Two new offshore support vessels owned by Navegação São Miguel and destined for long-term charter to Brazilian operator Petrobrás, will feature a suite of MacGregor offshore equipment. As part of Cargotec’s plans to further broaden its presence in Brazil, the company has recently won contracts that
Huisman, the Dutch-based specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions will soon deliver a 250mt Knuckle Boom Crane to Subsea 7. This state-of-the-art crane is currently being load tested at the Huisman facility in Schiedam, the Netherlands. The crane will be installed onboard Subsea 7’s newl
RBG Ltd (‘RBG’), the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, has completed a contract worth approximately £400,000 for Acergy, for the provision of Rigid-Hulled Inflation Boat (‘RHIB’) dive services and project support. RBG was commissioned to s
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been selected to supply its flexible gas propulsion solution for a series of new LNG carriers to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. The selection of Wärtsilä gas engines is indicative of the current emphas
Mustang, a Wood Group company, has been selected by Chevron to perform detail design for topsides facilities for the Chevron Jack and St. Malo floating semi-submersible facility, to be located in approximately 7,000 feet of water in the Walker Ridge Area of the Gulf of Mexico. Mustang was chosen bas
In connection with the completion of the semi-submersible Gjøa facility, several design weaknesses linked to ballasting and floating stability were found. The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has now sent circular letters with information about this to companies responsible for the operation of semi
BP provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. BP continues to work with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander and in cooperation with the leadership and direction of the federal government. Subsea Source Control The
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen had champagne poured for him by ‘a robot’ when he visited Hallin Marine in Aberdeen today (Tuesday) to present the company with the Queen’s Award to Industry. Without spilling a drop the robotic arm of one of the company’s remote operated vehicles, which normally work up
Hamworthy Svanehøj has launched the first of what will become an entirely new range of combined sea water lift and fire pumps that meet the requirements of the offshore market. The new deepwell seawater lifting pumps and fire pumps ’DWS’ will be available ranging in capacity from 700 m3/hr to 1700 m
Hamworthy Svanehøj has launched the first of what will become an entirely new range of combined sea water lift and fire pumps that meet the requirements of the offshore market. The new deepwell seawater lifting pumps and fire pumps ’DWS’ will be available ranging in capacity from 700 m3/hr to 1700 m
Expro announces that it has completed the acquisition of the Production Testers International business (“PTI”) from Production Testers International HK Ltd and Production Testers International Ltd. PTI is a leading well services business providing fast track production systems to the upstream oil an
Germanischer Lloyd certified the new alarm-, monitoring- and control system developed by Imtech Marine Germany and Free Technics, two companies of Imtech Marine group. This new System will be presented at the Imtech Marine stand at SMM in Hamburg (7-10 September) at stand 210 in hall B6. Imtech AMCS
Samsung Heavy Industries , has standardized on the Intergraph® SmartMarine® 3D engineering and design solution for all marine projects, both offshore and shipbuilding. SHI has already built the world’s largest number of drill ships and has successfully delivered the world’s largest marine platforms
Samsung Heavy Industries, has standardized on the Intergraph® SmartMarine® 3D engineering and design solution for all marine projects, both offshore and shipbuilding. SHI has already built the world’s largest number of drill ships and has successfully delivered the world’s largest marine platforms a
