Scientists have developed an octopus-like robot, which can zoom through water with ultra-fast propulsion and acceleration. Scientists from the University of Southampton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology built a deformable octopus-
Norway’s Statoil and its licence partners have chosen an unmanned wellhead platform as the concept for the Oseberg Future development phase I project in the North Sea. According to Statoil, the platform will be controlled from the Oseberg field centre, and the investment decision is expected next wi
Siemens has handed over the second North Sea grid connection, HelWin1, to its client TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission system operator has now also put this grid connection into commercial operation. The offshore platform of the HelWin1 grid connection is located around 85 kilometers off the Ger
Statoil and its licence partners have chosen an unmanned wellhead platform as the concept for the Oseberg Future development phase I project in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The platform will be controlled from the Oseberg field centre. The investment decision is expected next winter. Three v
Clinton Marine Survey AB has strengthened the company’s marine initiative by appointing a new Survey Manager. Anders Wikmar will be responsible for the company’s survey department. Anders with over 12 years of background in marine offshore surveys and has worked as Surveyor, Senior Surveyor Offshore
Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone has kicked off the deepwater pipelay of 889 kilometre-long gas export pipeline (GEP) for The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The vessel will lay the remaining 718 kilometre offshore section of the 42-inch diameter GEP following the successful comp
Aberdeen-based Flexible pipe specialist, FlexTech, has secured contracts worth in excess of £250,000. According to the company, the projects, with two oil and gas majors, will take place both on and offshore supporting operations in the UK and the North Sea. FlexTech will execute flexible pipe and f
Searcher Seismic has entered into a commercial agreement with DownUnder GeoSolutions (DUG) to market and license the Monodon UltracubeTM. The Monodon UltracubeTM consists of approximately 14,700 km2 3D and 2,000 km 2D reprocessed data in the prospective Northern Carnarvon Basin of the North West She
The Canadian Navy’s MCM (Mine-Countermeasures) Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) is ready to be returned to the customer after its recent refit by International Submarine Engineering Ltd. TrailBlazer, a 25 HP vehicle has been in operation with the Canadian Navy since 1995. TrailBlazer 25 is capable of
Viper Subsea will showcase a range of products and services at this year’s Subsea Expo in Aberdeen. This year, the focus by Viper Subsea will be on those services and products that improve the efficiencies of the Integrity Management of aging subsea control systems and umbilicals. From a hardware pe
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project started the deepwater pipelay for its 889 kilometre-long gas export pipeline (GEP) on Friday February 6, 2015. Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone will lay the remaining 718 kilometre offshore section of the 42-inch diameter GEP following the compl
Huisman, a specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, and Brazilian shipping company and shipyard group Grupo CBO, have signed a contract for the delivery of four anchor handling and towing winch packages for four new Havyard 843 AHTS vessels. In August 2014, Havyard signed a contract wit
Aberdeen-based flexible pipe specialist FlexTech has secured contracts worth in excess of £250,000 ($380,200). According to the company, the projects, with two oil and gas majors, will take place both on and offshore supporting operations in the UK and the North Sea. FlexTech will execute flexible p
Harvey Gulf International Marine, made maritime history in North America on Friday.
