Tracerco, part of Johnson Matthey, has launched a new product that should enable offshore operators in the oil and gas and offshore renewables market to ensure the quality and strength of grout during installation operations. The technology, known as Tracerco Diagnostics Grout Monitoring, is able to
Subsea Innovation said it has completed testing on its 10th pipeline repair clamp in the last 9 months. The clamps form part of an ’emergency pipeline repair system’ (EPRS), that are supplied complete with a releasable hydraulically activated tensioning system. The spreads also included adaptable in
Centrica has awarded HydraWell a three-year frame contract to provide plug & abandonment (P&A) technology and services for its“A Fields” in the southern part of the North Sea. Centrica has recently submitted a proposal to British authorities for the decommissioning of the “A Fields” development, inc
ION Geophysical has announced a new 3D multi-client broadband reimaging program offshore Brazil. Supported by industry funding, the Picanha program provides a regional 3D framework that delivers fresh insights into the Campos and Santos basins’ petroleum systems ahead of upcoming license rounds. ION
Boltight has provided bolt tensioning solution for Subsea Innovation’s structural split repair clamps on the EPRS bound for the project based off the north and northwest coast of Australia Two sizes of bolt tensioners were produced – M120 and M150 – which were used to tighten the main bolts located
Clinton Marine Survey has been awarded a framework agreement for Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA), for the service of multibeam echo sounder (MBES) hydrographic surveys on Swedish shipping routes in the Baltic Sea. The framework contract regarding hydrographic surveys in the Swedish Sea areas 2
Installation of a subsea power cable between Norway and Germany has started. The first metres have been laid on the seabed in Vollesfjord in Vest-Agder. Once completed, the new cable, NordLink, will be one of the world’s longest power cables, and will provide the first direct link between the Norweg
Saudi Aramco has acquired Teledyne Offshore Surveyor AUV system. The Gavia AUV system is expected to enhance Saudi Aramco’s agility in meeting high demands for hydrographic survey services through the company’s in-house survey operations. The Gavia system will be utilized predominantly for debris su
The Tyneside-based manufacturer of ROVs, mining equipment and subsea ploughs Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) is relocating its servicing and training side of the business to Port of Tyne. SMD’s head office and heavy production facility will remain in Wallsend and the company will continue to manufacture
Stokman-SCW announced recently that it will supply the conveyor belt rollers and pulleys for a custom built Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) ‘DC Orisant’. Royal IHC is building the 5,450m³ TSHD for a joint venture between Den Herder (Reimerswaal Dredging) and Group de Cloedt. The shipbuilder h
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has entered into a prefunding and late sales agreement related to 3D CSEM data surveys in the Barents Sea in Norway. The Oslo-listed company, which generated revenues of $10.6 million in the second quarter 2017, said that this new agreement represents reve
PanGeo Subsea has recently been awarded its 20th unexploded ordnance UXO survey. The North Sea offshore wind farm project will consist of a UXO survey covering an area of some 18km2 for export cables, inter-array cables and offshore platforms. PanGeo’s sub bottom imager (SBI) will again be used as t
FarSounder’s longest range sonar system FarSounder-1000 is slated to be the latest addition of the equipment incorporated into the British Antarctic Survey’s new Polar Research Vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough. Cammell Laird is currently constructing this more than $180 million polar research
The technology group Wärtsilä is to supply the engines for a new LNG-fueled research vessel being built for the German government. Wärtsilä will also supply exhaust cleaning systems based on selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology and the LNGPac system for complete fuel gas handling. The SCR
