Sonomatic has announced expansion plans to provide additional radiography capacity within its base at The Core, Bridge of Don, bringing the total number of bays available to five. Just three years ago, Sonomatic invested in building a brand multi-disciplined facility covering the entire range of NDT
ABP Humber has increased its technology for hydrographic surveying with the purchase of a new Carlson Merlin lidar scanner supplied by Swathe Services. The Merlin is a vessel-based 3D mobile laser scanner system developed specifically for coastal, offshore and inland waterway surveying. ABP Humber i
Oilfield services investment company Akastor recorded loss of NOK 492 million ($57 million) for the fourth-quarter 2018 compared to loss of NOK 380 million ($44 million) same time in 2017. The result for the fourth quarter was primarily impacted by non-cash items from financial investments, the comp
The former chief executive officer of Quintillion – the Alaska-based company constructing a subsea fiber optic/broadband network – has pleaded guilty to fraudulently inducing investors to commit more than $250 million into her company for the construction of a fiber-optic cable network in Alaska. El
Royal Boskalis has signed a sizable contract for the replacement and repair of a part of the inter-array cables at an offshore wind farm. The contract has a value of approximately EUR 80 million. Boskalis will utilize three anchored barge spreads, including the cable repair assets Bokabarge 82 and r
Trendsetter Engineering has completed the design and build of subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan project, a natural gas field development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. Trendsetter’s scope of work included multiple clamp connection systems, subsea dis
Wreckage of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Hornet was recently discovered by the expedition crew of Paul G. Allen’s research vessel (R/V) Petrel. Hornet was found 5,400 meters below the surface, resting on the floor of the South Pacific Ocean around the Solomon Islands. Hornet was best known
3D at Depth, expert in subsea LiDAR laser technology and 3D data solutions, has announced partnership with Subsea Technology & Rentals Australia. This partnership has been formed to support 3D at Depth’s expanding customer base within the Asia Pacific region, and bundle 3D at Depth’s Subsea (SL) LiD
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has been awarded a contract to develop a fiber optic mooring line from the United States Navy valued at $125,000. The contract has an additional three options totaling $100,000 for a total potential contract value of $225,000. Under this contract, OPT will immediately
Shell Brasil has agreed a partnership with underwater sensor technology company Sonardyne and Brazilian research institute Senai Cimatec to develop autonomous technology to make the monitoring of Brazil’s challenging deepwater pre-salt oil fields more efficient. The new 4D seismic monitoring system,
Teledyne Webb Research, a division of Teledyne Technologies, has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) for autonomous profiling floats by the Naval Oceanographic Office. This contract includes the APEX profiling float, with optional air-deployment capability and APEX repair serv
L3 ASV has delivered a long-endurance autonomous vessel known as the C-Enduro to the Royal Navy. The C-Enduro will be used for military data gathering trials by the Mine countermeasures and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) programme. “We are proud to support the Royal Navy in their plans to explore the
Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has won a framework agreement from Total to provide geophysical acquisition supervision. The contract was awarded for a period of three years, the company informed. “SMC is very pleased to have been awarded a framework agreement which will see it support a number
Benthic has started a four month geotechnical campaign for Equinor in the BM-C-33 and BM-S-8 blocks located off the coast of Brazil. Mobilization of PROD3 (Portable Remotely Operated Drill) onto the MV Sable Chouest began in Niteroi in November 2018 and field operations are expected to reach complet
