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Tymor Marine secures Scottish Enterprise funding for next generation vessel stability system.

Tymor Marine secures Scottish Enterprise funding for next generation vessel stability system.   Aberdeen-based marine and naval architectural consultancy, Tymor, is preparing for a new wave of autonomous and remote-controlled shipping by embedding artificial intelligence into its ‘Measurement of Stability in Service’ system (MOSIS).   The MOSIS system measures a vessel’s vertical centre of gravity to provide vital feedback on vessel stability in variable condi...

McDermott relocates subsea center of excellence following BP awards

McDermott relocates subsea center of excellence following BP awards   McDermott announced it has relocated its Subsea Center of Excellence to Bedfont Lakes office park near Feltham in London, following the recent award of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim Natural Gas Project, located offshore Mauritania and Senegal. McDermott and BHGE were awarded subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) and subsea production system (SPS) equipment contracts by BP. The subsea engineering team as well a...

Subsea compression FEED order for MAN Energy Solutions

Subsea compression FEED order for MAN Energy Solutions   MAN Energy Solutions has been awarded a contract to support the FEED study of a subsea compression solution for the Chevron-operated Jansz-Io field in Western Australia. “We are very proud to work with our alliance partner Aker Solutions on the Jansz-Io field development project for Chevron Australia,” says Uwe Lauber, CEO of MAN Energy Solutions. “Thanks to this project, we will be able to prove once again...

Subsea valve actuator reduces energy consumption by up to 75%

Subsea valve actuator reduces energy consumption by up to 75%   Launched less than a year ago, Bosch Rexroth’s subsea valve actuator (SVA) – an entirely new concept for underwater actuators which offers SIL3 safety levels and up to 75% lower energy consumption - has been granted a Mechanical Engineering Design Award. The SVA was developed to help address some of the challenges and shortcomings associated with either purely electromechanical or electrohydraulic actuator...

Expro Awarded Subsea Contract By Pacific Santa Ana, Ltd, Offshore Mauritania

Expro Awarded Subsea Contract By Pacific Santa Ana, Ltd, Offshore Mauritania   International oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract by Pacific Drilling LLC’s subsidiary, Pacific Santa Ana, Ltd, for the provision of an Intervention Riser System (IRS) for PETRONAS’s Chinguetti Field Phase II plug and abandonment (P&A) contract, offshore Mauritania.  The contract, valued at $20m, will see Expro provide its IRS system with associated surface s...

Xanadu Seismic Shoot Off Western Australia Complete

Xanadu Seismic Shoot Off Western Australia Complete   Norwest Energy has informed that seismic acquisition operations have been completed on the Xanadu 3D Transition Zone in exploration permit TPI 15, north of Perth, Western Australia. Surveying of the western panel was completed on Thursday, the company informed. Contractor Synterra Technologies is currently demobilizing from site, and recovering data from the western panel geophones for dispatch to seismic processing contracto...

Sonardyne’s Sentinel intruder sonar to protect Eastern European waterside energy facility

Sonardyne’s Sentinel intruder sonar to protect Eastern European waterside energy facility   Underwater intruder detection technology from maritime security specialist Sonardyne International Ltd. has been chosen to secure the coastal perimeter of a critical national energy infrastructure (CNI) facility in Eastern Europe. The Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) will be deployed to detect unauthorised divers and subsurface vehicles approaching the facility from the water. T...

Subsea First: Autonomous Vehicle Docking to Recharge

Subsea First: Autonomous Vehicle Docking to Recharge   In a world first, Saab Seaeye has successfully docked an autonomous vehicle to an Equinor subsea docking station to recharge its batteries and download data. The docking occurred in Sweden’s Lake Vättern and involved the Saab Seaeye Sabertooth autonomous vehicle docking at Equinor’s open-standard subsea docking station. From the docking station, produced by Blue Logic, the Sabertooth was sent on various autonom...

Contract award for subsea pipelines and marine operations for Johan Sverdrup phase II

Contract award for subsea pipelines and marine operations for Johan Sverdrup phase II   On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence, Equinor is awarding the contract for subsea pipelines and associated marine operations in the second project phase to Subsea 7. This will increase the share of contracts awarded to Norwegian suppliers in phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup project to 85%. “Demonstrating competitiveness and a strong ability to improve during the past years, Norwegian suppl...

Oceaneering to perform first deepwater AUV survey in Mexico

Oceaneering to perform first deepwater AUV survey in Mexico   Oceaneering International, Inc. has secured a contract to perform the first-ever deepwater Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) survey in Mexican waters. The geophysical survey will be performed for BHP at its Trion development. Oceaneering will use the DP-2 Ocean Investigator, equipped with their OS-VI AUV and light geotechnical capabilities. Work is currently underway and will continue for approximately 45 days. Ocea...

