Modus Seabed Intervention News

 

IHC takes majority stake in Tompkins

Jul 05, 2016

Royal IHC and Tompkins UK are strengthening their strategic cooperation with 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 (that IHC and Tompkins created in 2015)…

Video: Trio enter swimming robots deal

Apr 18, 2016

A trio comprised of Kongsberg Maritime, Statoil, and Eelume have entered into an agreement to accelerate new technology that will significantly reduce costs related to subsea inspection, maintenance and repair operations.  Kongsberg and Statoil inked the agreement with Eelume…

Fugro inks India ROV gig

Apr 13, 2016

India’s Oil & Natural Gas (ONGC) has awarded Fugro a contract for the provision of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services on board the drillship Sagar Vijay, off the east coast of India. Under the contract, Fugro will provide support for deepwater drilling operations in depths up to 900m…

Subsea Expo: STATS Group develops flangeless launcher

Feb 03, 2016

STATS Group, an Aberdeenshire-based pipeline technology company, has developed a flangeless subsea launcher (FSL) which can be positioned at any given position in depths of up to 2220m. The flangeless solution, can be lowered to the seabed…

Subsea Expo: Umbilicals expansion in Glasgow

Feb 03, 2016

Surface to seabed specialist, Seanamic Group, is expanding its global umbilicals business with a new Umbilical International facility in Glasgow, the frim revealed at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen. Image from Seanamic Group…

Breaking ground on Butch

Feb 01, 2016

Open water coiled tubing drilling has been used offshore Norway in an industry first. Elaine Maslin found out more. Island Offshore’s Island Constructor. Images from Centrica Norge Coiled tubing drilling (CTD) isn’t a new concept…

Seanamic gets new manager

Dec 02, 2015

Image: David Henderson/ Seanamic Seanamic has appointed David Henderson as business development manager responsible for growing the company’s profile in the supply of integrated surface to seabed systems for offshore applications…

Rising to TCP demands

Sep 01, 2015

Airborne Oil & Gas is taking a staircase approach to introducing new thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology to the oil and gas industry, with TCP risers in its sights. Elaine Maslin reports. A 6in TCP flowline…

Intervention essentials

Aug 01, 2015

Getting the best out of subsea wells has always been important given the significant investment cost. This becomes especially true when field economics come under pressure. Having a subsea well intervention strategy is a key part of maximizing…

RWLI makes its mark

Apr 01, 2015

Ask about subsea well intervention and most assume it’s riserless light well intervention you want to talk about – for good reason. Elaine Maslin reports. Subsea light well intervention visualized by FMC Technologies…

IHC/Tompkins launch geotech firm

Feb 19, 2015

Royal IHC (IHC) has joined forces with Tompkins UK – the parent company of Modus Seabed Intervention – to enter the deep and ultra-deep water, oil and gas geotechnical survey and site investigation market under the banner of TI Geosciences…

The future of subsea technology

Dec 01, 2014

Aker Solutions, FMC Technologies, and GE Oil & Gas set out where they see the future of subsea technologies going.  Aker Solutions A vision for the future: advanced subsea production systems. Photo from Aker Solutions…

New fluids system for MWCC

Oct 01, 2014

OceanWorks International delivered a subsea dispersant fluid system (SDFS) to Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC). The system will be an integral part of the emergency response tool kit for a well control incident in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico…

iSURVEY completes contract for Bibby Offshore

Sep 17, 2014

iSURVEY Offshore, a provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas, offshore renewables and telecommunications markets, has completed a contract with Bibby Offshore’s ROV division worth more than £500,000. The work was performed in the UK sector of the North Sea…

Point by point: intervention

Aug 01, 2014

In advance of OE’s 2014 Deepwater Intervention Forum held in Galveston, Texas, Managing Editor Audrey Leon spoke with representatives of Helix Energy Solutions, FMC Technologies, and consultant Robert Keith of R.J. Keith & Associates, to discuss topics affecting the intervention sector…

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