise Special Areas of Con
TCarta Marine and Proteus Geo Combine
TCarta Marine has merged with Proteus Geo to create a global mapping company that provides bathymetric and marine data sets from the shallow coastal zone out to the continental shelf. The new company is called TCarta Marine and will maintain offices in Denver and Oxford. “By merging, we believe the
PHOTO: Heerema Presses on with Culzean Jacket Work
Heerema Fabrication Group is pressing on with its operations on two jackets meant for the Culzean field development at its Vlissingen facility in the Netherlands. The company reported through its social media channels on Tuesday, January 31 that the last row of the Culzean’s utility & living quarter
Flux Group Bags Another Johan Sverdrup Contract
Flux Group’s subsidiary Active Service has been awarded a contract for the provision of 40 hydraulic umbilicals and hoses for a wellhead control system to the engineering and manufacturing company CRE8 Systems AS. The equipment will be installed at the Johan Sverdrup field. Flux Group has now secure
Nord Stream 2 Resolves Swedish Port Hurdle
Following reports that Sweden’s municipalities Karlshamn and Slite might not allow the use of their respective ports for pipe storage during the execution phase of the Nord Stream 2 project, Karlshamn has approved the use of its port. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline will carry natural gas through the Bal
Seatools Introduces New Subsea Storage Technology
In January of this year, Dutch subsea technology company Seatools completed an R&D program on a subsea liquid storage technology. During the program, a continuation of an earlier engineering study performed on behalf of Statoil, the storage technology successfully passed a full product qualification
PSA Probe Spots Deficiencies in Gullfaks B Ops Management
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has detected several non-conformities and improvement points in an audit of Statoil’s management of operations and barriers at Gullfaks B. Statoil is the operator of the Gullfaks field in the North Sea west of Sognefjord. The field has been developed using
Smulders Nets EOWDC Foundations Job
A contract for assembling pioneering suction bucket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) has helped safeguard around 35 jobs and create up to another 105 positions in Newcastle upon Tyne after being awarded to Smulders Projects. The company will carry out the
NEL to Set New Standards for Multiphase Flow Measurement
NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has been selected to lead the development of a new multiphase flow measurement standard for the oil and gas industry. Despite the growing use of multiphase meters to cope with complex fluid mixtures from ageing fields which have depleting reserves, there is
SgurrEnergy in MeyGen Win
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has been awarded the asset management contract for Phase 1a of MeyGen’s tidal energy project for four 1.5MW tidal turbines in the Ness of Quoys located in Caithness, Scotland. After providing ongoing engineering expertise on the same site, the
Teledyne to Host New Training Courses
Teledyne Academy will again this year be hosting a number of open training courses. Set at different global locations, Teledyne Marine will bring a number of courses on its latest hardware and software technology. The open courses cover Teledyne PDS for Dredge or Multibeam operations and SeaBat trai
Meet Our Team at Subsea Expo 2017
As Subsea Expo 2017 is about to kick off, our SubseaWorldNews.com team is looking forward to all the upcoming buzz and conversations in Aberdeen. We would like to invite you to meet the team behind the news portal, Dzenita Cama or Anela Biogradlija, and chat about the latest developments or explore
Damen Gets Aquaculture Utility Vessel Deal in Norway
Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Norway-based VOLT Service AS for a Utility Vessel (UV) 4312 to be delivered in Q1 2018. The vessel, to be named VOLT Processor, will undertake delousing operations and other services at Norwegian salmon farms. Remøy Management AS has been involved in the