MacArtney has provided active heave compensated (AHC) drilling platform for the newly launched multipurpose drillship ‘Freja’, operated by Danish engineering consultancy Geo and NCT Offshore. In addition to project management, mechanical design and engineering, as well as installation and commission
Aberdeenshire-based Savante Subsea Lasers has completed the inspection of a production riser catenary using a new hybrid underwater 3D optical scanner. The DLS or “dynamic laser series” of underwater laser scanners, combines laser and real-time photogrammetry technologies in a single measurement sys
Throughout the world, nature-based solutions are gaining ground over traditional engineering solutions for the reduction of flood risks, an independent institute for applied research in the field of water and subsurface, Deltares, said in its latest announcement. When implemented properly, they gene
FES International has secured a contract from National Oilwell Varco (NOV) to supply equipment for the Maersk Oil-operated Culzean field in the UK North Sea. The project includes the design, manufacture and supply of the several automatic Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSC). Ian Latimer, tech
Sonardyne International has delivered AvTrak 6 acoustic communications and navigation hardware to defence and security company Saab’s subsidiary Saab Seaeye. Offered as an optional-fit sensor on the Sabertooth hybrid AUV/ROV, AvTrak 6 forms part of the vehicle’s integrated navigation and communicati
Add Energy’s Well Control & Blowout Support group has secured a framework agreement with Statoil for well planning, blowout and kill simulations. This framework agreement will provide specialist services to Statoil over the next 3 years with an agreed optional extension of two periods of 1-year exte
Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) Dredging Services division has embarked on a $1.1 million maintenance dredging campaign at the Port of Cape Town to restore the design depths inside Duncan dock. The maintenance dredging program, which began on 8 March 2017, is scheduled for completion by t
The foundations installation for the Galloper offshore wind farm has been completed on Tuesday. All 56 turbine foundations, which are made up of a steel monopiles and transition pieces, were installed ahead of schedule, Galloper Wind Farm Ltd informed. The installation works of the foundations, each
ALE Heavy Lift, a UK-based heavy-lift and transportation specialist, has performed what it claims to be the world’s heaviest commercial lift using a land based mobile crane. The company made the achievement whilst executing an FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) integration project in
OceanWorks, a subsea solution engineering company, is providing an upgrade to the Strait of Georgia Shore Station for Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). The work scope consists of design, supply, installation and system integration testing of the upgraded system. The new system should provide ONC with the
Dutch offshore services provider has entered into a new alliance with Ground Structures Engineering Consultants Ltd. in Guyana to boost its marine site characterisation services for the oil and gas industry in the Republic of Guyana. According to Fugro, the alliance will facilitate training for Guya
Kraken Sonar’s subsidiary, Kraken Robotik GmbH, plans to introduce its new SeaVision 3D laser system at the Ocean Business conference in UK. SeaVision is an RGB underwater laser imaging system that offers the resolution, range and scan rate to deliver dense full colour 3D point cloud images of subse
Darlington-based equipment supplier Subsea Innovation has completed the design, build and testing of 4 structural pipeline repair clamps for the LNG producing company RasGas in Qatar. These are the second systems that Subsea Innovation has produced for RasGas, following the delivery of 16” pipeline
Fugro is set to begin ‘phase two’ of cable laying operations at the Rampion offshore wind farm, following a winter break. In August, Fugro started cable laying operations at the Rampion site, off the UK’s Sussex coast, from its subsea construction vessel, the Fugro Symphony. The vessel loaded and tr
