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Successful Acoustic Fiobuoy Trials

After using Time/Date Fiobuoys for almost ten years, the Royal Australian Navy’s Australian Hydrographic Service has successfully trialled Fiomarine‘s Acoustic Command model Fiobuoys. After supplying them with six acoustic models, the Company now hopes the AHS will upgrade their entire Fiobuoy...

SV Noordhoek Pathfinder Launched

The launch of the Noordhoek Pathfinder, a 62m DPII ROV and Survey Support Vessel, took place at the De Hoop Shipyard in Foxhol, The Netherlands, on 7th November. The launching ceremony was officiated by Miss Julia Anna Noordhoek, granddaughter of Mr Leen Noordhoek and daughter of Mr Cees Noordhoek, Directors of...

Introducing Endurance

Gulf Marine Services, a Middle East region elevating support vessel operator, along with MSC Gusto, has developed a uniquely designed self-propelled self elevating jack-up barge currently under construction in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Gusto 2500X vessel, named the GMS Endurance, incorporates an operating water depth of up to 65 metres, accommodation for 150 persons,...

Building the Biggest

The Swiss-based Allseas Group announces the building of the platform installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pieter Schelte. The company, free of debt, has sufficient funds for the building of Pieter Schelte, and will award the contract to a shipyard spring 2010. The basic design of the hull has been completed, and the basic...

Subsea Precommissioning Operation Completed

BJ Services Company recently completed a major subsea pipeline precommissioning operation for Saipem S.A. in Nigeria on the Akpo development, one of the largest deepwater developments ever undertaken.The Akpo field lies in the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 130 Block approximately 124 miles (200 km) south of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with water depths of 3,936...

Opening Design Office in Singapore

IJmuiden-based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has strengthened its global network by opening a design office in Singapore. The office will provide a local liaison point for customers building ships in Asia which were designed in the Dutch and UK offices of OSD, and also provide a local solution for design projects for companies based...

Royalty and Rich New Opportunities

The Subsea UK delegation from a major deepwater exhibition in Monaco returned today buoyed up by new opportunities for their technology. Industry body, Subsea UK, led a delegation of seven companies to showcase their technologies and expertise at Deep Offshore Technology (DOT) last week. The two day conference and exhibition is one of the...

Seabird Exploration Calls on HB Rentals

Global offshore accommodation specialist HB Rentals has delivered a specially-modified safe area sleeping quarters to Seabird Exploration’s operations in Angola, on a three-year contract. HB Rentals prepared and delivered the eight-man solution to West Africa with only 10 days notice, shipping from its Aberdeen base via Las Palmas Port, the deal which is worth...

Development of Offshore Wind Farm Capacity

Scotland leads by example in Europe’s first large-scale offshore wind collaboration. Offshore wind farm developers today announced their plans for major development in the outer Forth and Tay areas at a stakeholder event held in Edinburgh. The proposed sites have a combined capacity of 2,470MW and the adjacent Round 3 Zone a further...

Detect and Prevent Leaks on Ships

In response to elevated safety and environmental regulations on ships, Allweiler AG, a Colfax business unit, has begun equipping its ‘SNS’ series of screw pumps with the optional ‘Allseal’ intelligent leak-detection and -collection system. These pumps are used primarily to move diesel fuel and lubrication oils on...

Sophisticated eBird Streamer Control System

Kongsberg Seatex, Kongsberg Maritime’s specialist in position reference systems, and attitude determination has redefined lateral steering with the introduction of eBird to the marine seismic acquisition market at The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) annual meeting in Houston, 25-30th...

Back at Base

Swedish Navy Corvettes HMS Stockholm and HMS Malmö together with support vessel HMS Trossö are now back in Karlskrona. “Having left Djibouti on 25 September the journey has gone according to plan,” said Naval base project manager William Nordström who had overall responsibility for the transport. The transport was done on the Eide Transporter,...

