Twenty years after it came online, the UK’s longest serving permanently-moored FPSO has been given a new lease on life. Elaine Maslin reports on the extent the UK’s largest offshore project in 2012. When production from the central North Sea Gryphon field came online in October 1993…
The HAL-PRM-150W-LED-100 surface mount hazardous area light by Larson Electronics features a powerful LED assembly fitted with 30 CREE XLamp XPG® LED emitters. The LED assembly is housed within a cast aluminum fixture with high-strength gasket…
Thermo Scientific’s Niton Field X-ray Lab (FXL) equipped with the new Thermo Scientific z-CAL, enables users to more accurately detect oil-bearing strata, improve mud-logging and support geo-steering. This capability can be attributed to…
The UTV 1200 acquired by Pharos Offshore Group is a short and wide ROV designed to bury submarine power cables. Enhancements to the ROV will facilitate effective post- lay/ installation burial and improve the handling and stability of the vehicle…
3M has launched SecureFit Protective Eyewear, the first range of eyewear to feature pressure diffusion temple technology, providing personal comfort and security of fit. SecureFit self adjusts to the size and shape of the wearer’s head, reducing slippage and movement while in use…
Indian energy firm ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) has agreed to buy a 10% stake in the Rovuma Area 1 block, offshore Mozambique, from Anadarko, for US$ 2,640 million. Area 1 covers about 2.6 million acres in the deepwater Rovuma Basin and…
Great Yarmouth, UK, headquartered energy services firm 3sun Group has bought RRC Controls Services as part of its plans to grow in Aberdeenshire. RRC, based in Gourdon, Aberdeenshire, manufactures subsea control systems for the offshore oil and gas industry…
East Africa-focused oil and gas exploration company Aminex is to be led by the founders of private Maldova-focused exploration firm Canyon Oil and Gas. Canyon's co-founders Jay Bhattacherjee and Philip Thompson will become Aminex’s chief executive and chief operating officer…
Black Elk Energy has released a new, third-party investigative report concerning the fire and explosion on the West 32-E platform that killed three contract workers. The findings take a hard look at the contractors involved in maintenance operations prior to the incident…
The TUP (transfer under pressure) Diving System, designed and built in-house by N-Sea, has undergone a refit and been converted to allow it be used as a mobile system, deployable from most DPII support vessels and platforms. The system will be online August 2013…
Maersk Oil launched the web-only video game Quest for Oil early this summer with the aim of making the oil and gas industry more accessible. OE discusses the strategy behind the game with CEO Jakob Thomasen. Maersk Oil launched the video game…
SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-based provider of technology solutions and services to the oil and gas industry, won an excellence award for its success in the Technology Innovation category and was jointly named rising star at the Scottish regional judging of the PwC / HSBC Private Business Awards 2013…
Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) won the second phase of the recent SBRI competition to develop a long endurance marine unmanned surface vehicle (LEMUSV). ASV will undertake the detailed production design, build, commissioning and sea trials of a fully operational…
AW-Lake Company launched its SABRE Turbine flowmeter for the subsea market. To keep the electronics dry and in a pressure-regulated environment, the meter was designed with integral, sealed electronics, allowing more valuable real estate in the subsea electronics module canister…
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment introduced a new dual-approved thermal lifejacket with broad appeal for the offshore and commercial shipping industries operating in harsh, cold environments. The PV9720 has been tested and approved according…
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