Aberdeen-based oilfield services firm, Coretrax, has moved to a new purpose built HQ with an investment of £2.4million into the office and workshop space. Formed in 2008, the company had outgrown its previous offices in Altens, Aberdeen. The firm moved last month to accommodate its range of wellbore cleanup and abandonment tools and its growing [...]
Ocean trials of JSC Yantar Shipyard’s research ship Seliger, which is being built for Russian Navy, are taking place in Baltiysk, reports Central Navy Portal. JSC Yantar Shipyard got the contract for construction of the ship in the Russian Navy’s tender. The ship began first phase of ocean trials on April 13, when it was [...]
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Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech have created an undersea vehicle inspired by the common jellyfish that runs on renewable energy and could be used in ocean rescue and surveillance missions. In a study published in Smart Materials and Structures, scientists created a robotic jellyfish, dubbed Robojelly, that feeds off [...]
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Cathelco have won an order to supply seawater pipework anti-fouling equipment for the first purpose built jack-up rig to be constructed for Saudi Aramco. The rig will be built at the Keppel FELS yard in Singapore and is scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2012 when it will be deployed by Saudi Aramco [...]
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In Q1 2013 Fugro will take delivery of a new-built vessel, M/V Fugro Pioneer, the first of Fugro’s dedicated Offshore Survey Costal Vessel series. Featured on Stand 11121 at EWEA Offshore Amsterdam, the new vessel will operate in North-West European waters. Designed to Fugro specifications and fitted with the latest survey equipment these new vessels [...]
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Reef Subsea AS announced that they have signed two five-year charter agreements for two newly-built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessels – Neptune Despina and Neptune Larissa – from Neptune Offshore AS. Simultaneously Neptune Subsea AS, the ship owning company of the vessels, welcomes Reef Subsea as a 25% shareholder. Both vessels have been recently delivered [...]
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![USA: TETRA Acquires Newly Built Derrick Barge TETRA Hedron]()
TETRA Technologies, Inc. recently announced that it has acquired a newly built derrick barge with a 1,600 metric ton capacity, fully-revolving crane and accommodations for 300 personnel for an expected total investment of approximately $71 million, including the purchase price and inspection, transportation and outfitting costs. The barge, which is named the TETRA Hedron, was [...]
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Gulf Bridge International (GBI), the Middle East’s first privately owned submarine cable operator, and Qtel, one of the region’s leading telecommunications companies, announced the landing of the GBI cable in Qatar, which will connect to the new purpose-built Qtel landing station. This is second of two GBI cable landings in Qatar and one of ten [...]
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![Fugro Takes Delivery of New Survey Vessel ‘M/V Fugro Galaxy’ (UK)]()
Fugro formally took delivery of a new-build vessel, M/V Fugro Galaxy; the second of Fugro’s FSSV 65 series of dedicated survey vessels “FSSV 65” is the design name for a state of the art 65m long Fugro Standard Survey Vessel. Designed to Fugro specifications the specially designed hull form and propulsion system ensures acoustically quiet [...]
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Technocean AS, a subsidiary of Reef Subsea AS, which has been recently awarded a multi-year frame agreement contract, has secured a three-year firm charter with two yearly options of one of the new-built subsea construction vessels (IMR/CSV) from GC Rieber Shipping. Polar King will be delivered to Technocean circa mid-April 2011. The vessel, certified [...]
