Dresser-Rand, a U.S.-based oilfield equipment provider and a part of Siemens’ Power and Gas Division, has recently delivered power generation equipment for a combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) for the Shell Appomattox deep-water oil and gas floating production platform. The platform will be located 8
ROVOP has expanded its fleet of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for the US region. Namely, the company said it has taken delivery of Seaeye Leopard electric work class ROV, the first of its kind for the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), and believed it could help operators reduce costs by 40 percent. The ROV
Prysmian said it is set to launch a new breakthrough cable technology for the development of power transmission grids that should ensure higher electrical performances, lower costs and better environmental sustainability. The company said it has successfully developed and tested its new P-Laser 600
MacArtney’s German subsidiary, MBT GmbH, has manufactured a turbidity monitoring buoy, which is intended for deployment for accompanying environmental monitoring during dredging. Being deployed as a surface buoy, the compact sized, autonomous buoy system intended for determining turbidity in coastal
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded a £3 million contract by an international infrastructure group to design and build a 1500-ton carousel and associated spread. The carousel will be used for the storage of spare cables required for UK offshore wind farm projects. The carousel will have the
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has selected UK based JDR to design, manufacture and supply around 163km of 33kV inner array grid cables for the 588 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm. JDR will be manufacturing the submarine composite cables at its Hartlepool facility. These will be directly loaded out
Technip Offshore Finland is reportedly sending home its entire workforce employed at construction yard in Pori. The manufacturing yard in Finland, lately responsible for delivery of a 23,000-ton truss spar hull for Anadarko’s Heidelberg field development in the US Gulf of Mexico, has experienced a s
Maersk Oil, a Danish oil company, has started drilling of the first production well on its Culzean field in the UK North Sea. The well, spudded at 18:00 on September 28, is the first of six production wells to be drilled on the high pressure/high temperature (HPHT) field, with continuous drilling ac
Subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service provider ROVOP has expanded its fleet of ROVs for the U.S. region. The company has taken delivery of a new vehicle which will, according to the company, be the first of its kind for the Gulf of Mexico and, in a direct response to market conditions, is s
Pipeline technology specialist STATS Group has completed its first subsea isolation project in China on a 780km pipeline supplying gas to Hong Kong. Aberdeenshire-based company was contracted by COOEC Subsea Technology to provide a temporary isolation of the Yacheng pipeline in the South China Sea.
Hawaiki Submarine Cable, the New Zealand owner and developer of Hawaiki submarine cable system, has selected Alaska Communications as its landing and operating partner in Oregon. Hawaiki will land its proposed 14,000 km trans-Pacific cable between Australia, NewZealand, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coas
The HYPACK 2017 Hydrographic Training Event will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 9th-12th 2017 at the Hilton Riverside. During the event, the company will reveal the newest version of its software, the HYPACK® 2017. The 3-day training will cover all the aspects of single beam and multi
Geodetic Offshore Services Ltd (GOSL) has purchased two Applied Acoustics’ Nexus USBL positioning systems for its offshore projects including underwater installation, diver monitoring, seabed surveys and ROV operations. Emanuel Ekpeyong, managing director at GOSL, said: “The Nexus system has been mo
MacGregor, part of Finland’s Cargotec, has acquired 51% of the shares of the privately owned company Flintstone Technology Ltd, a company specializing in technology and products primarily within the mooring and fluid handling business. “Offshore operators and field owners are looking for cost and we
