Pipeline engineering specialist, IRM Systems, has opened a new operations base in Houston. The new Houston base supports the expansion of IRM Systems’ project management engineering services, further complementing those supplied by the company from its headquarters in The Netherlands. “I look forwar
One of the sponsors of Viper Subsea’s Join Industry Project (JIP) to develop the company’s V-IR Subsea Integrity Monitoring System, has committed to deploy V-LIM line insulation monitor units into North Sea fields. The commitment will see V-LIM deployed by the partner in June. The Joint Industry Pro
French tidal energy developer, Sabella, has contracted Bourbon’s Argonaute vessel for the installation of the export cable for its D10 tidal turbine. The installation will take place off the island of Ushant, where the company plans to install the turbine, a month after the cable installation. The i
The Lamong Bay Terminal in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, was inaugurated this morning by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. It was an historic moment for Indonesia, an important milestone in the country’s transport development program that is improving the movement of goods through its vast
Kees Nederhoff, coastal engineer at Deltares has won the best paper student award for his work “Modelling the Effects of Hard Structures on Dune Erosion and Overwash”. The award was handed over to Kees during the Coastal Sediments 2015 conference, held in San Diego, CA, USA. Kees investigated the mo
Litre Meter said it has dispatched 45 positive displacement flowmeters to the Ichthys LNG gas field off Western Australia.
Litre Meter said it has dispatched 45 positive displacement flowmeters to the Ichthys LNG gas field off Western Australia.
To help estimate fish populations, scientists experiment with seafloor-mounted sonar systems that monitor fish in the water column above. Shelikof Strait, in the Gulf of Alaska, is an important spawning area for walleye pollock, the target of the largest, and one of the most valuable, fisheries in t
Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of offshore accommodation rigs, has informed that the contract value for its accommodation rig Safe Bristolia has been reduced. Safe Bristolia sustained damage to lifeboats after experiencing bad weather during work at the Everest field in UK in October 2014. Operations
Siem Offshore has chosen DNV GL’s Synergi Project software to manage its nine newbuilding projects. According to DNV GL, the software is used to optimize the collaboration between Siem Offshore and the yards and to keep control of building processes. Siem Offshore’s large newbuilding programme, with
Trelleborg AB, a Swedish engineering group, has informed that its offshore operation will display its range of seismic towing, handling and cable management solutions, at the 77th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) Conference and Exhibition in Madrid, Spain. At this year’s EA
Dutch-based IRM Systems, a pipeline engineering firm specialized in inspection, repair and maintenance, has opened a new base of operations in Houston, Texas. General Manager of IRM Systems, Rutger Schouten, said: “By having a permanent presence in Houston, we are in a much stronger position to prov
DRAGFLOW, an Italian company specialized in solid pumping solutions, has supplied a new cutterhead DTM85, with hydraulic pump (HY85HC), for a beach reclamation project in Bibione, Italy. This piece of dredging equipment is a custom engineered system and can be used with every DRAGFLOW ‘s hydraulic p
First Global Logistics and Europe Cargo, both members of Project Cargo Network, have recently collaborated on the project cargo shipment of a dredger and its equipment from Alexandria to Antwerp. The dredger had finished its work at Sokhna Port and all the parts and equipment had to be shipped back
