Expro announces a major new investment programme that will reinforce the group’s leading position as a supplier of innovative technology and specialist services to the upstream oil and gas sector. The programme includes expanding the group’s established fleet of Subsea Safety Tools and Well Test Pac
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. and Statoil announced that they have launched a joint research and development project based on Dresser-Rand’s Integrated Compression System (ICS). The ICS is an advanced technology platform that uses high-efficiency DATUM centrifugal compressor technology driven by a high sp
Following his success in receiving the South West Director of the Year title, Neil has now been named as a finalist for the 2011 UK Director of the Year Award (small & medium company category). This category is for directors of companies with 250 or fewer employees. The awards ceremony takes place o
An underwater battlefield off the coast of North Carolina is the site of a search for two undiscovered World War II shipwrecks… (enctoday) [mappress] Source: enctoday, June 20 , 2011;
Viper Subsea won the award for brand at the Media Innovation Awards. During their rebranding in 2010, Viper Subsea worked with, and through, The Design Programme to help define the business branding needs. Bath agency Mytton Williams were subsequently selected as design agency for the entire re-bran
The Brazilian National Oil Company, Petrobras has approved delivery of READ’s new and innovative Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) System, the PerForM™. An audit and Final Acceptance Test (FAT) of the system was completed by Petrobras representatives at READ’s facilities in Houston, Texas, in Apr
OSD-IMT, the UK arm of Offshore Ship Designers, has been chosen by Samsung and Boskalis-SMIT Engineering to develop the basic design, detailed design and production drawings for a 99 m cable laying vessel. Neil Patterson, managing director of OSD-IMT, says, “This project illustrates perfectly the st
Marine Simulation LLC announced the release of ROVsim2 O&G and ROVsim2 Pro – their new family of next generation undersea robotics training simulator systems. ROVsim2 reflects an important step in the development of 3D simulation and integrates a number of important new features and enhancements, in
Researchers who discovered a sunken Navy submarine in which 42 sailors drowned off Key West more than 60 years ago are beginning the next… (keysnews) [mappress] Source: keysnews, June 20 , 2011;
Aker Solutions has secured a contract for subsea compression topside modifications of the Åsgard A and B platforms with Statoil. The contract value is approximately NOK 650 million. The purpose of the modification is to supply electricity to the Åsgard subsea compressor units, which will be installe
Parker Energy Products Division (EPD), a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion control technology, is introducing their subsea metrology and dimensional control services to the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas market. EPD has demonstrated their success with photogrammetry, s
Seanic Ocean Systems has developed a unique subsea water blasting system (ECB) that incorporates cavitation technology capable of being used with most work class ROV’s. The ECB pump was built to solve an industry wide problem, where traditional 5K pressure washers are extremely inefficient for clean
Jason Bennett has joined TITAN Salvage as commercial director, reporting to company Vice President Rich Habib. He is domiciled in TITAN’s United Kingdom (UK) facility at Newhaven, East Sussex. As a member of the company’s senior management team, Bennett will help shape strategic, operational and com
Dolphin Geophysical AS has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS for the acquisition of more than 600 km2 of 3D seismic data in the Barents Sea. The survey will be acquired by the Artemis Arctic and is estimated to commence in early August. “We are very pleased to be the chosen contractor by Lundi
