Rolls-Royce has just delivered its 1000th UUC underwater mountable thruster. It is the third unit in a series of six being installed on Seadrill’s new mobile drilling ship currently under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. John Knudsen, Rolls-Royce, President – Commercial Marine said
Flexlife, specialist provider of flexible pipe integrity and engineering services for the oil and gas industry, has won a contract with Apache North Sea Limited. The subsea project management and engineering support contract includes work on the Aviat gas development in the Central North Sea, the Ne
Stavanger-based Aibel has scooped a NOK 860 million (approximately $115 million) EPCI contract for work related to planned water injection from the Heidrun platform to the Wintershall-operated Maria field. According to the company, under the contract, Aibel will increase the water injection capacity
Royal IHC will hold naming and launch ceremony of the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ILEMBE at its shipyard in Kinderdijk on Saturday, 9 May, 2015. Designed and constructed for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the 5,500m3 capacity vessel will be the largest dredging vessel of it
Flash Tekk, an agent of subsea support service provider Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS), has secured a new contract for one HD ROV from manufacturer FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics. The 4,000-meter rated HD system will be delivered and will mobilize in December 2015, the company noted. UDS recently a
Aberdeen-headquartered EFC Group has been awarded multiple multi-million dollar contracts by oilfield services company, Weatherford. According to EFC Group, the company has developed a long-term relationship with Weatherford, leading to multiple contract awards for Managed Pressure Drilling equipmen
Proserv has completed the first phase of one of its largest contracts yet to provide subsea control systems for deepwater projects in Brazil. The firm has delivered the initial three of nine control systems that will support drill pipe riser (DPR) intervention services at depths of 2500 metres. The
Norway’s Dolphin Geophysical has seen profit dip in the quarter as its 2D seismic division puts pressure on earnings coming from the 3D seismic business. Despite the revenue growth, the Oslo-listed seismic player, recorded Q1 2015 net income of USD 4.6 million, compared to USD 8.1 million in Q1 2014
Tritech has recently delivered 55 Micron sonars to Blueprint Subsea as part of their order fulfilment for a number of global naval consignments. The Micron sonars are to be integrated into Blueprint Subsea’s ARTEMIS system, a handheld diver navigation solution designed around the Tritech Micron sona
Ulstein has officially introduced the HX103 and HX104 designs, DP3 vessels at the OTC 2015 conference in Houston. A dedicated feature on the DP3 designed vessels is the heavy-lift capability with large outreach combined with a large open deck space and accommodation for 350 and 500 people on board.
Proserv, an energy services company, has completed the first phase of one of its largest contracts yet to provide subsea control systems for deepwater projects in Brazil. The firm has delivered the initial three of nine control systems that will support drill pipe riser (DPR) intervention services a
Dredge Yard has successfully delivered dredge valves of sizes 600, 700 and 750 mm internal diameter, needed for the discharge pipeline on board of two trailing suction hopper dredgers. Fabrication was done in-house at Dredge Yard’s production facilities. Dredge gate valves are highly sophisticated c
At Vei og Anlegg 2015 event (May 6-10, Hellerudsletta, Norway) Liebherr will present its new model of crawler excavator, the R 926 Compact, that replaces the R 924 Compact. The new Liebherr R 926 Compact crawler excavator has an operational weight of 25 tonnes. Its diesel engine features a DOC (Dies
China’s TSC Group, an offshore and onshore drilling equipment provider, and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. (“DSIC”) will cooperate on the DSJ375 jack-up rig project, with a scope including but not limited to its configuration, design and construction. The DSJ375 is DSIC’
