Subsea
SMD Develops Synthetic Environment and Virtualisation Tool
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), a manufacturer of remote intervention equipment, has launched a synthetic environment and virtualisation platform named ‘Sentio’ that could, according to the company, optimise and improve the efficiency of operations in any offshore environment. Reportedly, Sentio, the f
HC IQIP Moving to Sliedrecht Base
HC IQIP will soon relocate its Kinderdijk- and Delfgauw-based activities to a new location in Sliedrecht. Royal IHC recently decided to move all shipbuilding activities from Sliedrecht to Kinderdijk and Krimpen a/d Ijssel to make the site available for IHC IQIP’s activities. As per December, IHC sai
PGS Sets Up New Financing Plan
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) said it has raised gross proceeds of approximately NOK 1.9 billion (approximately USD 225 million) through a private placement of 85.5 million new shares at a subscription price of NOK 22.50 per share. The proceeds from the private placement will be used primarily to fin
Subsea Industries Strengthens Presence in UK
Subsea Industries has strengthened its presence in the UK’s maritime and renewable energy sectors with the appointment of coatings specialist Mark Woods as its UK-based technical representative. Mark will head up newly opened Chelmsford-based Subsea Industries UK, with responsibility for sales growt
JFO Supports Technip IMR Campaign in UKCS
Technip subcontracted James Fisher Offshore (JFO) for inspection, repair and maintenance (IMR) work on its client’s offshore installations this summer. The JFO team provided back deck equipment for Technip’s 100 day IRM campaign (including jacket, clamp and weld inspections of offshore installations
Fugro Executes First Part of Rampion Cable Laying Campaign
Fugro said it has completed ‘phase one’ of cable laying operations on schedule at the Rampion offshore wind farm, as the programme takes a break over winter. The installation of 60 cables was completed at the end of October – three more than the 57 cables originally planned. Subsea construction vess
JFD Saturation Diving System for Shanghai Salvage
James Fisher and Sons’ subsidiary JFD has been awarded approximately £35-million ($43.7 million) contract by Shanghai Salvage (SS) to supply a 24-man saturation diving system rated for diving support to depths of 500 meters. The contract is for the design and build of two independent 12 man saturati
Report: Subsea Could Stabilize in Long-Term
A new report by energy research and consulting service, Douglas-Westwood (DW), said that due to the current reality of a ‘lower for longer’ oil price, many oil majors have opted to focus on subsea well tiebacks, as sanctioning floating production systems (FPS) for offshore projects has become financ
Farstad Secures More Work for Its Vessels
Norwegian shipowner Farstad Shipping informed it has been awarded several charter contracts with Petrobras, Shell and Saipem. Petrobras has extended the contract for the MPSV Far Swift with another year in direct continuation with present contract, until October 2017. The vessel will continue to del
URS Targets O&G Decom Market with New Mattress Recovery Tool
Utility ROV Services (URS) has launched a new mattress recovery tool (MRT) developed for the oil and gas decommissioning market. The tool has been designed to recover concrete mattresses that have been installed in oil and gas fields to protect subsea piping. URS said it started developing the MRT i
Maersk Drilling, NOV Aim to Optimise Drilling Equipment Maintenance
Maersk Drilling and National Oilwell Varco have entered into a five-year partnership to improve maintenance predictability for drilling equipment. The shared vision behind the partnership is to implement a new maintenance mind-set which should minimise operational down time, while lowering maintenan
EnQuest, MOL See First Oil from Scolty and Crathes
EnQuest informed it has achieved first oil from Scolty and Crathes development located in the Central North Sea, approximately 160 km north east of Aberdeen. Scolty was discovered in 2007 by Lundin and Crathes in 2011 by EnQuest. The development plan consists of two single horizontal wells tied back
Saab Seaeye’s ROV Becomes Diving Support Vessel Resource
Flash Tekk Engineering has selected the Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus remotely operated vehicle (ROV) as a key diving support vessel resource. Flash Tekk supplies diving systems and ROVs for Ultra Deep Solutions, an operator of ultra-deep diving and heavy construction vessels. Saab Seaeye said they ar
WFS Technologies, TSC Introduce Seatooth ACFM
WFS Technologies and TSC have launched Seatooth ACFM, a wireless smart NDT monitoring solution designed to reduce subsea inspection costs. TSC‘s ACFM array probe range can be installed on offshore structures to monitor the growth of surface breaking cracks. Seatooth is a subsea wireless communicatio