International oilfield service company, Expro, has been awarded a $4.5 million one year contract for the supply of 7 3/8” completion landing string services in China. This contract will enable Expro to capitalise on an emerging and highly lucrative deepwater market, which is set for major growth ove
Wärtsilä has introduced a unique product, GasReformer, which uses steam reforming technology to convert associated gas to a quality that can be used as fuel in Wärtsilä’s range of gas fuelled engines. The Wärtsilä GasReformer is yet another example of the company developing highly efficient products
As the ports sector strives to make further improvements to safety standards, operational efficiency and environmental performance, the benefits offered by Cavotec’s automated mooring technology, MoorMaster, are becoming increasingly apparent to port operators and shipping lines across the Middle Ea
Software users, developers and modellers in the field of water quality and ecology were given access last week to the source code of the Deltares software module DELWAQ. This was another major step forward with the Deltares open source policy, two years after it opened up the Delft3D package (for th
Red7Marine were recently contracted by Centrica to trial SeaVex Excavation equipment on certain areas of Lincs Wind farm, charetring and operating from the DP2 Loch Roag vessel. The project was to initially gauge what areas could be trenched to certain depths in extreme soil conditions ranging from
Fugro Chance Inc. and Coda Octopus Group Inc. (CODA) have entered into a Cooperation Agreement for two years to take advantage of Coda Octopus Echoscope®, a patented 3D sonar technology. This relationship will give CODA early access to real-world requirements associated with Fugro Chance projects. H
Top News of the Week March 11 – 16, 2013
Energy consulting and testing & certification company DNV KEMA on Friday, March 15,2012, officially opened a new Multiphase Flow Laboratory (MPFL) in Groningen, the Netherlands. The facility will allow equipment manufactures and oil & gas companies to test, validate and calibrate multiphase technolo
Reson Offshore Ltd has recently secured a contract through Marine Scotland’s tender procedure for two Multi Beam Echosounder Systems. Reson will provide upgrade, maintenance and system support for the two Multi Beam Echosounder Systems (MBES). The systems are owned by Marine Scotland Science and ins
The IHC Merwede stand (number 2625) will feature a diverse range of innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support activities at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The company is exhibiting at the annual event in Texas, USA, which runs from 6 to 9 May and is expected to
SeaGen, the world’s first large scale commercial tidal stream generator, four times more powerful than any other tidal stream generator in the world, is creating electric currents from tidal currents. Dr. Peter Fraenkel invented the tidal power plant SeaGen. His idea was to plunge a windmill (headfi
Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL) today unveiled cutting edge well capping equipment that can be deployed around the world in the event of a subsea well control incident. It is available to oil and gas companies across the industry, marking a major advancement for international oil spill response capabi
Punj Lloyd Group, a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate, yesterday, March 14, announced receiving an offshore project in Al ‐ Khafji, Saudi Arabia from Al Khafji Joint Operations. The project, worth Rs. 314 crores (USD 57.75 million), is scheduled for commissioning i
Statoil secures rig for high impact opportunities supporting the company’s ambition for international growth. Statoil has signed a three year contract for the Stena Carron drillship for exploration drilling in the pre-salt blocks (Blocks 38 and 39) in the Kwanza basin in Angola. The agreement being
