Hydraulic repair, manufacturing, and rental company Logan Industries has signed a ten-year contract to provide a condition-based monitoring (CBM) program for wireline tensioners for drilling contractor Diamond Offshore.
Stress Engineering Services (SES) has developed a digital flex joint angle measurement system for monitoring real-time drilling operations. The digital flex joint system uses the core technology of the real-time fatigue monitoring system (RFMS) and subsea vibration data logger (SVDL) system. SES sai
Tekmar Group companies Subsea Innovation and Tekmar Energy have secured contracts in India. The award will see the two companies supply subsea technologies for a major deep-water oilfield development project in the Bay of Bengal. Specifically, Subsea Innovation will provide pipe-in-pipe water stop s
Caterpillar has launched two new 13-ton class Next Generation excavator models – the Cat® 313 and 313 GC – with new features that elevate machine performance, increase efficiencies and lower owning and operating costs. As reported, the new 313 excavator boasts increased power and a range of standard
Subsea technology specialists SMD has come one step closer to rolling out its electric work-class Quantum EV ROV. The Newcastle-based firm has completed the first phase in a series of stress-tests on the full range of components that make up the innovative modular EV ROV design. The electric ROV was
Van Oord has been conducting final tests of its remotely controlled-trencher Deep Dig-It as part of the preparation for the subsea cables installation on the Hollandse Kust (South) offshore wind farm project in The Netherlands. TenneT awarded the Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium in 2018, to build
The newest addition to German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) fleet – survey, wreck-search and research vessel Atair – is equipped with Schottel propulsion systems. Currently under construction at Fassmer in Berne, Germany, the vessel is said to meet the highest environmental standard
Ocean Power Technologies, Modus Seabed Intervention and Saab Seaeye are working on a new solution for carbon-free subsea autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) residency – long-term, persistent deployment without support from manned vessels. This novel system is designed for carbon-free autonomous offs
TechnipFMC has won an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract from BP Angola for the Platina field development. The Platina field is located offshore Angola in Block 18 at water depths ranging from 1,200 to 1,500 meters. The field is planned to be develope
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant iEPCI contract from BP Angola for the Platina field development, located offshore Angola.
A team of pupils from Northgate High School in Norwich have been crowned champions of the Subsea UK 2020 STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Challenge, which saw six teams from across the UK compete to design an ROV (remotely operated vehicle) to solve an environmental incident.
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has appointed Karl Weedon as the sales engineer for the Asia Pacific region. The appointment follows an increase in customer enquiries and demand for subsea equipment in the region, STR said. STR said that this move should enable it to deliver its full suite of tech
Nova subsea field, located in the Norwegian North Sea, is set to receive its two manifolds in the next months, operator Wintershall Dea said. Built by Aker Solutions, the manifolds were handed over to Subsea 7 (responsible for pipelines and subsea construction), at the yard in Egersund, Norway. Aker
The deep ocean research institute Nekton has chosen Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress to enable images captured by from the floor of the Indian Ocean to be transmitted to audiences worldwide. The maritime high-speed broadband service provided connectivity to relay broadcast images from Nekton’s submersible of
