ThayerMahan has signed a partnering agreement with Geo SubSea to expand portfolio of seabed surveying capabilities and services which will be provided to the offshore wind industry, offshore oil and gas and US Government customers. ThayerMahan CEO Mike Connor said, “ThayerMahan is bringing best-in-c
Proserv has secured a contract from Independent Oil and Gas to provide subsea controls system for IOG’s Core Project Phase 1 development in the UK Southern North Sea. Specifically, Proserv will be responsible for the engineering, construction and installation for the Elgood single-well subsea tiebac
WFS Technologies (WFS) and Subsea Energy Solutions (SES) have joined forces to harness their expertise on cable protection systems for the offshore energy industry. The collaboration will see WFS utilise its smart wireless Seatooth technologies, which provide real-time insight in extreme environment
Brazilian geoscience services company OceanPact has chosen Sonardyne deep water positioning technology to support its research operations across the region. The company has installed Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) systems on board its research vessels Seward Johnson and Austral Abrolhos. The U
BP has signed an agreement with Houston-based software firm Bluware to improve quality and speed of seismic interpretations. Large seismic data sets are difficult to move and use in workflows and also time consuming to interpret. InteractivAI, powered by Bluware Volume Data Store (VDS) cloud-native
UK authorities have approved Ineos’ plan for the removal of the Cavendish platform and associated pipelines located in the UK southern North Sea.
Norwegian engineering company Aker Solutions has said that Ole Martin Grimsrud will resign as its chief financial officer (CFO). Grimsrud will leave the company 1 September 2020 to pursue other opportunities, Aker Solutions said Tuesday. Aker Solutions appointed Grimsrud as chief financial officer i
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has unveiled a new unit of its App-based continuing professional development (CPD) scheme for Diving Supervisors. The App incorporates the latest in training techniques to support Diving Supervisors in keeping up to date with current informatio
Modus Seabed Intervention has completed a high speed bathymetric and depth of burial survey of the inter array cable routes on the innogy operated Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind farm. The company utilised the Modus HAUV-2 (Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) for the work. The Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind
Underwater Cutting Solutions (UCS), an Ashtead Technology company, has named Richard Lind its new operations manager. Lind will lead operations from the company’s Inverurie, Aberdeenshire base, assisting UCS General Manager Fraser Collis. Previously of Claxton Engineering, Lind brings BD and commerc
Robotic arms developer RE2 Robotics has received $2.5 million in funding from the Office of Naval Research to continue the development and commercialization of its technology under the Dexterous Maritime Manipulation System (DM2S) program. RE2’s DM2S technology will provide Navy personnel with the a
Oil and gas exploration firm Neptune Energy has appointed Mehdi Bouguetaia to take on the role of Algeria managing director. Bouguetaia joins Neptune from Shell where he was technical support and subsea operations general manager with Rashpetco JV in Egypt. An Algerian national, he started his caree
Cape Town-based subsea engineering expert, MMO, a Unique Group company, has developed a non-invasive positive pressure ventilator. The system has been specifically created to aid African authorities treat patients who are displaying COVID-19-related symptoms. The Uni-Life 100 ventilator can be mass
Innovo has designed, built and delivered a fully electric modular motorized drum for a subsea contractor in the Mediterranean Sea. The Innovo Motorized Drum (IMD) for winding/unwinding Flying Leads (FL) was delivered with a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) core allowing greater efficiency than st
