Marine Arctic Ecosystem Study (MARES) is the 2019 recipient of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Excellence in Partnering Award. The award was presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego, California. The Excellence in Partnering Award is given annually to a NOPP project
Hawaiki Submarine Cable and Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand have signed an agreement to provide the country’s peak research network with a crucial boost in international cable capacity and resiliency. REANNZ was an anchor tenant for the Hawaiki Transpacific Cable – launched for c
Deep Down has received an order from Shell Offshore for work related to its Whale development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The order includes the design, engineering and manufacturing of a Riser Isolation Valve (RIV) control system as well as other subsea production equipment. The RIV control system
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) have agreed to jointly develop a new technology to reduce the environmental impact of FSRUs.
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract for the sale of HUGIN AUV system to the Indian National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), in Chennai, India. This sale has been conducted in collaboration with Kongsberg Maritime India, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime. The HUGIN AUV System ordered by N
Energy services group Hunting has acquired Enpro Subsea from members of the Enpro management team and Energy Ventures Private Equity for a total consideration of $33 million. The deal also has a potential maximum earn out of $3.0 million based on EBITDA performance in 2020. The Aberdeen-based busine
Houston-based oilfield services company Deep Down has received an order from oil major Shell for work related to its Whale development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Subsea technology and engineering firm Viper Innovations said it has booked record sales of its V-LIM cable integrity monitoring technology during 2019, almost trebling sales compared to that of the previous year. The company has increased its export sales overall by 20% and enjoyed significant grow
The Royal Australian Navy has introduced a deployable Mine Counter-Measures (MCM) capability under Project SEA 1778. Under Project 1778 Phase One, Australian Mine Warfare Team 16 (MWT 16) was commissioned to operate a suite of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), unmanned surface vessels (USV), exp
Xergy, the startup company aiming to revolutionise resourcing in the energy industry, has invested £120k in opening an office in Aberdeen with plans to recruit an additional 15 employees. Led by industry stalwarts, James McCallum and Colin Manson, Xergy has moved into Rubislaw Terrace in the city’s
Aberdeen-based subsea equipment solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has secured a new contract with Ocean Installer following the completion of subsea installation project in 2019. Ashtead will provide its Deflection Monitoring System (DMS) and field engineers to install six integrated template
Optime Subsea have secured a large international contracts as a direct result of increasing its product portofolio. Optime have developed its competence, as well as products and systems, to include topside equipment interfacing to its subsea systems. In order to control Opime’s existing subsea syste
A material made from waste cooking oil and sulphur that can soak up oil spills and other pollution will be commercialised following a deal between its South Australian inventors and a Singaporean company. The collaboration between Flinders University and Clean Earth Technologies will result in a man
German multinational conglomerate Siemens has been awarded a contract by Arabian Drilling Company to modernize an offshore jack-up drilling rig for a customer in the Middle East.
