Oceaneering International agreed to acquire C & C Technologies, Inc. (C&C), a provider of survey services, for approximately US$230 million in cash. Headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, C&C Technologies offers ocean-bottom mapping services…
Wintershall Norge received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the facilities on the Vega field in the North Sea. Wintershall took over operatorship of Vega from Norway’s Statoil in September 2014. According to the PSA…
EMAS AMC's flagship ice-classed, DP3 multi-lay construction vessel Lewek Constellation is on track to turn fully operational by March 2015. The vessel, which has heavy lift capabilities, has already secured a backlog of nearly US$0.5 billion…
Technip's president and chief operating officer (COO) is joining Netherlands-based floating production specialists SBM Offshore as COO. Philippe Barril (pictured) will start on 1 March. Barril had joined Technip five years ago and had been named president and COO in January last year…
Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) received delivery of its expanded containment system (ECS) for operations in the US Gulf of Mexico. MWCC Containment System in a 'cap and flow' scenario. From MWCC…
Wintershall Norge awarded DNV GL a US$3.95 million contract to be the sole supplier for the combined role of independent verification body (IVB) and third party design verification scope for the subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) part of the Maria field development project…
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of four customized 400mt rope luffing knuckle boom cranes and two 100mt knuckle boom cranes onboard four new subsea support vessels (SSVs) for Maersk Supply Service. MT 6027…
Okeanus Science and Technology added three types of DT Marine winches to its fleet of oceanographic and marine scientific rental equipment. The winches can be outfitted with various types of cable and synthetic rope to perform nearly…
Power Jacks is launching a suite of bespoke subsea electro-mechanical actuators and gearboxes. Power Jacks U-series. From Power Jacks. Power Jacks says its integrated U-Series range…
Tidal energy operations provider Mojo Maritime Norwegian ROV firm IKM Subsea have jointly secured a significant EU Horizon 2020 Grant to support a €1,200,000 research and development project to develop an ROV for use in high energy tidal sites…
Oceaneering International is to provide the umbilicals and umbilical distribution hardware for Hess' Stampede Project in the Green Canyon area of the US Gulf of Mexico. The hardware will be used to transmit hydraulic control fluids, chemicals…
Acteon announced the start-up of Clarus Subsea Integrity Inc., a new group company created from 2H Offshore’s subsea integrity business segment. Based in Houston, USA, the new company will commence operations in January 2015 and plans to expand globally…
The University of Houston (UH) will lead a national research center for subsea engineering and other offshore energy development issues, including research and technology to improve the sustainable and safe development of energy resources in the Gulf of Mexico…
French vessel operator Bourbon has commissioned three new next-generation heavy duty work ROVs (remote operated vehicles) designed by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics. Capable of operating at depths of up to 3000m, the units will be deployed on multi-purpose support vessels (MPSV)…
Claxton is extending its large surface riser inventory to meet operators’ needs as more heavy-duty jackup rigs enter the North Sea. The company is adding new joints in the size and pressure required to interface with the blowout preventer (BOP) stacks on the new rigs…
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