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GE Haliade-X 12MW Blade Arrives in US

Nov 06, 2019

The blade for GE’s Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine has arrived at MassCEC’s Wind Technology Testing Center (WTTC) in Boston, U.S.The 107-meter blade will undergo a series of fatigue tests that involve moving it millions of times over the…

Bauer Tests Piles for OWF in France

Oct 06, 2019

German construction and machinery manufacturing firm Bauer Spezialtiefbau has tested onshore piles at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project in France to gather data for the design of foundations.The engineering outfit  designed, installed and…

KW Designed Solutions Restructures

Aug 19, 2019

Chorley, UK based high pressure engineering company KW Designed Solutions said it has recently restructured, launching a new company KW Pressure Testing and introducing the KW Group to manage both firms, as part of a complete rebrand.A new state-of-the-art…

IKM Testing Wins Aker BP Contract

Jun 04, 2019

Oil company Aker BP has awarded Norwegian testing, cleaning and inspection service provider IKM Testing a frame agreement that includes most of IKM Testing’s core services. The duration of the frame agreement is six years plus an option period…

EMEC Tidal Lease Extended

Feb 22, 2019

The European Marine Energy Centre has secured a lease extension on its primary tidal energy test site until 2040 from Crown Estate Scotland.The extension will support the long-term ambitions and demonstration plans of EMEC’s clients.The grid…

Exmar Ship Management Opts for Luminultra

Feb 19, 2019

Belgium-headquartered EXMAR Ship Management has selected the LuminUltra Quench-Gone Aqueous (QGA) test kit to monitor the quality of the drinking water produced onboard the LPG FSO NKOSSA II.The decision follows the success of the QGA solution…

Nine US States Seek to Stop Atlantic Seismic Testing

Dec 20, 2018

Attorneys general from nine U.S. states sued the Trump administration on Thursday to stop future seismic tests for oil and gas deposits off the East Coast, joining a lawsuit from environmentalists concerned the tests harm whales and dolphins…

DNV GL to Test Bolt Fatigue for API

Dec 11, 2018

DNV GL said it has secured a contract from the American Petroleum Institute (API) for the full-scale S-N fatigue testing of large diameter bolts. The objective of the program is to improve fatigue assessments of critical bolted connections particularly…

UK Energy Watchdog Proposes Tests for New Suppliers

Nov 21, 2018

Britain's energy regulator Ofgem has proposed financial and customer service tests for new suppliers after several smaller energy providers went bankrupt over the last year, it said on Wednesday.Ofgem said the tests should ensure new entrants are robust while encouraging competition in the market…

New Well Testing Technology

Nov 14, 2018

New technology from Schlumberger delivers well testing performance data in real-time.Schlumberger has introduced well testing live performance technology at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC). The new technology…

Osbit Builds Cable Test Rig for Subsea

Oct 10, 2018

North East engineering specialist Osbit Ltd has developed a cable bend fatigue test rig for the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult that will support the development, and improve the performance and reliability, of subsea cables.According to a press release from the company…

INEOS inks well testing contract with Expro

Nov 07, 2017

Chemicals and oil products firm INEOS, which has UK upstream assets, has awarded a two-year well testing contract to oilfield services company Expro. The contract will see Expro provide testing services for at least three wells, including two new drills and one re-entry…

M2 opens subsea test tank

Sep 21, 2017

ROV services firm M² Subsea has unveiled its recently commissioned purpose-built test tank at the company’s base in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, UK. The indoor fresh water tank, which can hold 73,600 liters of water, has been created for testing ROVs and ancillary equipment…

Support for new subsea test centre

May 15, 2017

A new center of excellence for testing emerging technologies in the subsea sector is to be established with support from Scottish Enterprise.  Balmoral Offshore Engineering, based in Aberdeen, is creating a new open access hyperbaric pressure testing facility for the oil and gas supply chain…

Samoco launches OneTrip for BOP testing

Feb 08, 2017

Samoco Oil Tools has launched OneTrip, designed to greatly reduce the time and costs associated with mandatory blowout prevention (BOP) testing. The company collaborated with Shell Offshore Engineering to engineer, manufacture and test the new tool…

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