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URS develops Mattress Recovery Tool

Nov 18, 2016

Utility ROV Services (URS) has developed a new Mattress Recovery Tool (MRT) for the oil and gas decommissioning market. The tool has been designed to recover concrete mattresses that have been installed extensively in oil and gas fields to protect subsea piping…

Austal delivers LCTV to SPO

Nov 16, 2016

Austal Ltd. has delivered its second high speed crew transfer vessel this year, to Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO). The 57.6m, all-aluminium catamaran was designed by Incat Crowther and constructed by Austal’s shipyard in the Philippines. It…

MacGregor develops 3D Motion Compensator

Nov 14, 2016

MacGregor introduced the 3D Motion Compensator (3DMC), a flexible retrofit device, which is designed to enhance the load-handling precision of an offshore crane even in challenging sea states.  'MacGregor's standard active heave-compensation (AHC)…

AkerBP, IKM agree to mud recovery services

Nov 14, 2016

IKM Cleandrill has been awarded a three-year frame agreement with AkerBP for riserless closed loop mud recovery services. The initial operations under this contract will be production well drilling on the Alvheim development from the Transocean Arctic semisubmersible rig…

KBR selects Intergraph Smart 3D

Nov 11, 2016

KBR selected and implemented Intergraph Smart 3D from Intergraph Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) to improve the execution of key projects for the design and construction of offshore platforms and large liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction plants around the globe…

Sonomatic develops ICT for internal caisson inspection

Nov 10, 2016

Sonomatic, a provider of automated ultrasonic inspection services, has developed a tool for the internal inspection of caissons. The integrity of caissons is critical to safe and efficient operation of offshore structures. As offshore facilities age…

OGCI in US$1 billion low emissions tech investment

Nov 04, 2016

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) is making an investment of US$1 billion over the next 10 years to develop and accelerate the commercial deployment of innovative low emissions technologies. OGCI Climate Investments (OGCI CI)…

Trelleborg to design new buoyancy product

Nov 04, 2016

Trelleborg is set to develop the next generation of buckling mitigation buoyancy technology with an award from Chevron to Trelleborg’s offshore operation to develop the patented technology, which includes the design and qualification of this new buoyancy product…

Ecosse to develop water-jetting tool

Nov 03, 2016

Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) is investing up to US$3.7 million (£3 million) in developing a water-jetting tool, which has the potential to double trench production rates in seabed trenching operations. Image of Cowie…

Emerson, IPRES agree to collaborate

Nov 01, 2016

Emerson Automation Solutions and IPRES (Integrated Petroleum Resource and Economic Service), a Norwegian provider of advanced software tools and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, have agreed to collaborate.  Under the terms of the agreement…

InterMoor Brazil increases capabilities

Nov 01, 2016

InterMoor has added inspection and testing capabilities to its marine base at the Açu Superport in São João da Barra, northern Rio de Janeiro.  The base now has a 1000-ton test bed and can perform load and breaking test for chain, wire rope…

Optime gets hyperbaric testing system contract

Nov 01, 2016

Optime Subsea Services has signed a contract with an undisclosed US-based customer to supply a new hyperbaric testing system that simulates hydrostatic pressures found at water depths up to 14,000m. The 20,000psi hyperbaric pressure vessel…

SMOP awards Novenco Culzean work

Nov 01, 2016

Novenco has signed a contract with Singaporean contractor SMOP for delivery of HVAC equipment of air handling units (AHUs), fans and cooling equipment for the construction of the three platforms in the Culzean gas field in the UK sector of the North Sea…

WFS, TSC release Seatooth ACFM

Nov 01, 2016

WFS Technologies and TSC have launched Seatooth ACFM (alternating current field measurement), a wireless smart non-destructive testing monitoring solution designed to reduce subsea inspection costs.  TSC‘s ACFM array probe is a well-established…

One step ahead

Nov 01, 2016

Daniel Sack, of EMAS Chiyoda Subsea, has spent three decades in the oil and gas industry following and participating in the next big step changes in technology – one subsea project at a time. Audrey Leon found out more. Daniel…

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