Stavanger-based well engineering and consultancy company Ridge has appointed Ole Jacob Sandal as subsurface manager, effective November 1, 2018. Sandal has a Master in Petroleum Geophysics and Geology from University of Bergen, and 20 years of experience from the oil and gas business, ranging from e
MacArtney Underwater Technology has appointed Michael Behrens as the company’s new chief commercial officer (CCO). Once an elite amateur golfer who played for Denmark’s national team, Behrens joins MacArtney from the largest steel and technical sales company in Denmark. With a HD(O) in Organisationa
US-based classification society ABS has teamed up with OceanFinance and Scorpius Space Launch Company (SSLC) on the SPACE TECH4SEA project to adapt composite technologies developed for the space industry to liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping. The project, attracting more than 1 million euro ($1.13
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mobile District christened the Survey Vessel Damrell in a ceremony November 8, 2018 at the Cooper Riverside Park Amphitheater in Mobile, Ala. Col. Sebastien P. Joly, Mobile District Commander, presided over the ceremony to honor Col. Andrew N. Damrell. Among the spe
Subsea oil and gas equipment manufacturer and provider Oceaneering has resumed operations at its Panama City, FL, manufacturing facility which was damaged by Hurricane Michael in mid-October.
Caterpillar has just introduced the Next Generation 30-ton size class excavators – the 330 and 330 GC. According to the Illinois headquartered manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, the new excavators will increase operating efficiency, lower fuel and maintenance costs, and improve opera
Ocean Power Technologies has expanded its suite of complimentary products that leverage the core technology of the PowerBuoy, which include subsea batteries and a hybrid (liquid-fueled) PowerBuoy. George H. Kirby, president and chief executive officer of OPT, said, “Our team has been working diligen
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has completed the jacket construction for the Tulip Oil Q10-A unmanned offshore platform, to be installed offshore the Netherlands. The jacket sailed away from Heerema’s yard in Hartlepool on Tuesday, the company informed through social media. Tulip Oil Netherlands Of
Alewijnse Marine has entered a new phase in the electrical conversion of the 8.500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Samuel de Champlain. After months of engineering and a study of the potential harmonics pollution in preparation for the electrical conversion, the company has started work on
Nexans has secured a contract from Ørsted, under the five-year framework agreement, to supply 66 kV submarine inter-array cable with associated accessories for the Borssele 1 and 2 wind farms off the Netherlands coast. Nexans will supply and install three-phase 66 kV copper cables with two cross-sec
Ocean Infinity, a hydrographic and geophysical survey company, has placed three separate orders for a total of five Kongsberg Maritime HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) systems, increasing its inventory to 15. The AUVs are supplied with the latest generation Kongsberg Maritime HISAS 1032 syn
Ashtead Technology has signed a global master lease agreement with Oceaneering International to offer Oceaneering’s range of ROV tools and systems for rental from its facilities in Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Houston and Singapore. Allan Pirie, chief executive of Ashtead, said: “This global master lease ag
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract by the Spanish ship builder Freire to deliver ship design and equipment systems for a new oceanographic research vessel for Belgium. The IMO polar code compliant vessel will be designed to carry out research and survey tasks in the North Sea and its adjacent s
Cellula Robotics has been given a go-ahead for the next phase of a contract under which the Canadian company will develop and build a long-range unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). Known as Solus-LR, the UUV will incorporate a fuel cell power pack and suction anchor. It should have a target range of
