Hallin Marine Australia, a Superior Energy Services company, has mobilised a Construction Class remotely operated vehicle system, C-ROV, onboard the support ship Go Altair. The system will be used to carry out a programme of pipeline and platform inspection on behalf of AGR Asia Pacific in Bass Stra
Two operational managers from Maersk Oil UK will explain how industry can benefit from lessons learned by others during a seminar in Aberdee… (maritime-executive) [mappress] Source: maritime-executive, August 25, 2011;
Threats against Earth’s largest ecosystem are accelerating and several new studies underscore the urgency of protecting this largely unexplored environment. Lisa Levin, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego distinguished professor of biological oceanography, contributed her expertise
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) signed a contract with offshore pile driving specialist Menck for the construction of a 3500kN hydraulic underwater hammer. The new hammer, the MHU-3500S, will be the world’s biggest and heaviest. At 25 meters long and with a 192 ton ram delivering 3500 kJ of energy,
Pharos Offshore Group has started construction of a newly designed remotely operated vehicle (ROV) specifically for the offshore wind farm cable market. The new Inter Turbine Array Trencher, the ITAT 800™, is an 800 HP (600 kW) self-propelled trenching ROV that can be more easily manoeuvred by the o
TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed a series of pipeline pressure isolation operations offshore western Borneo in Malaysia for Sarawak Shell Berhad. The operations were carried out on the Jintan, B11 and F6 platforms in the South China Sea, as part of Sarawak Shell
TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed a series of pipeline pressure isolation operations offshore western Borneo in Malaysia for Sarawak Shell Berhad. The operations were carried out on the Jintan, B11 and F6 platforms in the South China Sea, as part of Sarawak Shell
All 90 foundations for the 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, located off the UK’s Norfolk coast, are now in position and awaiting the arrival of the remainder of the wind farm’s 88 turbines. The 183m crane vessel ‘Oleg Strashnov’ completed the installation of the final foundation on Sunday
Grindex has updated its Bravo series of slurry pumps to make them tougher and include 45 W and 70 kW versions. The BRAVO submersible electric pumps are designed for use in mines, quarries, dredging and construction operations that require the transfer of abrasive particles such as stone, steel or be
ADX Energy Ltd announces that the 2D seismic acquisition over the Kerkouane-1 discovery and surrounding prospective areas in the ADX operated Kerkouane license offshore Tunisia has successfully been completed by Shell Tunisia Offshore GmbH. The survey was acquired under a data exchange and acquisiti
With more Tidal and Wave turbine device developers moving from the conceptual stage of their projects to commercial realisation, a large… (renewableenergyworld) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyworld, August 24, 2011;
Cork County Council requires the services of a competent firm of Consulting Engineers, with experience of marine structures and piling structures to carry out inspections and produce a structural report. Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC) is a problem that is starting to appear on steel piles at
Markey Machinery Company announced that it is under contract to supply Scripps Institution of Oceanography with advanced deck equipment used to conduct scientific investigations using Conductivity, Temperature, & Depth (CTD)/ Rosette samplers. This new CTD handling system includes a third generation
LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LUKOIL, summarized phase one of space monitoring in the northern part of the Caspian Sea in 2011. The analysis of satellite images did not show any oil contaminations in the Severny license block connected with the operations at the production f
