Harkand completed an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) campaign for BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) utilizing the Harkand Da Vinci diving support vessel (DSV) and the company’s new hyperbaric rescue facility (HRF) in the Caribbean. The Harkand…
Chevron Australia awarded Neptune a marine maintenance diving contract under a recently awarded master services agreement (MSA). The contract, which is due to commence imminently, includes the provision of diving services for the facilities…
Statoil, Gassco and ExxonMobil have received consent for manned underwater operations in 2016, from the Petroleum Saftey Authority (PSA) of Norway. The services are to be supplied by Technip and Subsea 7. Image from Statoil…
Image from Aker Solutions Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest…
Jim McFarlane introduced ROVs to the North Sea industry in the 1970s and went on to pioneer AUV development. Elaine Maslin learned more from the still active industry veteran. Jim McFarlane Photos from International Submarine Engineering…
Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest oil and gas fields to increase recovery and lower costs compared with conventional platform solutions…
Harkand has successfully completed the US$10.5 million upgrade of its Gulf of Mexico based dive support vessel (DSV) Swordfish. Originally built in 2007, the Swordfish is the youngest DSV in this region and has been upgraded to the highest safety standards in the offshore industry…
A major cross-industry initiative led by Wärtsilä, MAN Diesel & Turbo and Winterthur Gas & Diesel to develop basic technologies for use in two-stroke and four-stroke marine engines has been officially launched. The Hercules-2 project is aimed…
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. has announced that through its subsidiary Gulf Island LLC, it has signed a contract with an oil and gas company with operations in Trinidad for the fabrication of a jacket and piles for one of its offshore locations…
An overboard incident on the Scarabeo 8 semisubmersible drilling unit offshore unit was caused by missing grating on the blowout preventer (BOP) carrier platform grating, a report by Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) says. The…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway is investigating a man-overboard incident from the Scarabeo 8 ultra deepwater semisubmersible on the Eni-operated Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Image from Saipem…
Statoil and its partners have submitted their development plan for the largest oil field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) since the 1980s – a project tipped to have “ripple effects” through the whole Norwegian economy for years to come…
The two compression modules on board of FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24 have been successfully commissioned for MODEC. The high pressure modules, developed by MAN Diesel &Turbo (MDT) in Switzerland, will maintain field pressure thus maximizing oil production…
A consultation period over the environmental impact assessment for the giant Johan Sverdrup development and its power supply proposal has started, Statoil announced today (November 3). Johan Sverdrup is one of the biggest discoveries…
Wärtsilä and MAN Diesel & Turbo are continuing with a new Hercules-2 project, pending approval under the Horizon 2020 EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation. The Hercules-2 project is aimed at developing a fuel-flexible marine…
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