Fine Tubes, a UK-based manufacturer and distributor of precision tubes for critical applications, has been awarded an order by FMC Technologies for the supply of advanced tubing for Total’s offshore Egina project in Nigeria. Located some 150km off the coast of Nigeria at a depth of up to 1750m, the
Fine Tubes, a manufacturer and distributor of precision tubes for critical applications has announced that it has been awarded a major order by FMC Technologies for the supply of advanced tubing for Total’s offshore Egina project. Located some 150km off the coast of Nigeria at a depth of up to 1750m
Wärtsilä has introduced the FPP Opti Design, a new state-of-the-art fixed pitch propeller (FPP) design concept. The new design offers fuel savings of up to 4 per cent and highly reliable full scale performance predictions. The concept has been developed utilising the latest computational fluid dynam
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre are preparing to set sail to sub-polar regions on a very technical and scientific challenge, to measure the currents of the northern North Atlantic Ocean from the surface to the seafloor. They hope to discover the key processes that control heat conte
ASV’s C-Worker 6 has successfully carried out a seabed transponder calibration in 1300m deep waters. The trials which took place in the Gulf of Mexico were conducted in rough conditions with 2.5m waves. C-Worker is the world’s first unmanned oil and gas workboat. ASV Ltd designed and built the 6m ve
Ophir Energy plc has announced the successful results of the Taachui-1 & subsequent Taachui-1 ST1 well in Block 1, Tanzania which has resulted in a new gas discovery. Ophir holds 20% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4. BG Group operates with 60%. The Taachui-1 well was drilled by the Deepsea Metro I drillship clo
Claxton, an Acteon company, has been awarded a multi-year contract with Det norske oljeselskap ASA of Norway. The biggest single riser contract in Claxton’s history. Running from January 2014 until June 2020 (with optional periods of 1+1 year), the contract includes high- and low-pressure risers, au
Claxton, an Acteon company, has been awarded a multi-year contract with Det norske oljeselskap ASA of Norway: the largest single riser contract in Claxton’s history.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a lease to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) for marine hydrokinetic technology testing offshore Florida to evaluate the use of turbines powered by ocean currents. “This is the first time a lease has been issued to test ocean current energy equ
Last month a team of Hydrex diver/technicians performed a blade modification on the propeller of a 190-meter bulk carrier in La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago. All five blades of propeller were severely bent and cropping was the only option. Hydrex has developed a wide range of procedures to repair all t
JFE Steel Corporation has announced that together with Metal One Corporation it has received an order for 280 metric tons of JFE-UHP-17CR-110 OCTG pipe for casing from Brazil’s national oil company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., to be used on Petrobras’s offshore oil development project in Brazil. This
BAM International, the operating company of Royal BAM Group active outside of Europe, and its local partner MAG have successfully completed the construction of the new port in Aqaba, Jordan, for Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC), a second port in line with the country’s economic master plan. Toget
Coda Octopus will be launching a new major release (version 6) of the innovative visualization and processing software suite for the Echoscope range of real-time 3D sonars. This new version provides the next generation platform supporting the latest complementary hardware tools and features for impr
To save time and money for the owner of a 190-meter, 28,747 GRT bulk carrier, Hydrex removed the bow thruster of the ship and installed a new unit during the vessel’s stop in New York. By carrying out both parts of the operation while the ship was berthed, she could continue her schedule without goi
