Kongsberg Maritime Germany opens the renewed and extended CS department on 13. April 2012. After three months of office rebuilding and adding new premises, Kongsberg Maritime Hamburg is proud to announce the opening of its Regional Support Office by new office space, warehouse and workshops. “Contin
Mermaid announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Subtech Ltd. has opened a branch office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Subtech already has offices in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The purpose of the Branch Office is to continue the expansion of Mermaid’s footprint in the Middle East region by givi
Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology (ROCT) specialist delivering multi-million pound savings and reduced risk to the oil & gas industry, has completed its first work in West Africa and secured additional contracts in the region. The success follows Red Spider’s recent announcement of the ap
Life deep in the seabed proceeds very slowly. But the slow-growing bacteria living many meters beneath the seafloor play an important role in the global storage of organic carbon and have a long-term effect on climate. A team of scientists from Aarhus University (Denmark) and the University of Rhode
Following the success of the preliminary geotechnical coring programme in 2010, Fugro has successfully performed a detailed geophysical survey of Navitus Bay for Eneco Round 3 Development Ltd. Navitus Bay is to the west of the Isle of Wight and lies within Zone 7 of the Crown Estate’s Round 3 UK off
Kvaerner has signed a contract with Statoil for dismantling and recycling of redundant offshore installations. The contract is for dismantling of the jacket and adjacent bridge foundation belonging to the previously removed Ekofisk 2/4-S platform. The jacket has a total weight of 9000 tonnes and the
Despite of the fast development of EU wave and tidal power technology due to the shortage of governmental financial support and that of big investors, considerable time will have to pass before this sector becomes a reliable source of energy, Euractiv informs. According to renewables manager at UK c
On 25 March, Total reported that a gas leak following a well operation occurred on the same day at the wellhead platform on the Elgin gas field which is located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen. Total immediately launched internal emergency procedures and Crisis Management T
Pharos Offshore Group announces the addition of Scott Gartshore as Chief Technical Officer to the executive team. A marine industry veteran, Scott’s previous roles include Project Manager and Senior Engineer, as well as Trenching Systems Sales Manager at IHC Engineering Business Ltd. Pharos Offshore
Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) announces that the company has hired several new key employees, including Mr. Omer Poroy as Vice President of Business Development and Mr. Ian Estaphan Owen as Director of Programs. Over the last 3 mo
Roc Oil (GB) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, advises that production from the Enoch oil and gas field (ROC: 12% interest), located in the North Sea, is anticipated to be offline for the remainder of 2012 due to mechanical issues related to subsea equipment. ROC is awaiting advice from the
Seajacks reported that on February 26th 2012, Seajacks Kraken completed 1000 days without a lost time incident. This achievement marks a significant milestone in Seajacks’ goal to create an incident and injury free environment and demonstrates the company’s on-going commitment to promote best workin
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by A/S Norske Shell, to deliver subsea connection systems for the Draugen field on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is approximately NOK 105 million. Scope of work includes the delivery of complete tie-in connection systems for production flo
The development of the Åsgard subsea gas compression was approved in the Storting (Norwegian parliament) on 27 March 2012. This signals the start for implementation of one of Statoil’s most demanding technology projects aimed at improving recovery. Åsgard subsea gas compression will increase recover
