A specialist North-east oil and gas industry support and training facility has developed a new software package to control diving system equipment certification and maintenance to industry standards. The Aberdeen-based National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC), which has been operating in the North-east for
Balmoral Offshore Engineering, a division of Balmoral Comtec Ltd, has been presented with the UK Queen’s Award for Enterprise. It is the second time the company has won the International Trade award, the first success coming in 2010. Established only in 2006, Balmoral Offshore Engineering provides t
Subsea 7 has exercised an option to extend the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Seven with 1 year from 31st of March 2013. DOF Subsea, subsidiary of DOF ASA, has previous announced that Subsea 7 has fixed the vessel Skandi Skansen for a period of 100-200 days per year over the next 4 years
Total announces first production from its Islay gas field in the Northern North Sea, 440 kilometers north-east of Aberdeen. Total operates and fully owns the Islay field, which was discovered mid 2008 and is mainly located in Block 3/15 of the United Kingdom sector and partly in Blocks 29/6a and 29/
The Underwater Centre in Fort William has recently finished training the first ever Angolans as saturation divers. Antonio Quetes and Antonio Njiva, who work for Angolan oil and gas service provider Operatec LDA, were taking part in the three-week HSE Closed Bell course. The HSE Closed Bell course t
Bowtech Products Ltd., a market leading manufacturer and supplier of cameras, LED lighting, connectors, fiber optic multiplexers and slip rings for use in underwater or hazardous area applications, to any ocean depth, has announced that they will be exhibiting at the Offshore Technology Conference (
Cecon ASA has received an acceptance from Export Development Canada (EDC) for Cecon ASA’s proposal to acquire the rights in the USD 200 million EDC financing received by Cecon ASA February 2009. Cecon ASA will proceed to negotiate a final purchase and sale agreement whereby EDC will sell their right
This month, the first of four water-cooled frequency drives manufactured in China will be delivered to Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (ZPMC) in Shanghai. These deliveries are the confirmation that a new milestone has been reached in Bakker Sliedrecht’s entrance to the Chinese maritime ma
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been selected by Island Offshore to design, power and equip an advanced subsea construction vessel. The versatile UT 737 CD vessel will support the most demanding subsea projects, including constructing and servicing oil and gas wells on the sea bed
WesternGeco announced the introduction of the ObliQ sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique, which enhances low-frequency content of marine seismic data without compromising high frequencies. The ObliQ technique increases the penetration depth of seismic imaging and helps geoscient
Earlier this year ANDRITZ HYDRO increased its shareholding in Hammerfest Strøm AS and became the majority shareholder in the Company. Other major shareholders are the Spanish utility company Iberdrola and the local Norwegian utility company Hammerfest Energi. The company will operate under the name
Stork Technical Services Subsea, the subsea division of the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, has invested more than £2million in a new specialist dive intervention craft (IC) and full diving spread to meet
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply an AC (alternating current) power transmission link connecting Nordergründe, an offshore North Sea wind farm, to the mainland grid in Germany. The ord
OceanWorks International has been awarded a design, manufacturing and test contract to provide Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) with a Subsea Dispersant Fluid System (SDFS). The system will further enhance MWCC’s existing dispersant injection system, also developed and manufactured by OceanWor
