TUV SUD NEL Completes Building £16M Test Facility
TUV SUD NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has completed the base building that will house its £16-million advanced multiphase facility (AMF). Construction began in September 2017 and the fit-out will now begin. Once completed, the AMF’s test range capability (of operating pressures, temperatures, flowrates and metrology) will be beyond anything currently available in the […]
OSIL Rolls Out New Deep Sea Camera
UK-based manufacturers of oceanographic systems Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has launched new expandable Deep Sea Camera System, a pressure activated self-contained system which allows for the integration of additional instrumentation. The new system is activated by a pressure switch in the intelligent battery pack which can be programmed at the surface […]
GC Rieber Narrows Loss | Subsea World News
Norwegian offshore vessels provider, GC Rieber Shipping, has reported loss of NOK 59 million for the first quarter of 2018, compared with a loss of NOK 66 million in the prior year comparable period. This comes down to loss per snare on NOK 1.03, versus NOK 1.52 in the corresponding period in […]
Basslink Interconnector Experiences Another Delay
Basslink has informed that the return to service of Basslink interconnector will be delayed again due to challenges beyond control of the company. The Basslink, linking George Town in Tasmania and Loy Yang in Victoria, is expected to return to service in early June 2018, instead of the previously reported date of May […]
Cleansorb to Enhance Recovery from UK Field
Cleansorb has been hired to help a major operator to enhance recovery from a maturing field offshore UK. As part of field redevelopment, effective drilling damage removal in new water injector wells is critical to achieving target injection rates without fracturing the reservoir. Openhole injector wells with sand screens are being treated […]
Shell in New Gulf of Mexico Find
Shell Offshore has made a large, deepwater, exploration discovery in the Norphlet geologic play in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with its Dover well. The Dover discovery is Shell’s sixth in the Norphlet and encountered more than 800 net feet of pay (244 meters). The discovery is located approximately 13 miles from […]
GEOxyz Boosts Subsea Fleet | Subsea World News
GEOxyz has marked the arrival of the newly-named subsea support vessel, Geo Ocean III, as the flagship of its fleet. The DP II vessel has recently undergone a refit including the mobilisation of survey suite and 4K video network. The Geo Ocean III will be operated by the GEOxyz Offshore division and […]
Deltares Aids Jan de Nul in Substations Foundations Design
Deltares has supported Jan De Nul in investigating hydrodynamic loads on its gravity-based foundations (GBFs) for the high voltage substations for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Tom Vermeersch, design manager of the Kriegers Flak project from Jan De Nul said, “Computing slamming loads using simple methods such […]