OceanGate said it has carried out a successful unmanned depth test of the manned submersible, Titan, to validate the hull to a depth of 4,000 meters. Titan is the world’s first privately owned five-person submersible to reach this depth and opens over 50% of the ocean to manned exploration. Designed
Analysis engineering firm AS Mosley has secured a five-year framework global agreement with BP to undertake global riser analysis projects at an international level. The new contract has given the firm confidence to grow, as it kicks off a recruitment drive to take on and train up more Analysis Engi
Maritime Developments’ horizontal flex-lay spread has completed a flexible installation in the Norwegian North Sea for TechnipFMC – having returned to the field for the next phase of its development. Consisting of the MDL third-generation 350Te RDS and the company’s patented 50Te pipelay tensioner,
Maersk Supply Service and Vestas have entered into a partnership to jointly develop solutions for the sustainable energy industry.
McDermott and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), have been awarded a contract by POSCO DAEWOO Corp. for phase two of the Shwe gas field development offshore Western Myanmar. The McDermott-led consortium took part in a FEED competition in 2017. The successful execution of the FEED followed by the EPC
Kingston District Council, in partnership with the Cape Jaffa Development Group, has recently taken delivery of a cutter suction dredger (CSD) from Damen Shipyards Group. The CSD350 will be used to dredge along the breakwater at Cape Jaffa, the Cape Jaffa marina and within Maria Creek Boat Launch Fa
As one of the major hubs for ferry services to Corsica and Sardinia, the Port of Vado Ligure in northern Italy is currently in the process of significantly extending its capacities. In order to be able to accommodate not only more, but also larger vessels the Port Authority has started on a project
University of Exeter has deployed a new type of mooring rope at the Marmok-A-5 wave energy device, developed by Oceantec, at the BiMEP test site in the Bay of Biscay, Spain. The elastomeric mooring tethers were developed and tested by renewable energy experts from the University of Exeter in the Dyn
Aberdeen-headquartered casing and completion technology business, Deep Casing Tools, has appointed a new regional manager for the Middle East division of the company. Based in the UAE, Neil Hathaway will lead the company’s growth strategy in the region. Deep Casing Tools recently secured a long-term
KB Dykk and AQS have taken delivery of the Saab Seaeye Falcon robotic vehicle (ROV), following a merger of the two aquaculture support companies. With 23 service vessels and over 60 divers, the new enlarged grouping becomes the second biggest aquaculture support organisation in Norway, Saab noted. O
Oilfield technology firm Airborne Oil & Gas has started a qualification of a TCP riser for deepwater and dynamic applications for an operator in South America in collaboration with Subsea 7. The TCP riser qualification programme, believed to be a world first for fully bonded composite risers, aims t
Aquaterra Energy has been selected by Equinor to deliver early well construction operations, using its Well Start solution, on the Johan Sverdrup field.
Aquaterra Energy has been selected by Equinor to deliver early well construction operations, via its Well Start solution, for the Johan Sverdrup field. Johan Sverdrup is one of the largest offshore oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, with estimated reserves of up to 3.1 billion barrels of
DEME Group has just released this amazing photo of their railing suction hopper dredger TSHD ‘Reynaert’, taken on the river Seine in France between Le Havre and Rouen. Deepening works are carried out on the river to further enhance vessel access to the inland Port of Rouen, said DEME. The dredging o
