Subsea
Enpro Subsea Keeps Busy
Enpro Subsea has reported its busiest 18 months hitting its key strategic objectives with campaigns completed or starting in North Sea, West Africa and Gulf of Mexico. The enhanced production specialist, which has over 30 personnel based in Aberdeen and Houston, delivers subsea architecture to suppo
Clarus Subsea Introduces Anomaly Detection App
Clarus Subsea Integrity, an Acteon company, has introduced the iCUE digital anomaly detection app for rapid and accurate detection of anomalies by reviewing inspection video footage of subsea assets. The iCUE represents the latest addition to the company’s Digital Integrity Management Services portf
NASA Research Project Utilizes OSIL Water Samplers
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has equipped the NASA EXPORTS Field Campaign with three Marine Snow Catchers and will contribute to the upcoming PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission that aims to provide insight into Earth’s ocean and atmosphere using remote sensing. Mar
XKL DarkStar for TENET
TENET, a research and education network based in South Africa, has purchased XKL DarkStar transponder and mux/demux systems, providing a protected connection between two of their strategic data center locations in London. The interconnection is a critical component of a subsea cable network linking
STR Boosts Rental Pool with Innomar Equipment
Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR) has further expanded its rental equipment inventory with the Innomar SES-2000 medium-100 parametric sub-bottom profiling systems. The Innomar SES-2000 medium-100 is designed for offshore applications down to 2,000 meters water depth and comes with the option to mo
First Marine Solutions Boosts Management Team
First Marine Solutions (FMS) has made two senior appointments to bolster the company’s global growth plans. Dave McGinlay and Paul Crichton join the Aberdeen based mooring services provider as business development director and sales and marketing manager, respectively. Dave joins FMS having held key
WFS, University of Aberdeen, OGIC Join Forces in New Project
WFS Technologies, University of Aberdeen and OGIC have started joint technology project to design and build the ExtremeEdge On-line Monitoring (OLM) system for subsea and offshore platform structures. Utilizing the ExtremeEdge distributed computing architecture, the project will deliver the first ge
Teledyne Gavia Wraps Up AUV Magnetometer Testing
Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of the Gavia autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), has completed trials of the AUV self-compensating magnetometer from Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG). Following¸the integration and field trials in Iceland of the OFG self-compensating magnetometer (SCM) on the Teledyne Gavia
FSubsea Adds New VP Products
Fuglesangs Subsea (FSubsea) has appointed Terje Hollingsæter as vice president Products, effective early May. Terje comes from the position of global chief engineer Pumps at TechnipFMC, where he for several years has led the development and integration of subsea boosting systems. Terje brings more t
Forum Posts $0.25 EPS After Special Items
Forum Energy Technologies recorded profit in the first-quarter 2018 of $28 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, compared to net loss of $15.8 million, or 16 cents per diluted share, for the prior-year comparable period. Sequentially, Forum recognized close to 43 percent drop in profit from 46 cen
Marine Hub Cornwall, Marine Energy Wales Form Partnership
Marine Hub Cornwall – set up to help grow the marine industry in the county and to promote its marine capabilities – has formally agreed a new collaboration with Marine Energy Wales. The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on areas of common interest and to s
Nautilus in Solwara 1 Delay as Ship Construction Sits Idle
Toronto-based underwater mineral exploration company Nautilus Minerals has informed that the construction of its chartered production support vessel has halted pending the resolution of the default situation by MAC Goliath. MAC Goliath, the purchaser of the vessel, had failed to pay the third instal
Pioneering Spirit Delivers First Line of TurkStream
The deep-water pipelay for Line 1 of the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline across the Black Sea has been completed. The average rate of the deep-water pipelay carried out by the pipelaying vessel Pioneering Spirit was 4.3 km/day. The maximum pipelaying rate – 5.6 km/day – was reached twice in Februar
BMT Wins Environmental Support Deal on Galapagos Field
BMT has secured a master services agreement to provide environmental support for UKCS operator, Bridge Petroleum Limited (Bridge), as part of its field development work for the large Galapagos Field situated in the East Shetland basin. Under this new contract, BMT will complete the necessary Environ