Underwater robotics company Aquabotix has introduced its second-generation hybrid underwater vehicle, the Integra AUV/ROV. Single-person deployable, portable and battery-powered, the Integra AUV/ROV allows users to conduct multiple underwater missions, while providing an alternative to deploying sep
Oilfield services provider TechnipFMC on Monday officially opened its fully capable Surface International facility in ICAD II, Abu Dhabi. TechnipFMC’s Surface Technologies segment supplies surface wellhead and tree systems, chokes and pressure control equipment, separation systems and production pac
Maritime Developments (MDL) has appointed Andrew Blaquiere as vice president – MDL Americas. Blaquiere joins MDL from a flex-lay equipment rental supplier where he held various positions including business development manager and proposal/project manager. He joins Mark Williamson, president – MDL Am
Nautilus has been informed by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding that MAC Goliath (MAC), the buyer of the production support vessel (PSV) being built for Nautilus’ Solwara 1 subsea mining project, has failed to pay the third installment of the contract price (approximately USD 18 million + interest). Under t
Keppel Offshore & Marine has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard, secured a contract for the fabrication of a turret mooring system from SOFEC. The turret is for a newbuild floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel bound for the Coral South FLNG project in offshore Mozambique. F
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Aker BP to deliver the subsea production system for the first phase of the Ærfugl development offshore Norway. The award was made on behalf of the Skarv Unit and is subject to government approval of the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Ærfug
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract from Aker BP on behalf of the Skarv Unit for the Ærfugl (previously known as Snadd) gas field development, located approximately 210 km west of Sandnessjøen in the Norwegian Sea. The contract includes an option for the Ærfugl Phase 2 scope, which may be exercised
Aker Solutions will supply the subsea production system for the first phase of the Aker BP-operated Ærfugl development offshore Norway. The oilfield equipment supplier said on Monday the final contract award was subject to government approval of the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Ærfugl
N-Sea has launched Magsense, a vertical gradiometer array designed for highly accurate unexploded ordnance (UXO) campaigns. Developed in-house by N-Sea, the system has been designed to collect and record high resolution data in magnetically noisy subsea environments and hostile conditions, deliverin
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just announced that the new reference guide Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure will be published in early 2018. The publication is the latest collaboration between the Central Dredging Association and IADC, and contains contribution
Schottel has equipped Finnish research vessel Aranda with a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system. The 59.2 meter long and 13.8 meter wide ice-going research vessel is to be fitted with a 3 MW generator, the company informed. While the conventional shafting is being retained, an electrically powe
Modulift provided a custom lifting beam, slings and shackles as specialist pipeline contractor Stockton Drilling completed multiple lifts of a 28t, 18m-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) that was working subsea at the Beatrice offshore wind farm / Direct Pipe Landfalls (BOWL) project at Portgordon, Sc
Two Dutch research institutes MARIN and Deltares have completed a test campaign addressing critical aspects of installation and transportation of gravity based structures (GBS). The test campaign was conducted as a part of the GBS WIND Joint Industry Project (GBS WIND JIP). By combining the expertis
UK’s oil and gas industry is getting support in the form of TechX – a funding initiative supported by BP, aiming to help smaller, ambitious technology developers take their solutions to the oil and gas market faster. TechX, described as a technology accelerator and was launched in The Oil & Gas Tech
