|
Subsea Specialist Flexlife Opens New UK Base and Appoints DirectorFlexlife, an oil & gas industry specialist in subsea project and integrity management, has opened a new base in Newcastle and plans to recruit 25 staff by the end of this year, rising to 50 within 18 months. The award-winning company has appointed Andrew Lake as Director of Operations in Newcastle. Full text |
GOSL takes delivery of Sub-Atlantic Mohawk integrated with SeeTrack CoPilot
Seadrill orders new ultra-deepwater drillship for delivery in 2013
Lankhorst Ropes Invests Euro 2M in Fibre Rope Test Machine
Trelleborg expands offshore oil and gas offering
Innovative Darcy targets global growth as facilities expansion move completed
flexlife awarded for contribution to subsea technology
Aker Solutions a finalist for Browse DTU delivery
Leading Subsea Company Attracts Global Interest
Join our free subsea industry newsletter.
Seadrill has entered into a turnkey contract to build up to four new ultra-deepwater drillships at the Samsung yard in South Korea. The first two drillships are firmly ordered with delivery in the first and second quarter 2013, respectively. Total project price per rig is estimated to be less than US$600 million. Full text
Subsea specialist flexlife has announced that Maven Capital Partners and Simmons Parallel Energy (SPE) have invested £5.5million growth equity in the company. The investment deal was led by Simmons & Company International and will help complete commercialisation of new products and underpin future Research & Development work. It will also accelerate flexlife’s ambitious internationalisation plans. Full text
STEP Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, has won a contract from Awilco Drilling Limited to engineer and deliver mud mixing and solids control systems to the Arctic II rig. STEP Offshore estimates that the value of the work will be approximately NOK 12 million. Full text
OceanServer Technology, a leader in next generation AUV technology, announced today that Cal Poly has agreed to purchase a second Iver2 AUV for research purposes. The first Iver2 AUV was purchased in 2008 and has been used extensively for a variety of research applications including one project that required the vehicle to operate under the ice in the Arctic. Full text
Spectrum has signed an agreement with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) to reprocess more than 7,800kms of 2D seismic data offshore the east coast of Greenland. This data will be processed though Pre-Stack Time Migration (PSTM) and subsequently licensed on a Multi-Client basis. Full text
IOS InterMoor AS, an Acteon company, has been awarded a global mooring frame agreement by Statoil Petroleum AS. The three year contract for mooring services also has an option to extend the agreement for up to two periods of one year each. IOS InterMoor’s scope of work includes providing high quality mooring equipment, personnel and technical support for offshore operations to Statoil’s rig fleet in Norway and internationally. Full text
Aberdeen-based oil services group OEG Offshore (OEG) has been awarded a series of subsea contracts worth £1.2 million. OEG – which specialises in the design, build and rental of specialist A60 cabins and cargo-carrying units for the offshore oil and gas market – will deliver various ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicles) modules to Subatlantic, PSSL, Schilling Robotics (Schilling) and Subsea Robotics. Full text
Recognised experts in marine personnel transfer, Reflex Marine, is meeting global demand for its TORO crew transfer capsule and has sold 30 across offshore Asia-Pacific, Europe, North and West Africa, Australia and America. Full text
OceanServer Technology, a leader in next generation AUV technology, announced today that the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada has taken delivery of a new vehicle. NRC is the Canadian Government's leading resource for research, development and technology-based innovation. The Iver2 vehicle, equipped with OceanServer’s dual port camera system, side scan sonar and backseat driver/ remote helming capability will be used in a broad range of upcoming research initiatives. Full text
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned underwater vehicles, announces the sale of SeeTrack Military to the Portuguese Navy. The Portuguese Navy acquired SeeByte’s leading SeeTrack Military software in order to plan, monitor, analyse and report on their GAVIA Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) operations. Full text