Norwegian seabed seismic services player Magseis has posted loss in the second quarter of 2018 as costs went up on increase in the organisation and its mobile ROV crew. The Oslo-listed company has seen its revenue at USD 19.7 million, up from USD 19.4 million same time last year. Revenue for the fir
Boskalis Subsea Cables & Flexibles (formerly VBMS) has signed a five-year subsea cable repair framework agreement with Transmission Capital Partners (TCP). TCP operates and maintains the transmission links as the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) between the UK’s onshore grid and the Barrow, Gunfle
The National Oceanography Centre is set to start a five-year project that will use marine robots to investigate how meltwater from Greenland and Arctic ice is changing ‘deep water formation’ in the North Atlantic. The project, called TERIFIC (Targeted Experiment to Reconcile Increased Freshwater flu
Subsea equipment specialist Ashtead Technology has added six new technicians to its team. Ross Ingram and Kyle Roger join Ashtead as experienced subsea technicians. Ingram joins Ashtead Technology from Sonardyne where he worked for seven years across a variety of workshop roles, most recently holdin
Seabed Geosolutions has secured an extension to recently awarded 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic monitoring surveys over multiple oil and gas fields in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. As planned, Seabed Geosolutions recently started with the original workscope. The additional surveys will increase the t
The board of Autonomous Robotics Ltd (ARL) has appointed Rear Admiral (retired) Jon Westbrook CBE and Commodore (retired) Phillip Titterton CBE as defence advisor to the board and defence consultant respectively. Rear Admiral Westbrook retired in 2013 after a distinguished career in the Royal Navy,
Proserv has appointed Ewen MacLean to the position of vice president strategic planning and marketing. Recently refinanced and debt-free, Proserv is said to be restructuring and developing a revised long term strategy. As part of this process, MacLean joins Proserv’s leadership team and will work wi
Aberdeen-based marine assurance specialist Seacroft Marine Consultants has appointed John Whitham to lead its Dynamic Positioning function, which supports marine operations in the offshore oil, gas and renewables sectors. Whitham has over 33 years experience in the marine sector – 23 years at sea, 1
Ocean Power Technologies has signed an agreement with Enel Green Power (EGP), a subsidiary of energy company Enel Group Under the terms of the contract, OPT will evaluate a PB3 PowerBuoy deployment along the coast of Chile through a detailed feasibility study of the PowerBuoy as an offshore autonomo
This month high school and university teams from around the world took part at the 21st International RoboSub Competition at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific Transducer Evaluation Center. Harbin Engineering University (China) took this year’s top prize, while National University of
Royal IHC has been selected by Suncor Energy – the largest integrated energy company in Canada – for the rental of seven IHC Beaver® 45 cutter suction dredgers. The contract with Suncor is a landmark for IHC, and highlights how it can help both established and new dredging contractors with equipment
Texo Group said it has acquired the Aberdeen-based, Orca Subsea to form Texo Marine. Texo Marine will provide its clients with a range of support, technology and engineering services, specifically tailored to diving and ROV applications. The management team experience will comprise air, saturation,
Aker Solutions has won orders valued at more than NOK 350 million to deliver power umbilical systems to the Liuhua oil fields.
Aker Solutions has won orders valued at more than NOK 350 million ($41.5 million) to deliver power umbilical systems to China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC) Liuhua oil fields in the South China Sea. The work scope includes more than 35 kilometers of dynamic and static power umbilicals f
