IHC Hydrohammer®, part of IHC Merwede, has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting to design and manufacture the S-2500 piling hammer, which is the largest ever built by the company. The order highlights the strong and reliable cooperation that has developed between the two companies over mo
PTTEP entered into a partnership with TOTAL and JX NOEX for M11 block, in Myanmar, ready to drill one exploration well by the third quarter of next year. Mr. Tevin Vongvanich, the President and CEO of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited or PTTEP disclosed that PTTEP International L
Ocean Installer has just successfully completed a contract for a pipeline survey and boulder relocation at the Corrib field. The job was part of the development of the Corrib gas field and the contract covered the survey of a 20-inch, 83km long offshore pipeline and the relocation of about 250 bould
Mr. Ugland is presented with the award for creating partnerships and new products for the wider energy sector for more than 4 decades – and always with a drive for improved safety for operations at sea. Andreas K.L. Ugland is one of the pioneers with background in shipping who early took important p
McDermott International, Inc. (“McDermott”) announced that it will build another high capacity reeled pipelay vessel with top-tier payload capacity, tentatively named Lay Vessel 108 (“LV108”). The vessel will be a sister ship to the recently completed subsea construction vessel the Lay Vessel North
A Fugro Seaeye Jaguar work-class ROV has been selected for use during the construction of RWE Innogy’s new Nordsee Ost windfarm. Fugro Subsea Services in Aberdeen is supplying the all-electric Seaeye Jaguar, which will operate from one of two new-build RWE Innogy construction vessels, the Victoria M
This is the second time Biota Guard has been nominated for the ONS SME Innovation Award. In 2011 Biota Guard received the award ‘Subsea Upcoming Company of the Year’, which has been established by NCE Subsea and Sparebanken Vest in partnership with CONNECT vest and Underwater Technology Foundation.
Forum Subsea Technologies, a business line of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announced the placement on permanent display of a Sub-Atlantic Mohawk™ observation class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at the Titanic Belfast Museum to help tell the story of the RMS Titanic. The newly opened Titanic Bel
Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data service provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, the first wave powered autonomous marine robot, reports that one of its Wave Gliders located in the Gulf of Mexico collecting ocean chemistry data stared down Hurricane Isaac. Located in Isaac’s path, G2, a Wave Glid
The 16th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling (ICMCF) was held between the 24th and the 28th of June this year at the Conference Center at Convention Place in downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. The ICMCF is a biennial congress organized on behalf of the Comité International Permane
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the publication of a draft form for right-of-way (ROW) grants of submerged lands on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to support renewable energy development. BOEM is requesting feedback on the form, which is intended to streamline the agency’s
In July, Hydrex diver/technician teams carried out underwater stern tube seal repairs on a 271-meter oil tanker in Fujairah, and on a 195-meter roro vessel in Panama. Because both vessels were experiencing oil leaks, a fast repair was required by the classification societies. Using the company’s fle
The European Commission is opening a public consultation on “Marine Knowledge 2020: from seabed mapping to ocean forecasting”, reported Utility Week. Namely, the EU Commission wants to make private marine data public. For example, seabed surveys used by companies to obtain licenses for offshore wind
In July, Hydrex performed the removal of a bow thruster that needed to be overhauled, and reinstalled a spare unit in one take. Both parts of the operation were carried out during a 200-meter container vessel’s stop in Antwerp. A diver/technician team carried out a preliminary inspection and took th
