Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Endeavour Energy UK, a subsidiary of Endeavour International Corporation, to supply subsea umbilicals and associated equipment for the East Rochelle development project located offshore UK. The contract value is approximately NOK 83 million (USD 15 million).
Maersk Drilling and Maersk Training have invested in a state-of-the-art drilling simulator from Drilling Systems (UK) Ltd. The fully immersive drilling simulator will provide a real-life experience and will be customized to incorporate the specific designs of Maersk Drilling’s latest newbuilding ser
Launching water balloons to hit specific targets and designing and building robots capable of retrieving items underwater are not the usual… (somdnews) [mappress] Source: somdnews, July 21, 2011;
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced today that it has acquired STSA Pte Ltd (“STSA”). Terms of the all-cash acquisition were not disclosed. STSA, based in Singapore, services subsea blowout preventers (“BOP’s”) and related pressure control equipment for offshore drilling rigs in the Asia Pacific
Offshore Ship Designers has been chosen to design a series of six new fuel-efficient seismic support/chase vessels ordered by French offshore major Bourbon to be built at Dubai’s Grandweld Shipyards. The 53 m vessels will have a fuel efficient hybrid propulsion system delivering a flexible economic
Clean energy entrepreneurs are exploring how to turn tidal power into zero-emissions electricity with very little environmental impact… (pri) [mappress] Source: pri, July 20, 2011;
By 2025, the best marine power sites in the United Kingdom could produce energy at a price competitive with nuclear and onshore wind power… (earthtechling) [mappress] Source: earthtechling, July 19, 2011;
Due to the realisation of offshore windfarms at St. Brieuc and St. Nazaire, GEOfrance will attempt geophysical studies to determine the trajectory of the future export cables. About GEOfrance “GEO.XYZ International Surveys” is an independent company specialised in hydrographic and topographic survey
The topside, jacket and piles for GDF SUEZ’ gas production wellhead protection platform G16a-B left the Rotterdam harbour recently. The platform is on its way to block G16, 80km north of Dutch Island Terschelling where installation will start in approximately two days time. On May 26th, load out of
Teams from 30 universities and educational institutions around the world gathered, July 12-17, at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Syste… (dvids) [mappress] Source: dvids, July 19, 2011;
A ship carrying China’s deep-diving submersible Jiaolong reached the northeastern Pacific Ocean where the submersible will make a 5,000-mete… (shanghai daily) [mappress] Source: shanghai daily, July 18, 2011;
At a glance, Dave Foster appeared to be playing a video game while sporting red 3-D glasses and a hand-held control to navigate the floor… (capecodtimes) [mappress] Source: capecodtimes, July 18, 2011;
Ulstein Power & Control has signed a comprehensive contract for supply of equipment packages to yard number 295 at Ulstein Verft. The vessel is an offshore IMR / construction vessel of Ulstein´s SX148 design for the shipping company Eidesvik Seven AS and their client Statoil. Ulstein Verft entered i
Dominion Diving announces the successful completion of Multi Beam and ROV Surveys for EnCana’s Deep Panuke PFC Placement Project. The Dominion Victory, a 90 foot support vessel, was subcontracted by Fugro Jacques, to supply ROV and vessel charter services for SBM’s preliminary analysis of the Deep P
