Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services announced that it has been awarded multiple contracts worth nearly 8 million dollars from a major international oil and gas operator. Deep Down will
Statoil is awarding Aker Solutions a contract for hiring of an entirely new type of rig which represents an important technological advance for the industry. The category B rig will be an important contribution towards increasing recovery from existing fields. Development of technology for increasin
Sonardyne International Ltd has received an order valued at over £2.1 million from international oil and gas turnkey contractor, Saipem. The order includes six SPRINT systems and associated acoustic positioning equipment making it Sonardyne’s largest sale of acoustically aided inertial navigation te
P&O Maritime has successfully secured a 37 day charter, which began in February, for the Research Vessel Prince Madog with Osiris Projects. This contract saw the Prince Madog engaging in its first hydrographic survey which utilised the recently installed RESON 7125 multi-beam echo-sounder system. Os
The first Offshore Risk Quantification Analysis (ORQA) platform went live in Asia this month after SgurrEnergy successfully completed the installation on behalf of Hong Kong Electric Company (HEC). ORQA boasts the latest technology in data monitoring equipment designed specifically to capture meteor
CTC Marine Projects, Ltd, part of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, has announced its multi-million pound contract award for Dolwin 1, Germany. The workscope, for client EMAS AMC, will include the trenching of 62.34 kilometres of a bundled HVDC power cable from 14 metres water depth and trenching of a pow
Global marine equipment rental and sales specialist, Seatronics, an Acteon company, is continuing its three-year expansion plan by opening a new office in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With established bases in Aberdeen, UK; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Houston and Louisiana, USA; Perth, Australia; and Singapor
Atlantis Resources Corporation, a world-leading tidal technology and project development company will test one of the world’s largest tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy’s aggressive marine environment. Atlantis was one of five respondents to a request for proposal issued by the province last fall fo
A contract has been awarded to Kongsberg Maritime Ltd to conduct underwater noise studies for an offshore renewables project that could eventually lead to 400MW being installed in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth. The contract, awarded by MeyGen Limited, will involve Kongsberg Maritime Ltd cond
DONG Energy will be increasing its production of oil and gas via production from the Norwegian Oselvar field. Oselvar is DONG Energy’s second development as operator in Norway. The field was put into production Saturday 14 April. “We are now the operator of two Norwegian fields. This confirms our lo
Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair, conversion and new building announced that it has delivered Self Elevating Platform Samrat to the owner, Mumbai, India-based AFCONS Infrastructure. The Platform was built at Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard. The Self Elevating Platf
An innovative piece of underwater technology has just completed its first trials in the North Atlantic. Ecosse Subsea Systems’ wholly owned subsea trenching system SCAR 1 has just ploughed a 20-metre wide, one kilometre stretch of seabed to the West of Shetland to remove boulders prior to umbilical
CGGVeritas announced that, after negotiations with Total Exploration & Production Angola and Sonangol, it has been awarded a five-year contract for the 4D seismic processing and imaging of annual and biennial monitor surveys planned to take place offshore Angola. Over 6,000 km2 of seismic data from
Total has made significant progress in the past week towards stopping the gas leak on well G4 on its Elgin platform. This included preparatory work for its planned well control operation and the drilling of both a primary and a back-up relief well. Following an initial reconnaissance mission on Apri