2H Offshore opens a regional office in Paris, France

2H Offshore opens a regional office in Paris, France   2H Offshore, a riser and conductor specialist in subsea services group Acteon, is pleased to announce the opening of a new regional office in Paris, France, to provide a direct and higher-quality service to operators and contractors based in and around Paris and to other clients throughout Continental Europe. 2H has served Parisian clients through its London office for more than 25 years. Director Mélanie Bonnissel, a ne...

Subsea International Ltd at EU CLIPPER Event in Kiel, 06-07 June 2019.

Subsea International Ltd at EU CLIPPER Event in Kiel, 06-07 June 2019   Subsea International Ltd, the privately-owned asset monitoring technology and systems developer looks forward to engaging with the regional CLIPPER consortia, other related maritime organisations and SME companies attending the Matchmaking event in Kiel during 06-07 June 2019. CLIPPER is a joint project of eight European marine technology clusters with the focus on expanding the competence and improving the com...

WFS Technologies unveils new Seatooth® Assure Riser Monitor for through water-air boundary communications

WFS Technologies unveils new Seatooth® Assure Riser Monitor for through water-air boundary communications   WFS Technologies, a global leader in Subsea Internet of Things (SIOT®) devices, today unveiled solutions to tackle the real-time monitoring of offshore risers both above and below surface, on fixed structures including jackets and braces. The new products allow for the measurement of 9-axis motion (vibration, orientation), local analytics and the reporting of real-tim...

WFS launch world’s first subsea wireless edge network for real-time monitoring

WFS launch world’s first subsea wireless edge network for real-time monitoring   WFS Technologies Limited (WFS) unveiled the world’s first subsea wireless edge network for real-time monitoring of subsea assets at this week’s Ocean Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. WFS provides wireless subsea devices which are designed to provide robust, long-term monitoring of subsea hardware. The latest technology, ExtremeEdge®, has been developed to process and ana...

EXPRO EXPANDS SUBSEA INTERVENTION CAPABILITIES

EXPRO EXPANDS SUBSEA INTERVENTION CAPABILITIES   International oilfield services company,Expro, has expanded its subsea intervention capabilities, introducing two new well access solutions in addition to its established subsea landing string system technologies. The Intervention Riser System (IRS) will safely establish and maintain well access throughout riser to surface operations, replicating the functionality of the blow-out preventer and providing a safe and reliable means of w...

Rever Offshore Appoints Subsea Expert to Board

Rever Offshore Appoints Subsea Expert to Board   Rever Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced the appointment of Bob Bryce to the newly-created role of Operations Director. Mr Bryce’s 40-year career in the oil and gas industry has seen him hold senior leadership positions on a global basis with key subsea-surf contractors, including McDermott, Subsea7 and Technip. He joins Rever’s executive team with a remit to oversee...

Aker Solutions and FSubsea to Create FASTSubsea to Boost Subsea Oil Recovery

Aker Solutions and FSubsea to Create FASTSubsea to Boost Subsea Oil Recovery   April 10, 2019 - Aker Solutions and FSubsea have agreed to create FASTSubsea to help operators increase oil recovery in a faster, simpler and more environmentally friendly way. Multiphase subsea pumping technology has the potential to increase oil recovery rates by more than 20 percent, but cost, space limitations and sometimes complex solutions mean multiphase pumps are installed in fewer than 30 of the...

Forum launches new simulator training for next generation electric vehicles

Forum launches new simulator training for next generation electric vehicles   Aberdeen, UK –Wednesday, April 10, 2019 – Forum Subsea Technologies has launched the latest version of its VMAX simulator to integrate with its next generation of electric remotely operated vehicles (eROV). The XLe Spirit was the first vehicle to be launched from the new range last year and Forum has now added the eROV to its choice of vehicles within the simulator. The new light-weight and er...

Subsea sector benefiting from efficiencies, technology development

Subsea sector benefiting from efficiencies, technology development   The consensus view of many industry analysts is that the subsea sector is leading the offshore growth cycle, with tree orderbooks swelling to levels not seen in years as operators take advantage of low costs. But this enthusiasm is tempered by a supply chain that is still struggling to make ends meet. Nevertheless, the data is encouraging. Operators ordered 286 subsea trees in 2018 – the highest total since 201...

Proserv prepares for subsea supply chain tightening as demand spikes

Proserv prepares for subsea supply chain tightening as demand spikes   Aberdeen, March 4, 2019: Leading controls technology company Proserv has today predicted that the global subsea sector is set to face supply chain challenges as exploration and production (E&P) activity in the offshore oil and gas industry gradually accelerates. The Aberdeen based firm advises international oil companies (IOCs) to consult early with suppliers to prevent lead times lengthening. Industry consu...
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