Rovco Finalizes Amazon Reef Survey for Greenpeace
Rovco has completed an underwater survey of the Amazon Reef, off the northern coast of Brazil, for the environmental organisation, Greenpeace. The company carried out a full 3D seabed survey, deploying its SubAtlantic Mojave and Seaeye Cougar ROVs while using its latest 3D reconstruction technology. The project also required Rovco to mobilise a survey grade, […]
Skandi Recife Begins Petrobras Charter in Brazil
TechnipFMC and DOF Subsea jointly owned flexible lay and construction vessel, Skandi Recife, has started its eight-year charter contract with Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) in Brazil. The vessel will work in the Campos, Santos and Espírito Santo basins. Skandi Recife is equipped with a 340 tons Vertical Lay System (VLS) tower, 2,500 tons underdeck carousel […]
Fugro Recognized at Ground Engineering Awards
A mobile drilling platform developed by Fugro that switches seamlessly between land and shallow water work has won the Equipment Innovation category in the 2018 Ground Engineering (GE) Awards. The Fugro Amphibious Buggy (FAB) is an intertidal drilling platform designed to reduce cost and save time while improving safety and quality of geotechnical investigations in […]
2H Offshore Leads Measurement-Based Wellhead Fatigue JIP
2H Offshore, riser and conductor specialists in subsea services group Acteon, has launched the Measurement-based Wellhead Fatigue Joint Industry Project (JIP), which will see 2H Offshore work with operators to improve riser, wellhead and conductor fatigue estimates and make drilling operations more reliable and efficient. The project aims to provide a measurement-based foundation for drilling […]
Kongsberg Secures Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 Work from Equinor
Equinor Energy has contracted Kongsberg Maritime to deliver the Safety and Automation Systems (SAS) for the phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development in the Norwegian North Sea. Kongsberg Maritime secured the Equinor Energy (then Statoil) Project Specific Agreement in 2014 which included the FEED for delivery of SAS to the four […]