The largest provider of subsea equipment to the industry, FMC Technologies, has notified the employees in Norway of its decision to cut up to 700 jobs. Workforce adjustment comes as a result of activity decline in the oil & gas industry and the company’s efforts to position its business in response
FMC Technologies is taking legal action against its four former Norwegian employees and their company Optime Subsea Services, established in alliance with subsea installation player DeepOcean last year. Reportedly FMC claims that Optime’s founders have used FMC knowhow and technology for inventions
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, is ready to begin with the planned dredging operations of the Kahului Harbor, Maui, Hawaii. The project, which is set to take place between April 10-25, will be carried out by the Corps’ trailing suction hopper dredge Essayons. Dredged material, t
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have acquired a heavy duty multi-depth plough HD-200 which the company now offers for sale or lease. This is one of the first offerings of SMD’s new services division which is focused on making it easier for customers to purchase, own, maintain, upgrade and repurpose SMD
A contract to build the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), the first subsea fiber optic cable system ever to connect Africa and South America in the southern hemisphere has come into force, Angola Cables and NEC Corporation informed on Wednesday. SACS is scheduled to be ready for service by the mid
Winterthur Gas & Diesel and Doosan Engine held a demonstration of the first low-speed low-pressure Wärtsilä 6-cylinder dual fuel engine for commercial application Changwon, Korea.
A. Tuytel, a contracting services and rental company, purchased a Waterking amphibious excavator recently. The WK 100 NG-AW is equipped with an adjustable undercarriage and a Yanmar SV100-2A upper structure with long reach. To operate stable in deep water, this piece of equipment is fitted with addi
NKT Cables has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to deliver 170 kilometres of 220 kV high-voltage AC submarine export cable system for the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm. Hornsea Project One will be NKT Cables’ third large offshore project in co-operation with DONG Energy. The wind farm
ABB has won an order worth around $80 million from Rentel NV in Belgium to deliver a cable system that will connect the offshore substation at the Rentel wind farm located off the Belgian coast to the mainland close to Zeebrugge. ABB will design, manufacture and install the approximately 40 kilomete
The future of oil and gas technology looks increasingly automated, digital and smarter according to a new Technology Outlook report published on Tuesday by DNV GL, a technical advisor to the oil and gas industry. The report peers into the systems and processes that oil and gas and other sectors will
DGI Doedijns has delivered eight topside umbilical connection (TUC) cabinets to be installed aboard two FPSOs at the Kaombo field Block 32 offshore Angola. The TUC’s are a vital part aboard the FPSO as part of turret mooring system to interface with the subsea umbilicals. Each vessel will be equippe
A new Technology Outlook report, published today by DNV GL, sees the future of oil and gas technology increasingly automated, digital and smarter. The report peers into the systems and processes that oil and gas and other sectors will deploy by 2025, as business operates in an increasingly interconn
Caterpillar has just rolled out the Cat® 304.5E2 XTC mini hydraulic excavator, their first model in the Xtra Tool Carrier (XTC) lineup. Built on the E2 platform, the new machine has a skid steer coupler interface for added versatility and work tool integration. This manual coupler allows for use of
UK-based oceanographic equipment manufacturer, Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL), has recently shipped a network of 8 MetOcean buoys to the Middle East for use in environmental monitoring. The 1.2-meter tern buoys were equipped with Hydrolab multiparameter sondes for water quality monitoring
