Wood has appointed Stephanie Cox as CEO of its Americas business, succeeding Andrew Stewart who has been appointed executive president of strategy and development for the global business. Responsible for the firm’s $4 billion, asset solutions business which employs around 20,000 people working acros
TechnipFMC has been awarded engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by Woodside for the development of the Pyxis and Xena fields, located offshore North West Australia. TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, deliver and install subsea equipment including subsea producti
RusselSmith Nigeria has acquired a VideoRay Mission Specialist Series (MSS) Defender ROV as part of efforts to strengthen its subsea services division. The MSS Defender ROV utilizes interchangeable, modular components which reside on a single, intelligent network. This modular configuration provides
Turner Designs, a California based provider of sensitive fluorometers for environmental and industrial uses, has introduced a new turbidity sensor with a minimum detection limit of 0.05NTU and a maximum range of 500NTU. “Turbidity measurements at very low levels of detection can be of great importan
Maritime Developments (MDL) has returned to the Norwegian North Sea for the third year running to support TechnipFMC tie-back campaign in the basin. MDL’s horizontal spread, including a 4-track tensioner mounted on the client’s frame, Third-generation Reel Drive System (RDS) and deck deflectors were
Subsea power cables market will grow by 57% from £717 million this year to over £1.13 billion by 2023, according to a new report by RenewableUK. According to RenewableUK’s Project Intelligence team which compiled the report, global offshore wind capacity will skyrocket from 20.5 gigawatts (GW) today
The INSITE Programme has launched a collaboration between offshore industries and researchers, designed to give marine scientists access to industry-acquired ecological data. INSITE is a scientific research programme to increase understanding of the influence of man-made structures on the ecosystem
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico operator LLOG has ordered subsea trees from TechnipFMC for its Shenandoah project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
LLOG Exploration Offshore has placed a subsea tree order with TechnipFMC for its Shenandoah project in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. This order is the first material equipment order for the Shenandoah project and the first of its kind for subsea trees designed for pressures up to 20,000 pounds per squar
Prysmian in collaboration with its innovation hub Corporate Hangar, is poised to launch Alesea, an IoT solution that provides virtual assistance for cable drum management. Alesea is the first start-up to enter the runway phase at Corporate Hangar, the innovation hub co-founded by Prysmian Group in 2
Hunting Energy Services’ UK centre of excellence said it is on the hunt for innovative individuals and companies to form partnerships across Norway and bring oil and gas technologies to market. Based in Aberdeen, Hunting’s TEK-HUB is opening the initiative up in a bid to support innovators in Europe
DEME’s new offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ is on the way to Europe for the final construction phase. In a few weeks Orion will arrive in Rostock, Germany where it will be equipped with a Liebherr crane with a lifting capacity of 5,000 tonnes. The vessel was launched in November last year at the
Caterpillar has just launched their new Cat 306 CR Mini Hydraulic Excavator, marking the company’s entry in the 6-ton class offering. According to Caterpillar, the 306 CR mini excavator is built to exceed customer expectations with strong performance, enhanced operator experience and simplified main
Leask Marine has launched the Marinus platform marking the end of the InTER Project and the completion of the first ever tidal device to be built on Orkney. The two-year project, part-funded by Innovate UK and led by ITPEnergised, culminated with the deployment of the floating platform designed and
