Former AMC Engineering directors have established a new oil and gas services company EnerQuip, with the goal to provide torque machines and associated services to the drilling and downhole tools sectors. The company, initially located in Tullos, Scotland, has said it plans to make an initial investm
According to the Department of Water Resources (DWR), construction of a temporary emergency drought barrier at West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is its nearing completion. The barrier now spans the approximately 750-foot-wide river between Jersey and Bradford islands and blocks sa
Chevron advised that the Big Foot tension-leg platform (TLP) will be moved to sheltered waters from its location in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico following damage to subsea installation tendons. The tendons were pre-installed in preparation for connection to the Big Foot TLP. Between Friday, May
Aberdeen-based Atlas Knowledge has been awarded a contract by INPEX to provide training for production workers involved in the $34 billion Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Australia. According to Atlas’ press release, the multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement will see the international learning te
Sterling Energy plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration company, has completed a 3D seismic survey of approximately 1100 km² over a high-graded portion of the Ambilobe Block, located offshore Madagascar. Sterling is the operator of the Ambilobe Production Sharing Contract (PSC). The acquisition
Fugro has signed an agreement to divest its multi-client data library to Spectrum ASA, a Norwegian multi-client seismic data specialist, for a cash consideration of US$ 115 million (approximately EUR 100 million). The multi-client library business has been non-strategic since the divestment of the m
Spectrum ASA has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of Fugro’s Multi-Client library for a price of $115 million on a cash- and debt-free basis. Spectrum says that the transaction is fully funded through a combination of bank debt and a fully guaranteed share issue. Spectrum will, after th
Ageotec announces the booking of its first sale of a Norbit iWMBS multibeam sonar, with integrated precision motion sensor. The customer made its choice after the demonstrations Norbit conducted during the IEEE OCEANS15 conference in Genova. The system will be put to work immediately on a survey in
Construction of the 900-meter quay at the Port of Gothenburg has been completed three months ahead of schedule thanks to close collaboration between the Port of Gothenburg, the terminal operator APM Terminals Gothenburg and the contractors. The quay is now ready to receive large ocean-going containe
Hydrex diver/technician team carried out underwater stern tube seal repairs on a 200-meter roro vessel in Port Kembla, Australia. The ship was suffering from an oil leak, making an on-site repair necessary. Taking advantage of the Hydrex flexible mobdock technique the team was able to carry out the
DOF Subsea’s subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Technip for the sale of DOF Subsea’s ownership in the joint venture vessel Skandi Arctic, with immediate effect. The Skandi Arctic is a 157 meters long purpose designed and built diving support and heavy construction vessel. The company did
Osiris, part of James Fisher and Sons, has taken delivery of its new Bauer Enriched Air Nitrox diving system. The diving and subsea engineering specialist said that the system will be used for projects in the offshore renewable and oil and gas industries, the system is fully IMCA compliant and opera
Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries has appointed Vos Prodect Innovations as preferred supplier for engineering, testing and supply of cable hang-off systems for the Tamra offshore wind power plant in the Republic of Korea. Vos Prodect will design and supply the systems for the infield cables of
The Lithuanian University of Klaipeda has taken delivery of their new SIG sparker system from SIG France. The sparker/boomer is a multi-channel seismic system suitable to work in shallow water conditions (water column of 100 m), in the Baltic Sea. According to SIG, the energy source has a maximal ou
