Teledyne Bowtech has expanded its sales team with the appointment of a new sales manager for the U.S. territory. According to the underwater vision systems specialist, Galen Rice is the company’s new U.S. sales manager and will be based at the Teledyne Instruments facility in Houston. “This addition
Nexans is at OTC 2015 to launch its next generation SUTA-FLEX Subsea Umbilical Termination Assembly. According to Nexans, SUTA-FLEX is designed to work in combination with Nexans’ range of umbilicals to provide a complete, single source solution that enables oil and gas customers to “benefit from mo
Ferguson Marine Engineering, a subsidiary of Clyde Blowers Capital has, for an undisclosed amount, acquired MacKellar Sub-sea Ltd and its related company Tritech Nairn Ltd. The Subsea engineering and fabrication business, based in Grantown-on-Spey, had gone into administration after falling victim t
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 27 – May 03). Aberdeen-based subsea dredging and excavation specialist, X-Subsea UK Holding and its subsidiaries, have entered into Administration on April 27, 2015 following the collapse of wid
An expedition to survey the historic World War II shipwrecks of HMAS Sydney (II) and the German raider HSK Kormoran has produced new photographic evidence which appears to confirm why Sydney was so quickly disabled, leading to catastrophic damage and the devastating loss of everyone on board. New hi
Delta SubSea (DSS) signed a development agreement with VEGA Americas Inc. (VEGA) to develop a Subsea Gamma Ray Hydrate Localization Tool known as EUREKA. The EUREKA will be developed to locate hydrate plug formations. The system is able to detect minimal differences of density on media in the pipeli
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling, and subsea solutions, has completed the setup of 550mt Pipelay Tower onboard the Subsea 7’s Seven Rio at its facility in Schiedam. In November last year, IHC successfully launched the 550t pipelaying vessel at its shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The
ABT Oil and Gas Ltd. (‘ABTOG’), Enegi Oil’s joint venture with ABTechnology Ltd, has signed a collaboration agreement with Apollo Offshore Engineering Ltd. who will join the Marginal Field Delivery Consortium providing expertise in the structural engineering of ABTOG’s current and future solutions.
Cameron has announced the introduction of its new LETOURNEAU Jaguar Class self-elevating mobile offshore drilling unit design. According to the company, utilizing the LETOURNEAU 1000-kip elevating unit and the LETOURNEAU STORM LOK leg fixation system, the Jaguar is capable of operating in water dept
FMC Technologies will be recognized at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) next week with the presentation of a Spotlight on New Technology Award. The award, which honors innovative technologies in offshore exploration and production, is in recognition of FMC Technologies’ Annulus Monitoring Sy
Subsea Services Alliance, the collaboration between OneSubsea and Helix, has announced the first joint technology project between the two companies to engineer and manufacture a 15,000-psi intervention riser system. According the Subsea Services Alliance, the IRS system is being engineered and built
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) this week announced a key milestone in the Expansion Program, with the installation of the sixteenth and final gate for the new locks on the Pacific side of the Canal. The final gate is one of the heaviest and weighs 4,232 tons, or roughly 8.5 million pounds. It meas
FMC Technologies, Inc will be recognized at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) next week with the presentation of a Spotlight on New Technology Award. The award, which honors innovative technologies that significantly impact offshore exploration and production, is in recognition of FMC Technol
ION Geophysical Corporation has completed the company’s Barbados Reprocessing project, in coordination with the recent announcement of Barbados’ 2015 offshore licensing campaign. ION’s Barbados Reprocessing is a multi-client two-dimensional (2D) seismic program encompassing more than 9,000 km of new
