Drilling in HoustonInternational oil services group Aker Solutions is about to open North America's most advanced drilling equipment simulator in Houston, Texas. The simulator will be available to rig operators with the objective of making offshore drilling operations safer and more cost effective. Full text |
McDermott and Trelleborg develop innovative new clamp to improve diver safety
Osiris Marine invest £380k in new technology
Jee completes carbon capture and storage conceptual design for major pipeline transporter
UK debut for Open Hole Roller Bogie technology
C-Tecnics introduce mini camera
Savante launch full service subsea laser scanning, measurement and inspection services
A physical parameter measurement cable for subsea application
New Product to Extend Life of Subsea Assets
Tentec takes the Complexity out of Bolt Tightening Calculations
Schlumberger Introduces New Multipole Sonic-While-Drilling Service
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Subsea mooring connector specialist, First Subsea Ltd is announcing its latest diverless bend stiffener connector (DBSC) development at Offshore Europe. The compact Type 2 DBSC connector is designed to enable connection of flexible risers and umbilicals in space constrained locations. Full text
The most sophisticated vessel in the seismic industry, the 22-streamer Ramform Sterling was named today at the yard in Tomrefjord, Norway. The vessel class features many new innovations; including the world's first roll compensated helideck, steerable sources, dual workboat capacity and unique gear handling systems. Full text
The world's leading manufacturer of atmospheric diving suits, OceanWorks International, has fitted the latest breakthrough design of powerful Saab Seaeye XT thrusters into their new Quantum Q2 HARDSUIT system. It brings to complex undersea tasks a new combination of human dexterity and ROV power. Full text
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association's 2008 Environment Award, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers and awarded at 2009 APPEA Conference in Darwin, was won by Woodside for its pioneering research into the effects of offshore drilling activity on the marine environment at Scott Reef, 430km north of Broome. Full text
C & C Technologies, Inc. (C & C), the worldwide leader in deepwater autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) operations, announces the addition of its proprietary camera technology on its Surveyor Class AUVs. The camera system can also be used to quickly image pipelines and other subsea infrastructure. This technological advance results in cost and time savings for clients. Full text
Bennex AS signed a contract on June 8th 2007 with Talisman Energy Norge AS to deliver 3off 5kV Anguila High Power Changeover Switches to the YME field in the North Sea. Recently all 3 HPCS were installed and went through FAT on the Vetco Debric-Cap in Dusavika, Stavanger, Norway Full text
Stingray Geophysical Limited has announced the delivery of successful results from its analysis of data recorded during the final sea trial in the programme to commercialise its Fosar® permanent reservoir monitoring (seismic PRM) system. In addition to demonstrating the excellent geophysical response characteristics of the Fosar system, efficient installation was confirmed. Full text
Leading subsea engineering company MCS, a Wood Group company, has announced plans to strengthen its global expertise in the critical subsea integrity management market. Chris Saunders, group services leader for integrity management has relocated from Aberdeen to Perth, Australia, to grow the developing business stream in the rapidly expanding Australian market. Full text
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that it has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with Weatherford International Ltd. to develop and commercialize a new completion technology called MazeFloTM, designed to mitigate sand production risk in a broad range of applications. Full text
Bluewater Energy Services B.V., a member of the Bluewater group of companies, have successfully completed a series of flow tests on their Composite Cryogenic Hose for offshore LNG transfer. Full text