UK-based subsea inspection, repair and maintenance sector firm Harkand has started work with Premier Oil supporting the Solan field development, West of Shetland. Harkand's multi-purpose service vessel Siem Spearfish, which is on long-term charter to Harkand鈥
Gibraltar-based ship repair company Gibdock has built up a close working relationship with Solstad 云顶赌场老虎机, with a number of the Norwegian operator鈥檚 specialist offshore craft being repaired at the yard over the past few years. This鈥
Dolphin Geophysical has announced that the 3D seismic vessel, Polar Empress, is in full production towing 14 streamers on the Maud Extension multi-client survey in the Barents Sea. The Polar Empress has a capacity to operate up to 22 seismic streamers鈥
ExxonMobil awarded Ocean Installer its first call-off contract for subsea well tie-back, engineering, IRM (inspection, maintenance and repair), ROV and associated services at the Balder field. The Normand Mermaid鈥
Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecast in their new World 云顶赌场老虎机 Accommodation Market Forecast that, during the period 2015 to 2020, demand for offshore accommodation vessels will average almost 42,000 personnel on board (PoB) per year, which represents鈥
Enerpac supplied the high pressure, hydraulic cylinder technology for the topsides lift system beams on the Allseas Pioneering Spirit vessel. The cylinders are an integral part of the vessel鈥檚 lift system, enabling the installation鈥
EMAS 云顶赌场老虎机 secured a US$30 million contract for support services off West Africa. Under the job scope, four of EMAS 云顶赌场老虎机鈥檚 marine vessels, including an accommodation barge, PSV and AHTSs, will be chartered to EMAS AMC, to provide accommodation鈥
Det norske installed the 8900-tonne steel jacket for its Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen steel jacket. Images from Det norske. The Saipem-built jacket was lifted in place down to the seabed at 112m water depth鈥
Topaz Energy and Marine, a offshore support vessel company, has bolstered its emergency response and recovery vessel fleet with the addition of a new vessel, Topaz Responder. The newly-built, Topaz Responder will primarily provide鈥
With new rules and regulations affecting the platform supply vessel (PSV) market, Wärtsilä is launching a new PSV ship design at this year's Nor-Shipping exhibition being held in Oslo from 2-5 June. The new design puts emphasis on cost efficiency鈥
At MTS/IEEE OCEANS鈥15 in Genoa, EvoLogics presented its latest developments with a mobile demonstration kit that combines underwater LBL (Long Baseline) positioning with the company鈥檚 unmanned surface vehicle, the Sonobot. The Sonobot鈥
Transocean鈥檚 Polar Pioneer has recently become the center of attention in Seattle. On 12 May 2015 a request was made by the Port of Seattle commissioners which asked Shell to postpone the rig鈥檚 move to the Port of Seattle鈥檚 Terminal 5 while permitting issues are worked out鈥
Installed in 65m water depth in 1998, the Siri platform was an innovation. Now, it has taken another innovation 鈥 taking onshore cable stay engineering design concepts for use subsea 鈥 to allow the platform to continue operation. Elaine Maslin reports鈥
Dana Petroleum awarded Technip a brownfield subsea contract for the Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the central North Sea. Image from Dana Petroleum. This鈥
The global offshore accommodation market has seen significant growth over the past five years, with persons on board (PoB) requirements increasing by 27% between 2009 and 2014. Although the recent oil price decline has negatively impacted the accommodation market to some extent鈥
