Subsea
Sonardyne’s Tracking Technology for German Research Vessel
Sonardyne International has supplied its deep water acoustic tracking technology, Ranger 2, for the German research vessel the Maria S. Merian. Delivered through Sonardyne’s in-country agent, Scholz Ingenieur Büro GmbH, the system was chosen as a replacement for the vessel’s existing third-party Ult
Seanamic Boosts Flexlife and Umbilicals International US Teams
Seanamic Group has strengthened its ranks in Houston-based companies Flexlife and Umbilicals International. Specialist in the integrity management of flexible pipelines and umbilicals, Flexlife, has welcomed Paul Chittenden as business development manager. Chittenden has experience in the energy ind
Oceaneering Names New Vice President, Advanced Technologies
Oceaneering has promoted Philip G. Beierl to vice president, Advanced Technologies (ADTECH). Beierl has global responsibility for Oceaneering’s ADTECH business segment, succeeding John R. Kreider, who has assumed the role of senior vice president, Growth Strategies, after more than 16 years leading
Premier Oil Looks to Utilize OPT PowerBuoy for Decom Ops
Ocean Power Technologies has signed an agreement with Premier Oil to study the feasibility of using the PB3 PowerBuoy for decommissioning operations in the North Sea. The contract outlines work that will determine the viability of using the PB3 for monitoring and guarding remaining wells and subsea
LLOG Begins Initial Phase of Buckskin Development in GoM
LLOG Exploration (LLOG) has started development drilling operations at the Buckskin project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The initial phase of Buckskin deepwater project will consist of two development wells in Keathley Canyon 829 and a six-mile subsea tieback to the Lucius platform at Keathley C
MDL Beefs Up Its Pipelay Tensioner Portfolio
Maritime Developments is set to add a new pipelay tensioner to its offshore service fleet – according to the company, the largest road-transportable system of its kind on the rental market. The MDL TTS-4/375 will be capable of 150-tonne pull force and 1500-tonne nominal squeeze. It features a 5.5m t
Aker Solutions Nets Troll and Askeladd Subsea Deals from Statoil
Aker Solutions has secured contracts from Statoil to provide subsea production systems and services for the Troll Phase 3 and Askeladd natural-gas developments offshore Norway. The company will deliver a subsea production system consisting of two manifolds and nine trees for the Troll development in
Aker Solutions Advances Iracema Sul Subsea Manifolds Project
Aker Solutions has completed the installation of the first subsea manifold at Petrobras’ Iracema Sul area in the Santos Basin. Three more manifolds will be installed by May 2018, the company informed through social media. “Congratulations to the teams on the successful installation of our first Wate
UTEC Nets Saudi Arabia Contracts; Names New Business Unit Director
UTEC, an Acteon company, has secured multiple geophysical survey contracts in Saudi Arabia in conjunction with its in Kingdom partner, Zamil Offshore. The contracts which include multiple work-sites are for geophysical surveys in the Safiniyah, Marjan and Zuluf fields, offshore Saudi Arabia. UTEC wi
ASV C-Worker 7 Supports Subsea 7 in Mediterranean Pipelay Ops
Subsea 7 has recently deployed ASV Global’s C-Worker 7 class autonomous surface vessel to support a pipelay operation off the coast of Egypt. Fitted with a survey suite comprising a multibeam echosounder and side scan sonar, the C-Worker 7 carried out touchdown monitoring in support of the Seven Ant
Halliburton Q4 Loss Widens on Tax Provision
The U.S. oilfield services major Halliburton has reported net loss in the fourth quarter 2017 of $825 million or 94 cents per share on charges related to U.S. tax reform and Venezuela receivables. Halliburton recorded an aggregate $882 million of non-cash discrete tax charges in the fourth quarter o
Turkey Approves Construction of TurkStream Second Gas Pipeline
Gazprom has received a construction permit from the authorities of the Turkish Republic for the second string of the TurkStream gas pipeline’s offshore section stretching to the Turkish coast. “The TurkStream project is well underway. In accordance with the plan, it is carried out simultaneously at
Enpro Subsea Gets EV Private Equity Boost
Enpro Subsea has secured investment from EV Private Equity (EV) to grow its production optimisation business into new international markets and further develop the range of production optimisation and intervention technologies. The Aberdeen-headquartered subsea company enters 2018 with projects curr
Bakker Sliedrecht Retrofits Pelagia’s Winch Drive System
Bakker Sliedrecht has completed a retrofit of an obsolete deep-sea winch drive system for the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research’s (NIOZ) vessel Pelagia. NIOZ decided to improve the reliability of the deep-sea winch drive system before embarking on a research expedition. To improve the reli