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KBR inks global BP work

Dec 19, 2016

Houston’s KBR has been awarded two global agreements by BP International for the provision of conceptual engineering services, and another for the provision of pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and FEED engineering services.  Each…

Cellula trials seafloor drill

Dec 19, 2016

Canada's Cellula Robotics has completed factory acceptance testing of its third CRD100 seafloor drill for Fukada Salvage & Marine Works and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)…

FES develops CALM Buoy Swivel

Dec 15, 2016

Flexible Engineered Solutions International (FES), a supplier of fluid transfer systems to the oil and gas offshore industry, has developed the CALM Buoy Swivel for a major manufacturer of marine equipment, based in China.  The CALM Buoy Swivel…

Centrica hands out Oda contracts

Dec 15, 2016

Centrica has awarded a string of contracts to FMC Technologies, Subsea 7 and Aker BP / Maersk Drilling, for its Oda field development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  The Oda oil field (previously called Butch) was discovered in 2011…

Subsea UK Awards finalists unvieled

Dec 14, 2016

Industry body Subsea UK has revealed the finalists for its annual awards event, to be held early 2017.  The awards, which seek to recognize companies and individuals who are leading the way in Britain’s £9 billion subsea sector, will…

Subsea 7 awards EnerMech Australian contract

Dec 12, 2016

EnerMech has been awarded its first contract by Subsea 7 in the Australian oil and gas market. The mechanical engineering group will perform a range of subsea flowline and umbilical pre-commissioning on the Woodside-operated North West Shelf…

RINA bags Chevron Indonesia work

Dec 12, 2016

RINA Indonesia, in consortium with PT Depriwangga, has been awarded a  contract by Chevron Indonesia to provide QA/QC inspection services as part of the offshore Bangka Field development project. The Bangka Field is located approximately…

Tampnet awards Global Marine fiber contract

Dec 08, 2016

Global Marine Systems secured a contract from Tampnet.  The contract is designed to further enhance inter oil-field communication networks in the North Sea. Work will be undertaken in 2018 by one of the company’s key installation vessels…

Swire Seabed takes on fourth vessel, secures contract

Dec 08, 2016

Norway-based subsea operations specialist Swire Seabed has taken delivery of its fourth subsea vessel, Seabed Constructor. Swire Seabed has secured a six-year contract for Seabed Constructor with UK based firm Ocean Infinity, which is part of US-based SeaTrepid International…

ConocoPhillips to use Magseis OBS in UK North Sea

Dec 08, 2016

Magseis has been awarded a contract from ConocoPhillips for a full azimuth 4D seabed seismic acquisition survey in the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system. Magseis will mobilize what will be its second, ROV-based crew for the project…

Subsea opportunities in offshore wind

Dec 07, 2016

A new report from NSRI (National Subsea Research Initiative) has identified operations and maintenance (O&M) – particularly inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) activities – as the highest potential area for subsea companies to diversify into offshore wind…

Ocean energy powered subsea vehicle battery developed

Dec 07, 2016

A clean energy startup based in Southern California is developing a power supply for remotely operated vehicles, which draws on temperature gradients in the ocean.  Seatrec's Trec Thermal RECharging Battery uses a non-toxic material with…

N-Sea, Strathclyde Uni collaborate on pipeline inspection

Dec 07, 2016

Subsea services firm N-Sea and the University of Strathclyde’s Institute of Sensors Signals and Communications at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering have secured funding from the Data Lab Innovation Centre for a research project to automate subsea pipeline inspection…

Bibby inks Shell Gannet G work

Dec 06, 2016

Bibby Offshore secured a significant contract with Shell to provide engineering and subsea construction activities in the Gannet G field in the Central North Sea. The campaign, due to commence in Q1 2017, will utilize Bibby's multipurpose dive support and offshore construction vessel…

A new twist on an old polymer

Dec 02, 2016

Audrey Leon speaks with California-based Materia about a resin the firm hopes will make waves for subsea thermal insulation and other deepwater buoyancy applications. Proxima thermoset norbornene resins create composites…

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