Viper Grows Cable Integrity Monitoring Tech Sales

Subsea technology and engineering firm Viper Innovations said it has booked record sales of its V-LIM cable integrity monitoring technology during 2019, almost trebling sales compared to that of the previous year. The company has increased its export sales overall by 20% and enjoyed significant growth of the V-LIM product in Canadian […]

Royal Australian Navy Introduces MCM Capability

The Royal Australian Navy has introduced a deployable Mine Counter-Measures (MCM) capability under Project SEA 1778. Under Project 1778 Phase One, Australian Mine Warfare Team 16 (MWT 16) was commissioned to operate a suite of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), unmanned surface vessels (USV), expendable mine neutralization systems, and MCM support craft. The first ‘roll out’ […]

Software Start-Up Invests in Aberdeen Base

Xergy, the startup company aiming to revolutionise resourcing in the energy industry, has invested £120k in opening an office in Aberdeen with plans to recruit an additional 15 employees. Led by industry stalwarts, James McCallum and Colin Manson, Xergy has moved into Rubislaw Terrace in the city’s west end, after a major renovation and fit-out. […]

Ocean Installer Taps Ashtead for Another Subsea Installation Project

Aberdeen-based subsea equipment solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has secured a new contract with Ocean Installer following the completion of subsea installation project in 2019. Ashtead will provide its Deflection Monitoring System (DMS) and field engineers to install six integrated template structures (ITS) in the Barents Sea offshore Norway. As mentioned above, the […]

SeaBird Confirms OBN Source Contract

SeaBird Exploration has received a letter of award for an ocean bottom node (OBN) source contract. The contract has an expected duration of about five months and it was originally announced in January of this year. The contract is expected to start in April 2020, the company noted. SeaBird will employ the […]

DOF Subsea in New Contract Awards in Africa

DOF Subsea has received two contract awards from international clients in Africa. The contracts will secure further vessel and resource utilization in Q1 and first part of Q2 2020, the company said. The first contract is for seismic nodes installation in Nigeria for an undisclosed client. The work will be executed from […]

Optime Gets New Contracts for Newly Introduced Products

Optime Subsea have secured a large international contracts as a direct result of increasing its product portofolio. Optime have developed its competence, as well as products and systems, to include topside equipment interfacing to its subsea systems. In order to control Opime’s existing subsea systems, it will require a cable/umbilical to provide power and communication […]

Deal to Commercialize Oil Spill Tech

A material made from waste cooking oil and sulphur that can soak up oil spills and other pollution will be commercialised following a deal between its South Australian inventors and a Singaporean company. The collaboration between Flinders University and Clean Earth Technologies will result in a manufacturing facility in South Australia to produce commercial quantities […]