Engineering consultancy Infinity has announced Stephen Hamilton as regional director and green-light for the expansion of the business. Infinity has now entered London energy market, which will operate as a hub for engineering support to the international arena. This should also strengthen the Aberd
Fugro has secured a three-year inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract with Seamec to support its asset management project for ONGC off India. Fugro will provide Seamec with work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services for three years from mid-June, with the option of a two-year ext
Asia Direct Cable (ADC) consortium has started building a submarine cable connecting China (Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The consortium has selected NEC Corporation to construct the 9,400-kilometre long ADC cable, which is expected t
Aqueos Corporation has completed a diving contract at the 12 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) demonstration project. The scope consisted of trenching the HDD pull in conduit, installation of sealing flanges, pull-in monitoring operations and protecting the HDD exit site by installing 45t of
ROVQUIP has signed a partnership deal with Norway-based rental specialist RTS. ROVQUIP, based just outside Aberdeen, in Scotland, will provide tooling packages, configurable skids and manipulators to support RTS in the Norwegian market. In addition, training and test procedures will be provided to m
Australian robotic arms developer Blueprint Lab has rolled out its Reach Bravo electric manipulator for inspection class ROVs. According to the company, the first orders are shipping to its pre-release customers in July this year. The system is highly versatile, Bueprint Lab says. It comes as a sing
Norwegian diving contractor SubseaPartner has secured a contract from Ocean Installer and Baker Hughes on Vår Energi’s Balder Future project. FPSO Jotun A needs to prepare for docking and overhaul at Rosenberg Worley. A subsea scope consists of removing the remaining risers and mooring chains. It wi
Decom North Sea (DNS) has created an agreement designed to deliver a mutually beneficial relationship between its members and Brunei’s growing late life & decommissioning sector. Darussalam Enterprise (DARe) was created to support the growth of small and medium Brunei local enterprises, and as the S
Danish offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling is joining a new CO2 storage consortium formed by INEOS Oil & Gas Denmark and Wintershall Dea.
Aker Solutions has developed a modified workover system that enables faster and more cost-effective planned interventions. The concept will pioneer on Equinor’s Visund field in the North Sea. Workover systems enable safe well access for subsea installation and completion, diagnostics, maintenance, r
Oil company Santos has completed fast track interpretation of the data acquired during the Keraudren 3D seismic survey offshore Australia, resulting in a high-quality data set.
Marine equipment specialist Motive Offshore has signed a memorandum of understanding with Orca Offshore. The two-year exclusive agreement between the two organisations will focus on Azerbaijan market. The last 18 months has seen Motive Offshore embark upon an ambitious growth strategy. Specifically,
TGS, in collaboration with the ANPM, has started a 2D cubed seismic data project covering offshore Timor-Leste, in support of the country’s ongoing license round. The project combines all available open file and TGS multi-client data across an area of over 50,000 square kilometres and incorporating
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has presented the results of a pioneering research project on the feasibility, usability, construction and operation of large modular underwater vehicles. The focus was on the MUM project ‘Modifiable Underwater Mothership’, which is funded by the Federal Ministry for Econ
