T.D. Williamson Offshore Services (TDW) introduced the Clamp Installation Tool (CIT), a lightweight, remote-controlled system that installs any proprietary clamps or fittings on subsea pipelines in need of repair or to prepare for tie-ins to new pipelines…
Established by a team of scientists in 1977, City Technology has grown into a global business, with 50 million people worldwide using its gas detection sensors. With a range of more than 300 products detecting 28 different gases, City Technology…
Allseas Group is to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel that will exceed the lifting capacity of its Pieter Schelte unit by 50%. The new vessel will be able to remove all platform topsides in the North Sea…
Eni Norge provides this video clip of the living quarters being lifted into place at the Goliat FPSO. Lifting the modules, required the use of a crane with the capacity to lift 1.6 million kg, ENI said. The five-level living quarters modules weighed 1100 tonnes…
Cargotec's MacGregor has entered into an agreement to acquire Aker Solutions' mooring and loading systems unit for an enterprise value of approximately EUR180 million. The unit, known by the Pusnes brand name, provides mooring equipment…
A partnership between companies is a lot like a marriage: some are good, some are strained. That was the tenor of a Wednesday morning panel discussing perspectives on E&P in the South Atlantic that included operators Petrobras, Total, Shell…
By Thom Payne, Douglas-Westwood Singapore Last week’s auction for production rights to Brazil’s 12 billion bbl Libra field has dominated industry headlines. However, despite years of media and market analyst hyperbole the scale of Petrobras’…
Geoprediction firm Ikon Science has acquired the software, services and intellectual property of Bergen headquartered Terra Geotech AS. Eamonn Doyle, the founder of Terra Geotech, has joined Ikon Science as VP real-time operations, bringing…
BMT Scientific Marine Services Inc (BMT) has been awarded a contract from SBM Offshore to provide an integrated marine monitoring system (IMMS) for the Stones floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the US Gulf of Mexico…
Abu Dhabi-based subsea engineering and diving services firm DCN Global has been bought by Fugro Subsea Middle East. The company, which will be renamed Fugro Subsea Services (Middle East), has primarily operated in the Middle East, Caspian…
Life-saving equipment firm Viking has bought a major stake in IT startup Saatsea. The firm, which will be renamed Viking Saatsea, provides cloud-based onboard training and competence management systems to industry. It was set up…
Kazakhstan's Kashagan oilfield has resumed production after its latest delay, a shutdown on September 25 following the detection of a gas leak. Discovered in 2000, it has taken 13 years and approximately $50 billion before production started on September 11…
Three styles of modular fluid distribution manifolds were launched by Parker Hannifin. Two of the manifolds, the Hi-Pro Distribution Manifold (up to 6000 psi) and the Hi-Pro Air Header Manifold (up to 800psi), are based on ball valves for quick on-off control…
MacArtney introduced the new LUXUS Compact Low Light Camera, designed for use in harsh and turbid conditions, where light is limited or artificial. The housing for the LUXUS Compact Low Light Camera is made from sandblasted titanium and features a depth rating of 4000m…
As part of SPE Offshore Europe 2013 ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants and Caterpillar Marine & Petroleum Division (CAT) joined forces for an interactive breakfast seminar, hosted by Offshore Engineer’s Paul Hutton. Maintenance and engineering…
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