Aquatic Asia Pacific, an Acteon company, and subsidiary of Aquatic Engineering & Construction, has appointed Oiltech Consultancy Services (OCS) to market their portfolio of flex-lay solutions, engineering services, patented equipment and offshore personnel to operators and subsea contractors in Indi
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 22 – August 28). Allseas’ single-lift installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel “Pioneering Spirit” has executed its maiden heavy lift project. The Project involved removal ofthe 13,500
A study of the economic contribution made by the Caithness-Moray transmission project has found that it is supporting the equivalent of over 10,000 years of employment in the UK, around half of which are in Scotland. Economic modelling included within a report found that: Of the £1.1 billion total i
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has just released an interesting video showing capabilities of backhoe dredgers. A backhoe dredger is basically a hydraulic excavator installed on a pontoon. Dredging is executed by the excavator which is mounted on a turntable at the front of the pontoon.
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) said it has entered into a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed repeat customer for 3D EM data to be acquired over the Hoop area in the Barents Sea. According to the Oslo-listed company, the pre-funding amounts to USD 1 million. This new acquisition is expe
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has reported operating revenues for the second quarter 2016 of NOK 2.36 billion ($287 million) against NOK 2.5 billion ($305 million) same time last year. The EBITDA margin was 10 per cent, and was adversely influenced by NOK 5 million related to restructuring costs in offsho
Interventek Subsea Engineering has awarded a sole license for its new surface well intervention valve to international energy services specialist, Hunting. The product will join Hunting’s pressure control equipment portfolio and will be called the Ezi-Shear Seal. According to Interventek, the valve
Ashtead Technology has expanded its equipment rental pool following an investment in a subsea navigation system iXblue RAMSES. The iXblue RAMSES is an acoustic synthetic baseline positioning tool with real-time underwater navigation. According to Ashtead, when coupled with iXBlue inertial navigation
ABB has appointed Philip Lawson as the UK business leader for marine and ports based out of its Aberdeen office. Lawson has sales and operations experience in the oil and gas industry having spent over 15 years as a field service manager with other blue chip organisations throughout Europe. Commenti
NRC has launched a new oil spill response equipment assistance service for the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Oldmeldrum, near Aberdeen, Scotland. Under this deal, awarded to NRC subsidiary Sureclean, NRC will be responsible for maintaining and storing EMSA’s equipment and ensuring its re
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has given Shell consent to use the facilities at Knarr and Gaupe following a change of operatorship. Shell is taking over the operatorship of Knarr and Gaupe from BG, and has as a result, applied for consent to use these facilities, even though consent for their
Malaysia’s Barakah Offshore has secured a contract to provide subsea services at Petronas Carigali’s subsea fields in east Malaysia. The contract calls for the provision of a main and support vessel, air and saturation diving, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and other related subsea services. These
Danish offshore driller Maersk Drilling has made history by drilling the deepest ever well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The company on Thursday said that using the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant had beaten the record by reaching a total depth of 5.491 meters while drilling the ultra high-pressure
Norway-based Oceanteam has posted net profit attributable to owners of the company of close to $100 000 for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016, bouncing back from $1.5 million loss same time last year. The Oslo-listed company, comprised of two operating segments, Oceanteam Shipping and Oceanteam
