ABB has completed its second power-from-shore system for Troll A, the world’s largest offshore gas platform, which is operated by Statoil and located in the North Sea about 70 km west of the Kollsnes onshore gas treatment plant, outside Bergen. As with the first system, the purpose is to power two c
Cameron has reported net income of $187 million in the third quarter 2015, a decrease of approx. 17 per cent from the prior-year quarter net profit of $225 million. The company’s fully diluted earnings per share for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015 were $0.97 and $1.96, respectively,
Vidar Helgesen (Conservative Party of Norway), minister of European Economic Area (EEA) and EU affairs, has paid a visit to the Statoil-operated ‘Troll A’ platform, in the Troll field, located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The reason behind the visit was the start-up of the two new giant c
Huawei Marine has informed it will construct the Cameroon-Brazil Cable System (CBCS), connecting Africa to Latin America. The project is invested by CamTel and China Unicom. Telefónica will support the initiative providing its international facilities and experience. CBCS, which is approximately 6,0
Bakker Sliedrecht – specialized in the design, production, installation and maintenance of complex electrical installations – will be taking care of an electrical conversion project on board Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Terranova. The company recently received order for the engi
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Statoil and the fabrication of flexible risers for Gina Krog FSO. The objective of the audit was to monitor the fabrication of flexible risers, follow up the operator and supplier/subcontractor and verify that the project is bei
The Northwest Seaport Alliance takes another step toward modernizing Terminal 5 to “big ship readiness” capable of meeting growing marine cargo industry needs. After receiving additional information from potential partners interested in the terminal, the NWSA determined that additional environmental
FMC Technologies has delivered the remaining two, in series of four, new Heavy Duty remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) ordered by Bourbon Offshore. Two of these HD ROVs, designed by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics, were delivered in September this year, with the remaining two announced for the fo
FMC Technologies, a Houston-based provider of technologies and services to the international oil and gas industry, saw its third quarter revenue in 2015 fall 22 percent to $1.54 billion, compared to $1.95 billion a year ago. The company’s net income fell to $82 million, from $169.8 million in the th
The Oslo Fairway dredging project, undertaken by a Finnish dredging equipment manufacturer and contractor, Wasa Dredging, is currently underway. The company has just released this beautiful photo from this dredging program, which shows their backhoe giant Hector during the deepening work. About 89.0
Det norske oljeselskap AS, the operator of the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, has shared images of a helideck being lifted on top of the Living Quarters (LQ) for the Ivar Aasen platform, being built by Apply Leirvik in its construction site in Stord, Norway. According to Det norske, it took thre
Aberdeen-based ROV services provider, ROVOP, has appointed new commercial director to its senior executive team and Board. Euan Tait joins ROVOP from professional services firm KPMG LLP having spent his career in a variety of roles within corporate finance and oil and gas companies. Steven Gray, ROV
C-Innovation, a provider of deepwater ROV services within the oil and gas sector, has placed an order for SPRINT Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) from Sonardyne International. SPRINT is an acoustically aided inertial navigation system for subsea vehicles. SPRINT has been fully integrated into UHD R
Malaysia’s Petronas has subcontracted Alam Maritim Resources for works on its Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. Alam will take part in final positioning and mooring system hook-up works. Alam Maritim Resources Berhad has won a subcontract from Petronas’ subsidiary, Petronas Floating LNG
