Norwegian Offshore Rental to Open Aberdeen Office
Norwegian Offshore Rental (NOR), an offshore and subsea equipment rental company, will open a new office location in Aberdeen, Scotland on Monday. This new location has one staff member, Sean Demanuele. Demanuele is the UK office manager and will oversee orders, activities, and operations at this location, the company said. NOR managing […]
DNV GL Greenlights Carbon Fibre Thermoplastic Composite Pipes
Classification society DNV GL has certified carbon fibre PA12 for use in thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) for oilfield applications. The development and qualification program for the Evonik VESTAPE carbon fibre PA12 composite tape took several years to complete and is now qualified for crude oil sour service up to 80°C. Pioneer in this field, Airborne […]
Nido Robotics Develops Sibiu Underwater Drones
Nido Robotics has developed underwater drones, the Sibiu Pro and Sibiu Nano, to bring precision, flexibility and convenience to sectors ranging from aquaculture to search & rescue. Nido Robotics’ CEO and co-founder Roy Torgersen came up with the idea to develop the portable mini remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) following a dive in 2012 in Papua […]
Aker Solutions Preps LingShui Umbilicals Package
Deepwater subsea operations vessel Normand Oceanic has recently arrived at Aker Solutions plant in Moss, Norway to pick up umbilicals for CNOOC’s LingShui development in the South China Sea. Several risk assessment sessions have been run as part of the load out planning, jointly coordinated between CNOOC, COOEC, Subsea 7 and Aker […]
Searcher in Agreement with Timor-Leste Petroleum Authority
Searcher Seismic has reached a marketing and sales agreement with Autoridade Nacional Do Petroleo E Minerals (ANPM), the Timor-Leste’s Petroleum Authority. The agreement is for the Searcher’s offshore Timor-Leste data and study package. Searcher, in collaboration with Discover Geoscience, is offering the industry access to a comprehensive open-file seismic package which will […]
Seatronics to Market OceanTools Subsea Dye Detection Tech
Seatronics has teamed up with subsea engineering firm OceanTools to promote the newly-launched D7 DyeTector subsea dye & leak detection system. The ROV-mounted OceanTools D7 DyeTector has a 6000m/20,000’ depth rating that uses high intensity LEDs to cause a dye to fluoresce. The emitted light from the dye is then detected by photomultipliers that convert […]
AGS North Sea Contract Cancelled
Norwegian ocean bottom node seismic company Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) said it has received a cancellation on a small contract in the North Sea. The contract was scheduled to be executed in second quarter 2020. AGS had not previously announced this contract, however the company said it was communicated as firm in […]
SengS Reports £750K in Contracts
Engineering solutions firm SengS said it has recently secured new contracts worth a combined £750,000. SengS has designed, manufactured and delivered various projects, including a containerised test unit for an Aberdeen-based oilfield equipment firm, allowing the execution of work scopes within the customer’s own facility. Further afield, SengS has kicked-off its first […]