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Red7Marine Offshore Awarded New Contracts

Red7Marine Offshore Awarded New Contracts

Red7Marine Offshore Ltd announced the award of a number of new contracts for 2013. Cable protection work has recently been awarded on the Paimpol-Brehat Tidal Energy Converter project, Brittany, France. The scope of work includes the installation of more than 100 concrete mattresses to provide additional stabilisation of the export cable connecting tidal energy devices [...]

Learn More about Technip Umbilical Systems (VIDEO)

Learn More about Technip Umbilical Systems (VIDEO)

Technip Umbilical Systems provide subsea umbilical solutions to the oil and gas industry and are currently expanding their plant in Newcastle, UK to house the largest steel tube umbilical machinery in the world. Technip Umbilical Systems, comprises of DUCO Ltd in the UK, DUCO Inc in Houston, Angoflex in Angola and Asiaflex in Malaysia. Subsea [...]

Stork Wins Associate Member Safety Prize (UK)

Stork Wins Associate Member Safety Prize (UK)

Stork Technical Services won the ‘Associate Member’ prize at this year’s IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) Annual Safety Awards. The award recognises an Associate members’ safety achievements over the past year which can include launching schemes to improve safety performance, technical or operational innovations which reduce risk or any notable safety achievements. The presentation, in [...]

IADC Recognises the Best in Safety Performance (UK)

IADC Recognises the Best in Safety Performance (UK)

The IADC (International Association of Drilling Contractors) North Sea Chapter recognised the very best in safety performance at its annual Safety Awards Ceremony held in Aberdeen recently. “The Safety Awards Dinner is our opportunity to applaud the continous efforts of our workforce who strive daily to achieve the safest working environment possible,” said North Sea [...]

Able Marine Energy Park Gets Decision Deadline Extension (UK)

Able Marine Energy Park Gets Decision Deadline Extension (UK)

An application was made by Able Humber Ports Limited on 16 December 2011 under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 regarding a proposed development known as the Able Marine Energy Park comprising a quay of solid construction on the south bank of the River Humber at Killingholme, together with an ecological compensation scheme on [...]

Russia: RS Class Assigned to Deep Water Diving System

Russia: RS Class Assigned to Deep Water Diving System

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has accepted MGVK-300 diving system to its class. The system is a modular setup for deep diving designed for simultaneous work of 9 persons at a maximum depth of 300 metres. This is the first diving system in RS class designed to operate at such a depth. The request [...]

PSA Inspects Emergency Preparedness on Valhall Field (Norway)

PSA Inspects Emergency Preparedness on Valhall Field (Norway)

On 11 April 2013 and from 15-18 April 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit activity targeting BP Norge AS (BP) and the Valhall field. The objective of the audit was to review and assess the management’s control and leadership as regards emergency preparedness on the Valhall field. The PSA wanted [...]

UK: BMT Reports Strong Financial Performance

UK: BMT Reports Strong Financial Performance

BMT Group Ltd (BMT), the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced another strong financial performance for the year to 30 September 2012. By focusing on markets where it can deliver high-value customer solutions, revenues from BMT’s continuing businesses rose 22% to £156m and underlying operating profits increased to £13.7m, a proportion of [...]

Divers Cooperate to Keep Bahrain’s Port Free of Mines

Divers Cooperate to Keep Bahrain’s Port Free of Mines

British and Dutch divers are working side-by-side in the warm, salty waters of Bahrain port as part of a major Gulf exercise dealing with the threat of mines. Although much of the emphasis of the 40-nation IMCMEX – International Mine Counter-Measures Exercise – is focused on clearing routes for the safe passage of shipping, it’s [...]

LEEVAC to Build Two MPSVs for Hornbeck Offshore, USA

LEEVAC to Build Two MPSVs for Hornbeck Offshore, USA

LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC announced that it has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, for the construction of two STX Marine SV 310 Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels; 302’ x 76’ x 26’, 12,070 BHP diesel electric powered MPSV’s. “These will be the twenty-third (23) and twenty-fourth (24) vessels to be built by LEEVAC for Hornbeck” [...]







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