DCN invests in ROV division
DCN Diving has launched its own ROV division led by Fred Bosman as ROV operations manager. Bosman acquired his experience with robotic underwater systems with the Royal Dutch Navy, and for the past 13 years has been employed as ROV supervisor in the offshore oil and gas industry.
DCN, based in Bergen, also bought two new observation ROVs for use in tasks including construction, inspection, installation, repair, recovery, and support. The ROVS are a Seaeye Falcon DR Observation Class ROV, capable of operating in water depths of up to 1000m, and a compact Seaeye Cougar-XT Observation Class ROV, for less demanding tasks at a maximum depth of 2000m.
Subsea technologycourse for Florø From Autumn 2013, the Bergen University College will be offering its degree program, Subsea Technology - operations and maintenance, in Florø.
Some 80% of the funding is in place and has been contributed as follows: NOK2 mi l l ion f rom Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane, NOK2 million from Statoil, NOK1 million from GDF SUEZ, NOK1 mi l l ion f rom INC Gruppen, NOK500,000 from BG Norge and NOK450,000 from UTF (Underwater Technology Foundation). In addition, FMC Technologies will supply expertise and teaching resources worth NOK500,000. Efforts are being made to secure the remaining 20% of the funding required.
SWRP capping stack launched
Norway’s Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) launched new subsea well intervention equipment for the international industry to use. The cutting-edge, wellcapping stack is to be based in Stavanger.
A further three are being completed, along with two dispersant hardware kits. These will be stored in Brazil, South Africa, and Singapore ready for any future mobilization and onward transportation by sea and/or air in the event of an incident.
SWRP was formed two years ago by nine major oil and gas companies with an aim to enhance subsea well intervention capabilities around the world.
OCTIO partners with WFS
Bergen technology company, OCTIO AS, and Edinburgh-based WFS, are collaborating on a solution for large scale standards-based subsea wireless interface for reservoir monitoring.
The firms hope to demonstrate a costeffective, viable, standards-based, wireless connection for third-party sensors to OCTIO’s Permanent Oil & Gas field Monitoring (POM) system.
The partnership follows Statoil Technology taking a majority stake in OCTIO. OCTIO’s ReM 4C/4D technology provides a digital network on the seabed for continuous monitoring of the reservoir, the overburden, the seabed, and the water column.
Imenco successdown under
Imenco has seen a flurry of activity in Australia in 2013. The firm has signed a strategic OEM relationship with ROV manufacturer Total Marine Technology, signed a new agent in Australia, and picked up two contracts on the Ichthys development.
Imenco is an EPC contractor to the offshore energy and maritime industries, and is headquartered in Haugesund, Norway. The two contracts on Ichthys will see it deliver custom-made, Aviation fuel systems to the FPSO and the CPF at the Ichthys LNG project. It has also signed Seatools as an agent in Australia. Total Marine Technology is majority owned by SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SapuraKencana).
FMC wins Smorbukk project
FMC Technologies won an order from Statoil for subsea equipment worth $96million for the Smorbukk South Extension Project. The scope includes subsea trees, wellheads, a manifold, control systems, and other associated equipment. Smorbukk South is part of the Asgard development in the Norwegian Sea. The equipment is scheduled for delivery in 2014.
Record reel delivery for NLI NLI Offshore & Marine Products recently completed the largest reel delivery in its history. The delivery to Parker Scanrope in Tønsberg comprised 33 reels in various sizes, designed to transport as much as 54 km of mooring cables. The cable is a Parker Scanrope delivery of polyester rope for the mooring system of a semisubmersible platform at the Jack & St. Malo field in the Gulf of Mexico.
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