TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced the completion of the pipeline isolation project for Origin Energy, Energy Business Review informed. TDW’s SmartPlug pressure isolation tool was deployed on a project in Australia for a total of 299 days. The isolation process was needed to safely perform the he
Bibby Remote Intervention Limited (BRIL) has successfully completed a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) intervention project for Centrica Energy, worth around £900,000. BRIL is the latest division of Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor, Bibby Offshore, and was established in late 2011 with t
Bibby Remote Intervention Limited (BRIL) has successfully completed a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) intervention project for Centrica Energy, worth around £900,000. BRIL is the latest division of Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor, Bibby Offshore, and was established in late 2011 with t
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract by Cameron to develop a new deployment and overboarding system for the MARS (Multiple Application Re-injection System) for deepwater scale squeeze applications. The modular handling system will allow the MARS hardw
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract by Cameron to develop a new deployment and overboarding system for the MARS (Multiple Application Re-injection System) for deepwater scale squeeze applications. The modular handling system will allow the MARS hardw
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division in Frederikshavn has, in close cooperation with shipowner and constructional engineering company NCC, performed a propulsion equipment upgrade for the ‘M/V Baltic’ – a 900 m³ sand and gravel dredger. In connection with a fleet energy-optimising project, NCC co
Finland’s Cargotec has secured a new contract from an international owner for a comprehensive MacGregor module handling equipment package. The equipment is destined for an offshore vessel and is scheduled for delivery next year. It will be designed, manufactured and tested in Kristiansand, Norway, i
Moray First Marine Ltd. has secured 50% match funding from the Scottish Government’s European Fisheries Fund (Axis 4) programme and The Moray Council for the purchase of a new and much improved ROV. The Lossiemouth based business has placed an order for a Sub Atlantic Mojave ROV and they expect it t
Coastline Surveys Ltd (CSL) have completed three high resolution multi-beam hydrographic surveys in the Southern North Sea, using the latest generation R2SONIC 2024 combined with an IxBlue Octans MKIII Gyro / MRU and C-NAV 3050 RTK GPS positioning. The CSL survey vessel MV FlatHolm managed to comple
One of the leading Vietnamese companies, PetroVietnam, accused Chinese fishing boats of cutting the subsea cable that the seismic survey ship positioned in the South China Sea, Maritime-Executive reports. The vessel Binh Minh 2 positioned the cable off the coast of central Vietnam last Friday, after
International oilfield services company, Expro, is opening a new facility in Aberdeen to enhance its growing well intervention business, following a strong annual global revenue increase to more than $1billion (£630 million). The site, in Howe Moss Avenue Dyce, will house Expro’s wireline, well inte
The Chinese dredger “Jie Long” has been redesigned by Damen Dredging Equipment to adapt it to cutter dredging at the important depth of -50 m. This deep dredging is required for its contribution to the infrastructural works of the Macau-Hong Kong-Zhu Hai transport link. Damen not only engineered and
On November 9, 2012, fourteen crew members of grab dredge DOHUK and hopper dredger KARBALA successfully completed their equipment training at the Training Institute of Dredging’s (TID) training site in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands. The crew, who stayed in the Netherlands after completing
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announced yesterday, December 3, that it has acquired Dynacon, Inc. (“Dynacon”). Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Dynacon is the leading provider of launch and recovery systems (“LARS”) used for deployment of remotely operated vehicles (“ROVs”) and also
