ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, has announced that it has been awarded two multi-million dollar contracts, each spanning three years, to provide remote offshore communications to five floating production…
Sparrows Group, and its cable and pipe-lay solutions (CPLS) division, has been awarded a contract by Oceaneering International, a provider of engineered services and products to the offshore oil and gas industry, to design and manufacture two 500-tonne powered and jack-able under-rollers…
Weatherford achieved a new world record by landing an 1180-ton (2,360,700-lb) casing string at a total depth of 26,805 ft (8170 m). The job was performed on a deepwater rig in the Gulf of Mexico this fall. The operator of a deepwater rig in the Green Canyon required installation of a heavy…
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has signed Flemish wave energy developer Laminaria to test its innovative wave energy converter at EMEC's grid-connected wave test site at Billia Croo, off the west coast of Orkney, Scotland. Laminaria's technology…
Deepwater mooring specialist, First Subsea, has completed the installation of subsea mooring connectors for Anadarko Petroleum's Heidelberg truss spar platform moored in 5310ft (1620m) of water in field development in the Gulf of Mexico. The 23…
WFS Technologies demonstrated a wirelessly-enabled OneSubsea Subsea Control Module (SCM) at a recent demonstration at NASAs Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) using Seatooth enabled subsea wireless radio products in conjunction with a Seatooth…
Image from Jumbo. Jumbo's J-class vessels Jumbo Jubilee and Fairpartner were scheduled to transport 16 piles to Shell's Prelude field, site of the world's first FLNG vessel, off the coast of northwest Australia…
International oil spill player Aptomar has developed a new method for environmental monitoring, designed for the oil companies to have round the clock monitoring, detection and reporting on unintended oil spills. Image…
Fugro has been awarded a three-year contract by PGS for the provision of precise satellite positioning systems for its entire seismic vessel fleet. Fugro, a provider of precise satellite positioning to the offshore oil and gas industry…
Amplus Energy Services, a floating production solutions firm headquartered in Aberdeen’s Grandholm area, has struck a deal with Technip in the UK to work together to develop untapped oil reserves in marginal fields in the North Sea. With…
Trendsetter Engineering was awarded a contract to design, manufacture and test the industry’s first 20,000 psi valve‐based capping stack. This capping stack will be capable of containing high pressure, high temperature subsea oil wells in the event of a subsea well‐control incident…
WFS Technologies has developed a battery management system technology which enables the battery life of subsea wireless instrumentation and control systems to be extended to up to 15 years. Seatooth Endure technology integrates this battery…
As a result of working closely with industry and listening to the needs of users, load cell designer and manufacturer LCM Systems has announced the launch of their re-designed wireless load shackles. The Telshack range is designed specifically for use in harsh…
Image: MORGRIP mechanical connector/Hydratight Hydratight has won a pipeline connector order from Subsea 7 to support their Emergency Pipeline Repair System (EPRS) project in Australia…
Barge Master launched its motion compensated gangway. The model 3.0 compensates vessel motions in significant wave heights (Hs) up to 3m by actively telescoping, slewing and luffing the bridge. Tip compensation allows for landing on an offshore facility…