New Business Developer for Oil and Gas

Tim Eley has been appointed by IHC Engineering Business Ltd (EB) as Business Developer Oil and Gas. Tim’s role will be to build on the successes of EB within its existing customer base and product ranges, and to identify new business opportunities on which EB can continue to thrive and...

New Discovery Offshore Angola

The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,830 metres and encountered oil in sands of Miocene age with excellent reservoir characteristics. During production tests, the well produced oil at rates in excess of 6500 barrels of oil per day. The drilling operation was carried out in water depths of 500 metres. Four...

New DP Vessel

Houlder Ltd in the UK says that, in a move away from traditional floating production, Vampire Production Ltd has engaged Houlder to design a vessel to work on new and marginal oil fields. Unlike traditional FPSOs, the vessel is designed for short term as well as long term contracts, with the ability to transit from site...

Supplying NURC With Gliders

After extensive technical review, Teledyne Webb Research has been awarded a contract to supply the NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) in La Spezia (Italy) with Slocum Gliders. Teledyne Webb has already delivered a vehicle simulator for training purposes, and has received a delivery order for four Slocum gliders. The contract includes an option for...

Market leader in Norway

Since the Norwegian market launch of the Argus technology for online Oil in Water (OiW) monitoring in 2005, ProAnalysis has made numerous deliveries to its home market. The following StatoilHydro and ConocoPhillips operated platforms have online Oil in Water monitors from ProAnalysis installed: Statfjord C, Snorre B, Ekofisk 2/4 J, Eldfisk B, Veslefrikk, Gullfaks...

USCG Cutter Found by ICG

Sixty-seven years after being torpedoed by a German U-boat in January 1942, the final resting place of the Treasury Class US Coast Guard Cutter Alexander Hamilton WPG-34 was finally identified in early September 2009 during an Icelandic Coast Guard operation utilising a Gavia AUV. The Alexander Hamilton became the first US loss in the...

The largest contract ever

Technip has been awarded by Eni Norge AS an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract, worth approximately €200 million, for the Goliat field development. Goliat will be the first Norwegian oil producing field north of the Arctic Circle in the Barents Sea. The field is located approximately 85 km northwest of the city of...

ROVs explore undeveloped uranium mine

A pair of Sub-Atlantic ROVs have been used to inspect and clear a flooded section of a huge mining facility in Saskatchewan Province, northern Canada, which is home to the largest undeveloped high-grade uranium deposit in the world. Louisiana-based Offshore Innovative Solutions, Inc. was asked by Cameco to conduct video inspections and sonar surveys...

Cutting cable installation time by 50%

Subocean Group has pioneered a renewable industry milestone by becoming the first company to use a DP vessel equipped with ploughing technology to install cables in the wind farm market. The subsea construction company’s innovative approach has cut cable installation time by 50%, providing the marine renewables’ sector with a more cost-effective and efficient...

First ‘’Well Cast’ job completed

The well integrity services team from international oilfield service company Expro has completed the first ‘Well Cast’ job for a major customer on one of the Gulf of Mexico’s largest producing wells. With the assistance of Expro’s recently developed ViewMax sideview camera, the team, based in Broussard, Louisiana, was able to help guide the...

Welcome aboard!

Yellow & Finch Publishers have appointed William van Amstel as Senior Editor. William van Amstel previously held a position with the Royal Netherlands Navy where he served as Chief Petty Officer. Welcoming his appointment, publisher and chief executive editor Dennis Vinkoert, stated: “Having quite a number of...

Hellespont Expands into Singapore

The Hamburg-based Hellespont group has expanded its operations by opening a new company in Singapore. Hellespont Singapore Pte Ltd is responsible for developing relationships with key offshore charterers in Singapore, sourcing crews for the Hellespont-managed PSV fleet and establishing Hellespont as operators of offshore vessels in...

Ku-Band Coverage in the North Sea

Marlink has expanded its Ku-band coverage to the North Sea. The coverage expansion will enable Marlink to offer WaveCall to customers operating in the region. The introduction of WaveCall in the Northern Europe region will provide significant cost savings to companies requiring VSAT with lower...