KONGSBERG signs deal with offshore intallation groupKongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (KOGT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, has signed an agreement to supply a flexible risers and umbilicals installation system for the ‘Capstan Reel Installation System’ (CRIS), to the Offshore Installation Group (OIG). The patented CRIS design simplifies the subsea installation process, enabling a reduction in installation time and risk, which translates to significant cost savings. Full text |
Reef Subsea extends its range of activities by providing installation and trenching services
Aker Solutions buys majority stake in Benestad and Phaze Technologies
OMS recognised for innovation by Pipeline Industries Guild
Marine Well Containment Company Welcomes Statoil
Marine Well Containment Company Welcomes Apache
Siemens strengthens its position in the subsea power market
Clough AMEC announce JV with Beca New Zealand
Oceaneering to Acquire Norse Cutting & Abandonment AS
Knowledge Reservoir and Quest Offshore Resources Announce Strategic Alliance
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has signed a cooperation agreement with Canyon Offshore for trenching services to support ABB’s subsea high-voltage cable installation projects. Full text
It is technically feasible to remove concrete installations resting on the seabed. But this is comprehensive work that requires thorough planning and risk management. This is the conclusion reached by the consultancy firm Dr. techn. Olav Olsen, which has prepared the report ”Disposal of concrete installations” on assignment for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Full text
Subsea specialist flexlife has today launched a new product to market that will help maintain asset integrity and safeguard the environment. flexGuard incorporates flexlife’s award-winning ultrasonic scanning technology in the form of a collar permanently fitted to flexible risers. The company forecasts flexGuard will generate additional revenue of £11.4million by 2014. Full text
Demonstrating its continued commitment to subsea equipment safety, reliability and performance, GE Oil & Gas today officially opened both its new Hyperbaric Testing Hall and a newly refurbished Electrical & Electronics Assembly Plant in Nailsea, U.K. Full text
Paradigm will open a new office in the Oslo business district of Skøyen on February 15, 2011. This new office will help the company provide local sales and support services for its seismic imaging, interpretation, reservoir modelling and characterization, and data management solutions, to its growing base of customers and prospects in the region. Full text
Leaders from some of the world’s largest oil and gas exploration and production companies, including BP, Chevron, Petronas, Saudi Aramco and Woodside, are among the 1,000 industry representatives gathered in Florence, Italy to attend the 12th GE Oil & Gas Annual Meeting. Full text
Knowledge Reservoir, a leading geosciences and engineering solutions company, today announced the formation of a Real-Time Systems (RTS) division to provide Situational Awareness System Implementation to the upstream oil and gas industry. Full text
Subsea 7 S.A. announces the launch of its offshore renewables division, transferring its proven seabed-to- surface expertise, capabilities and strong safety and risk management processes and systems to specifically develop and execute work in this emerging market. Full text
Reef Subsea AS announced today that they have acquired the Norwegian company EXS Subsea AS that owns 80% in S3, Specialist Subsea Services Ltd., based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Registered in 2007, S3 specializes in the provision of offshore survey, positioning and ROV services. Services include remote intervention, IMR, construction support, seabed mapping, geophysical surveys, geotechnical services, survey data presentation and data management. Full text
Bluefin Robotics Corporation, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has announced a regional partnership with Harvey-Lynch, Inc., a subsea equipment solutions provider in Strafford, Texas. Under the agreement Harvey-Lynch will promote and sell Bluefin products in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida with a focus on the Gulf of Mexico market. Full text