Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has secured a contract with Woodside to provide the front end engineering design (FEED) of the flowline system, and associated procurement support, for the proposed Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) development for the North West Shelf (NWS) Project, offshore Western Austr
In October 2014, VBMS installed the export cable for the Eneco Luchterduinen Offshore Wind Farm, executed by the CLV Ndurance and the Trenchformer. The multi-purpose trencher, developed and built by VBMS and Boskalis, used its jetting sword to bury the cable 3 metres deep near shore. This video show
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) has been awarded a contract by Technip, for dry-docking, upgrades and operational modifications to the deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessel, the Global 1200. The Global 1200 is the first of two deepwater rigid pipe S-lay and heavy lift vessels owned by Te
Prysmian Group has announced new development plans to strengthen its operations in Romania, as a further step of the investment plan started in 2013 with the opening of a newly built optical cable plant in Slatina. The announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding to study a submarine connection bet
Reach Subsea and MMT Sweden have recently finalized successful offshore tests on the new Surveyor Interceptor ROV from the vessel Edda Fonn. Sea trials with the new SROV have been performed to collect background data for a specialized handling system, to test speed, maneuverability, stability, cable
Reach Subsea and MMT Sweden have recently finalized offshore tests on a new Survey ROV (SROV) Surveyor Interceptor, owned by the two companies in a JV, from the vessel Edda Fonn. Sea trials with the new SROV have been performed to collect background data for a specialized handling system, to test sp
GTT a French maker of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG said it has received order for one LNGC.
GTT a French maker of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG said it has received order for one LNGC.
Shipowner and operator, Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (SPO) has named its fourth L Class Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), Pacific Liberty at a ceremony held in Kyoto, Japan on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. The naming ceremony was held at Maizuru Shipyard of Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) in Kyo
In December 2014 the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen) published a policy document, entitled “The Danish Solution: A BluePrint for Clean Soil”. The document provides a policy framework for identifying and prioritizing soil-contamination sites in Denmark and developing green-tec
A new way to process fibre optic signals has been demonstrated by UCL researchers, which could double the distance at which data travels error-free through transatlantic sub-marine cables. According to UCL, the new method has the potential to reduce the costs of long-distance optical fibre communica
Romica Engineering Ltd (REL) has signed a contract with The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to provide 4 umbilical winches. According to REL, these winches should allow NOC to facilitate seismic and towed ocean bottom instrument operations at sea with self-contained systems providing the abi
Teledyne Technologies has acquired designer and manufacturer of underwater environment vision systems Bowtech Products through a U.K.-based subsidiary. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1989, Bowtech is a supplier of rugged cameras and LED lighting sources deployed in the extre
Forum Energy Technologies announced today that it has acquired J-Mac Tool, Inc. (J-Mac). J-Mac, located in Fort Worth, Texas, manufactures high quality hydraulic fracturing pumps, power ends, fluid ends, and other pump accessories. J-Mac also provides repair and refurbishment services for power ends
