Bibby Offshore’s Houston-based division, Bibby Subsea, has announced the investment in a custom-built office and new key appointment. The new premises, due for completion in November 2014, consist of a 6,300 sq. ft. office space and 2,000 sq. ft. warehouse and workshop area, which will allow for fur
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK Ltd (AEUK) has been awarded a $5.6 million (£3.5 million) three year contract for the provision of underwater defensive aids research. The exciting three year contract was awarded by Dstl to provide research into a future torpedo countermeasures system for surface ships and subma
Aberdeen based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has last week hosted Conservative MEP for Scotland, Dr Ian Duncan, as part of a fact-finding mission into the oil and gas industry. As part of Dr Duncan’s visit, he toured the company’s 50,000 sq ft purpose built state-of-the-art workshop
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, will be exhibiting at ADIPEC, November 10 – 13, in Abu Dhabi, and hosting a Technology Event on November 11. The company will showcase the latest developments in 2H’s primary Middle Eastern business areas: Platform Conductor Engineering, Platform Conductor Life Extens
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Island Frontier for preparatory well-plugging work at Statfjord Øst and Sleipner Øst in the North Sea. Statoil has received consent to use Island Frontier, which is a well-intervention vessel, for work preparatory t
A simple yet innovative new tool is set to make waves in the oil and gas industry after successfully undergoing a commercial trial at award-winning subsea training and trials facility, The Underwater Centre. Commercial divers and ROV pilot technicians recently trialled the ‘Waveblade’ while working
Rosenberg WorleyParsons has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for ConocoPhillips’ capacity increase project on the Ekofisk Complex in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Contract value is estimated to 167 million AUD ($145.8 million). The compan
Aibel has been awarded the contract for hook up and commissioning of Goliat FPSO before start-up at the field. The contract includes preparations and commissioning before start-up at the field. In addition, the project will consist of construction work and work related to commissioning of Goliat. Go
Malaysia’s Handal Resources Berhad has on November 3, 2014 accepted the Letter of Award dated September 10, 2014 from Sarawak Shell Berhad. The LoA is for the design, supply and delivery of a pedestal crane for E6 field development project offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The contract’s effective date is
The offshore wind foundation from Universal Foundation, a Fred. Olsen related company, has recently completed a trial installation campaign across three major offshore wind sites in the UK North Sea, as part of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme. The project was managed by
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has recently secured $35,5 million contract to support Navy’s programs. Woods Hole will support the Navy in developing, assessing, upgrading and modernizing the Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance program, the Digital Acoustic Communications development pro
T.D. Williamson (TDW) has provided pipeline pressure isolation services for a major operator that sat out to execute a gas valve upgrade project on a deepwater gas export pipeline offshore New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico. TDW used its remote-controlled SmartPlug® tool to isolate pressure in specif
GAC has been granted a permission to seek a license to operate its EnvironHull remotely operated hull cleaning systems at SOHAR. According to SOHAR Chief Executive Andre Toet the decision can revolutionize the industry and put Oman on the world map when it comes to technological innovation. The unma
Hyperbaric Reception Facilities (HRF) are used to provide a permanent onshore environment for the safe decompression of saturation divers who need to be evacuated from a saturation diving vessel. Previously the use of HRFs by the commercial diving industry has been considered an optional item to hav
