Bureau Veritas Solutions – Marine & Offshore (BV Solutions), the consultancy and outsourcing brand of Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, has been awarded a three (3) year Enterprise Frame Agreement with Shell Tunisia Upstream Ltd (Shell) to provide asset integrity management support services.

Millions of pounds spent in wellhead intervention could be a thing of the past, extreme tests on Aberdeen-developed technology reveal.

Fugro will present its latest developments in site investigation tools and services to support the development of offshore wind farms (OWFs) at the WindEurope Offshore conference and exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 26 to 28 November.

Norwegian advanced Offshore Service Vessel (OSV) owner and operator Golden Energy Offshore has reported that its long-term collaboration on vessel performance monitoring with Kongsberg Maritime and deployment of the containerized SAVe Energy battery system earlier this year is delivering operational fuel savings of 20%.

Local wave and weather conditions are critical factors when undertaking offshore operations, and time is money when operators are waiting on weather. Real-time wave measurements can dispel some of the guesswork historically associated with the planning and execution of marine operations such as pipe laying, subsea installations, heavy lifting operations, work-overs, or inspections.

Global merger and acquisitions (M&A) and raising activity in the oil and gas upstream sector totaled US$63.4bn in Q3 2019, representing a 50% decrease from the US$126.8bn in M&A and capital raising deals announced in Q3 2019. By volume, the number of deals decreased by 30% from 338 in Q2 to 269 in Q3, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

The demand for submersible motors from Bakker Sliedrecht increased considerably in the Chinese market last years. The electrical system integrator now equips several Chinese dredgers a year with such a motor.

Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Kustbevakningen, the Swedish Coastguard (KBV), for a modernization and modification project on the vessel KBV 181. The vessel was built as a patrol boat, but will after modification serve as a combination vessel, for both patrol and oil recovery. It is used also by Umeå Marine Forskningscenter (UMF) for research and environmental monitoring in the Gulf of Bothnia.

Climate change is real. And nowhere is its impact being felt, observed, and measured more than on our oceans. Rising sea levels, polar ice melt, and devastating storms are just some of the issues facing mariners and O&G workers the world over. So, policies, procedures, and technologies are responding to these changes for the safety and security of people and assets – offshore and in coastal regions.

Maersk Supply Service has been awarded an integrated FPSO tow and mooring installation project for an operator in the North Sea. The work scope includes project management, engineering and offshore execution involving six anchor handling tug supply and subsea support vessels.

Bluefield Geoservices Ltd., a UK-based provider of specialist subsea geotechnical services, today announced its expansion into the Americas. The company will initially open two offices in the US, one in the northeast US to serve the immediate demands of the offshore renewable energy market, and one in the southeastern US, to support ongoing operations in the Gulf of Mexico energy markets as well as projects in Central and South America.

ABB’s pioneering subsea power distribution and conversion technology system is commercially viable, bringing groundbreaking potential for cleaner, safer and more sustainable offshore oil and gas production, following the completion of a 3,000-hour shallow water test.

Proman Stena Bulk Ltd has this week finalized an agreement with Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China to build two state of the art IMOIIMeMAX methanol-ready 49,900 DWT vessels, with the first vessel due for delivery at the beginning of 2022. This represents the first deal signed by the newly-created joint venture between Swedish Stena Bulk and the Swiss-based Proman Shipping.

Global leader in emergency readiness and response, Orolia, reveals details of the next evolution in life-saving technology, the FastFind ReturnLink PLB with Return Link System (RLS) capabilities.

Underwater Intervention 2020 is the preeminent event for those working in the commercial diving and underwater ROV industry. Taking place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA, February 4-6, 2020, this conference features educational tracks and sessions from thought leaders in the industry, unrivaled networking opportunities, and an opportunity for hands on evaluation of all of the latest and greatest products, services and innovations in the industry.