Claxton Engineering Services Ltd, a UK-based oil and gas engineering and service company, has formed a collaborative alliance with energy services firm LR Senergy. The alliance has been formed to incorporate end-to-end offshore rig-based decommissioning services in its portfolio. Nick Wood, VP comme
EuroROV, the Spanish ROV training and engineering company, has taken delivery of a Forum Sub-Atlantic Mojave vehicle for its newly-launched ROV pilot training facility. The electric observation ROV, which was manufactured by Sub-Atlantic’s parent company Forum, can be set up and deployment using any
Crowley Puerto Rico Services Inc. has broken ground on a $48.5-million construction project for a new pier at its Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The project includes the development of a new 900-foot-long, 114-foot-wide concrete pier and all associated dredging needed to accommodate
Waterking, the Dutch-based designer and manufacturer of amphibious machinery, has just sold another excavator to a German company specialized in water and civil engineering. The WK 150 NG-A amphibious excavator, equipped with an adjustable undercarriage and a Hitachi ZX130-5 upper structure with lon
The U.S. Department of Justice has approved the proposed merger of Schlumberger and Cameron without any conditions, granting early termination of the waiting period. The closing of the proposed merger remains subject to approval by Cameron stockholders and the satisfaction or waiver of the other clo
Fugro, a Netherlands-based provider of geotechnical, survey and subsea services, has been awarded a five-year contract for the provision of underwater services to Total E&P UK Limited (TEP UK). Under the contract, Fugro will be providing ROV inspection, repair and maintenance services on TEP UK pipe
BMT JFA Consultants has completed the project management and supervision of the 2015 Bandy Creek Boat Harbor dredging works. This campaign was undertaken as part of the state-wide maintenance dredging program which has been managed by BMT for the Western Australian Department of Transport (DoT). Aft
EuroROV, the Spanish ROV training and engineering company, has taken delivery of a Forum Sub-Atlantic Mojave vehicle for its newly-launched ROV pilot training facility at Girona University, Spain. The electric ROV was manufactured by Sub-Atlantic’s parent company Forum. Sebastian Ruggirello, co-foun
Cardno’s marine and freshwater ecology group is currently undertaking statistical analyses and reporting of ‘sponge garden’ habitat in Melbourne’s Port Phillip Heads. The work will determine the trajectory of recovery of the habitat affected by dredging associated with the deepening of the entrance
The phase one of Scottish Enterprise-funded Tidal Array Cabling Solution project has been completed. The project was launched in December 2013 in order to develop and demonstrate effective methods of locating, securing, protecting and retrieving cables for tidal energy arrays. Stromness-based Aquate
Renishaw, a British engineering company, has launched Merlin, the latest laser scanner in its range of mobile 3D mapping products. Merlin supports safer, faster and more complete marine survey data acquisition for efficient coastal, offshore and inland waterway project management and enhanced decisi
British engineering company, Renishaw, has presented a new mobile 3D mapping product, a laser scanner ‘Merlin’. According to Reinshaw, Merlin has been engineered specifically for use in the challenging marine environment and to help cut the cost of vessel-based laser scanning. Using time-of-flight l
Italian cable specialist Prysmian has finalized the electrical type tests on its 66 kV complete submarine cable system. The tests were carried out according to CIGRE and IEC testing protocols, the company said. The tested solution, which also includes factory, field joints and click-fit terminations
Suretank, the Irish manufacturer of cargo carrying units and tanks to the offshore industry, has signed a four-year deal with Halliburton to supply all of its offshore equipment in Latin America. Containers, baskets, tanks, skids, workshops and tool boxes will be amongst some of the equipment manufa
