Port of Antwerp is deploying an autonomous drone for the first time to maintain safety at the port’s critical infrastructure. The fully-independent drone will test various use cases in the field of inspection and control, the goal being to establish a network of autonomous drones in 2022. These wil
Forum Energy Technologies has seen its loss widened in the fourth quarter 2020 on asset impairments and restructuring costs as well as revenue drop of some 44 per cent. The Houston-based energy sector products company recorded Q4 2020 loss of $32.7 million, or $5.85 per diluted share. This result co
TechnipFMC has received a letter of award from Energean for the development of the Karish North field, located offshore Israel. TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, deliver and install subsea equipment. The delivery includes: The subsea production system; Rigid flowlines and umbilicals as a tieback
French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique is planning to install a first-of-its-kind model of Solid Sail/AeolDrive, a sailing solution adapted to large ships, at the shipyard. The installation is the first step of the technical validation necessary prior to the commercialization of the solution a
Subsea technology and services provider Ashtead Technology has invested £1 million to develop a new R&D and engineering facility in Aberdeenshire. The firm has also launched a recruitment drive to bolster its operations as part of its long-term business goal. Upgrading an existing site at Thainstone
TechnipFMC has won a contract from Petronas for the Limbayong deepwater development project offshore Malaysia. Under the contract, TechnipFMC will provide front-end engineering design, and integrated engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (iEPCI) of subsea production
Okeanus has expanded its geographical footprint to include offices and equipment storage facilities in the state of Rhode Island, to support the offshore energy sector amid increasing offshore wind activity in the northeastern United States. The US-based oceanographic equipment provider now has a ne
Norwegian offshore vessel owner GC Rieber has entered into an agreement to sell the IMR / Walk-to-Work vessel Polar Queen. According to GC Rieber, the sale to the undisclosed buyer will see the vessel, built at Freire Shipyard in 2011, leave the offshore industry. The gangway onboard the vessel is n
Chariot Oil & Gas has signed a collaboration agreement with Subsea Integration Alliance to work together to enable the front-end design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation and operation of the Anchois gas development project in Morocco. Subsea Integration Alliance is a nonincorpora
Trendsetter Engineering has secured a contract for the provision of subsea manifold and TCS connection systems for LLOG Exploration Offshore‘s Spruance and Dome Patrol subsea developments in the Gulf of Mexico. The manifold will feature Trendsetter’s TCS subsea production connectors along with produ
Australian oil and gas firm Beach Energy is proposing to undertake subsea installation and commissioning works within petroleum production licence VIC/L23. Specifically, these activities are part of the Otway Phase 4 Development project, which aims to increase gas supply to the Beach-operated Otway
Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., hosted a steel cutting ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) at its Deepwater South shipyard in Amelia on February 5, 2021. The ceremony signals the start of construction of a 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). Delivery of
Norway’s Brunvoll has secured a contract to supply a complete propulsion and manoeuvring system for Van Oord’s next generation of cable-laying vessels. In December last year, Van Oord placed an order with Norway-based Vard for a green cable-laying vessel. The vessel should be fully operational in 20
Subseatec has won several contracts to deliver machined riser joints to field developments in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. The total contract value is approximately SEK 15 million ($1.8 million). Specifically, Subseatec’s scope includes assembly, testing and delivery of up to 10 riser joints. Manu
