Teledyne Marine Seismic has been awarded a long-term contract to provide seismic source controllers to PGS. Teledyne Real Time Systems’ SmartSource system represents decades of experience in marine seismic exploration. The system is capable of synchronizing up to 192 sources. The SmartSource system
ABB has completed a 3,000-hour shallow water test of its pioneering subsea power distribution and conversion technology system – making it commercially viable. The system delivers a supply of up to 100 megawatts of power, over distances up to 600 kilometers and down to 3,000 meters water depth, at p
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has entered into a partnership with Honeywell for one of the largest predictive maintenance projects in the oil and gas industry.
The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has selected RCAM Technologies to support its second round of wind research and development projects. RCAM’s award, which is one of two totaling $1,8 million, will support development of its innovative offshore wind turbine support struc
NOV Flexibles and Ocean Installer have signed a contract for the supply of flexible pipes and ancillaries for the redevelopment of the Vår Energi-operated Balder field located in the North Sea off Norway.
CGG has taken on a new project to deliver the largest OBN multi-client survey ever conducted in the UK Central North Sea (CNS). Planned to start in early 2020, the survey is being prefunded in part by BP. In the first phase of this multi-year program, CGG aims to acquire over 2,000 sq. km of [&helli
Google’s Curie subsea cable from the United States to Chile has been successfully installed and tested. The cable is connecting it to Google’s network, and its is expected to begin transmitting data in Q2 2020, powering Google services like Gmail, Search, YouTube and Google Cloud. Equipped with four
Ocean Infinity, in partnership with Kraken Robotics, has reached what it calls a significant milestone in battery technology for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The new technology has now been tested following 18 months of research, development and trials, which was aimed at improving the saf
Saipem is reportedly considering a merger deal with market competitor Subsea 7 to create a larger oilfield services player. Such a merger would create the fourth-largest oilfield service company, after Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, Norway-based energy research and business intelligence
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 11 – 17, 2019). Van Oord Kicks Off Port of Caldera Dredging In order to optimize commercial operations and reduce wait times for vessels arriving at the Port of Caldera, Sociedad Portuaria Caldera (SPC)
DEME and Royal IHC successfully launched the 7,950m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Meuse River at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, today. Meuse River has the same innovative design as the award winning IHC-built TSHD Scheldt River, which joined the DEME fleet in 20
IKM Ocean Design has been awarded Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 pipeline and umbillical detail engineering contract. The contract is a continuation of IKM Ocean Design’s long-term involvement in the Johan Sverdrup project, where the company has been involved in all project stages for both Phase 1 and Phase
Shawcor’s pipe coating division has entered into a letter of intent with Saipem for the proposed Payara development project located in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. The coating value of this phase is estimated to be similar to the individual phases of the Liza development that have already bee
High voltage engineering specialist EDS, part of James Fisher and Sons, has appointed Ryan Henderson as its new managing director. Henderson will become managing director on 1 January 2020 at which point Ken Ritson, current MD and founder of the business will take up a new role as a non-executive di
