Modus Seabed Intervention Limited said it has trenched to specification the ONGC Vashishta pipelines and umbilical offshore India for McDermott International.The work scope included the trenching and surveying of two 18-kilometer pipelines with outside diameters of up to 579 millimeters…
Norwegian seismic services company Magseis has awarded subsea technology manufacturer Sonardyne International UK a contract for seabed node acoustic positioning technology to support an expansion in its deepwater survey activities. SST 6…
Mobile offshore drilling units could be a FPU conversion alternative. Karen Boman sets out the details. InterMoor tows the ATP Innovator FPU from the Gomez field in the Gulf of Mexico.Photo from InterMoor’s Flickr…
Fernando C. Hernandez, of SECC Oil & Gas, and Efrain Rodriguez, of IMP, discuss efforts to research rigless production solutions for Mexican deepwater operations. Figure 1: SECC’s connector installed on a manifold…
In December 2016, the Norwegian underwater robotics company Eelume successfully built and demonstrated the world’s first snake-like underwater robot, constructed for offshore operations. Image from Eelume…
North-east England-based subsea firm Modus Seabed Intervention has completed system integration and trialing of one of the subsea industries' first commercially available hybrid unmanned underwater vehicles. Modus says its hybrid is one…
Qinterra Technologies has been awarded a three-year wireline tractor and instrumented intervention services contract with a deepwater oil and gas operator in the US Gulf of Mexico, effective immediately. The scope of the contract includes tractor conveyance…
Elaine Maslin profiles some of the projects moving forward that pledge to deliver autonomous underwater vehicles for life of field operations. Modus’ AUV launch and recovery system, designed and built by Osbit…
Despite oil’s instability over the last few years, the underwater vehicle market is set for modest growth as well as a breakthrough in resident vehicle technology. Emma Gordon reports. Subsea 7’s AIV…
The light well intervention and dive support vessel MSV Seawell has returned to service after a US$74.5 million (£60 million) investment by its owners, Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (UK), a UK subsidiary of international offshore energy service company Helix Energy Solutions Group…
Osbit delivered two bespoke subsystems for a Modus autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The AUV systems designed and manufactured by Osbit during testing at the Port of Blyth. Image from Osbit…
Sonardyne has delivered an acoustic positioning simulator for dynamically positioned (DP) rigs and ships to GE Power Conversion, a vessel control and automation company, for their new training school in Macaé, Brazil. The Sonardyne Marksman…
GE Oil & Gas subsidiary, PT. VetcoGray Indonesia, has been awarded a field decommissioning contract with Premier Oil Indonesia, to support the shut-down of four subsea wells in the Anoa field, offshore Indonesia. The deal will see GE…
Total E&P Uruguay awarded Fugro a contract to support its drilling campaign offshore Uruguay. The contract provides for ROV and tooling services in the Raya-1 prospect in 3400m water depth. Fugro is supplying two state-of-the-art 200hp FCV 4000D work-class ROV systems and subsea tooling…
Royal IHC and Tompkins UK Ltd. Have strengthened their strategic cooperation following IHC’s acquisition of a majority stake in Tompkins, the parent company of Modus Seabed Intervention and a partner in the TI Geosciences joint venture, which IHC and Tompkins created in 2015…
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