In this video, Norwegian giant Statiol shows a time-lapse of the 1700-tonne heavy lift on the Dudgeon bank. The Oleg Strashnov heavy lift vessel installed the substation for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm off Norfolk, UK. The substation…
GMC has successfully installed a seawater caisson in the North Sea; eight days ahead of schedule. It is the first installation carried out by the company in the North Sea; with a further two fabricated caissons completed and ready to be installed later this year…
Ashtead Technology has successfully completed a subsea integrity management project to support BP’s Quad 204 redevelopment of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, West of Shetland. Subsea technology and equipment provider Ashtead deployed its new Deflection Monitoring System (DMS)…
The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded more than £200,000 in the final stage of its exploration license competition which was launched earlier this year to stimulate further interest in offshore oil and gas exploration activity in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)…
Plans to put a team of eight salvors on board the grounded semisubmersible oil rig Transocean Winner have had to be called off because the conditions are unsuitable to winch them down safely, according to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency…
Stinger Technology has taken delivery of a customized Seaeye Falcon ROV to be used for offshore subsea operations under a contract awarded by Dong Energy. The assignment includes environmental sampling and inspection inside the oil storage tank of the Siri platform…
Planned strike action by workers for Wood Group working on Shell platforms in the UK North Sea has been suspended to allow fresh talks to start. Nearly 400 workers in the Unite and RMT unions have so far staged two walkouts, for 24 hours on 26 July…
No pollution has been detected in the area of a rig which grounded on the Isle of Lewis, off Scotland, early Monday morning, says the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The MCA said, despite two of four fuel tanks on the Transocean…
The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) has granted consent to ExxonMobil to use Island Frontier and Island Wellserver for light well intervention at the Sigyn field, offshore Norway. The Sigyn field is in production license 072…
A 16-strong executive committee of industry experts has been appointed for SPE Offshore Europe 2017, including senior executives from Statoil, Total and Schlumberger. The team is now working on the theme and topics for the biennial event…
Norway's IKM Subsea has won contracts for ROV and Subsea services for the Visund and Snorre B facilities with Statoil, paving the way for a resident ROV concept to be deployed. The 10-year contract is worth up to NOK0.75 billion. The contract may be extended for a further period of 15 years…
Assets and activities of inspection, examination and engineering services firm IMES have been bought out of administration by Seanamic Group. Administrators from KPMG were appointed to IMES on 10 August. The company, which had a turnover of around £5 million…
James Fisher and Sons has acquired Hughes Sub Surface Engineering (Hughes SSE) - a specialist diving, subsea and marine project company based in Bootle, England. The acquisition further enhances James Fisher’s existing subsea activities and…
Subsea UK is encouraging British firms to set their sights on international expansion to sustain long term growth. The industry body is urging companies to look beyond the North Sea and establish international links to generate new business…
SBM Offshore has appointed former Shell executive D.H.M. Wood as management board member and chief financial officer (CFO), to be effective in October. On 10 February 2016, SBM announced the intention of the current CFO, P.M. van Rossum…
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