Subsea controls engineering specialists J+S Subsea is having twice the second anniversary celebration after announcing it has doubled its business in the past year. J+S Subsea provides proactive, responsive and cost-effective solutions for design, engineering, operational support and maintenance of subsea equipment. The company was formed two years ago, following a management buy-out of the subsea controls engineering division of …
Decom Engineering (Decom) is developing a new lighter Chopsaw capable of cutting piping and infrastructure in excess of 30” following a successful project on the Pioneering Spirit heavy-lift vessel on behalf of offshore contractor Allseas. Decom was part of the project team commissioned to remove Repsol Norge’s 30,000-tonne Gyda platform in the North Sea – providing cutting expertise to safely …
In a period of significant change in the energy sector it is interesting to see where investments are made, as these reflect broader trends in industry and, in many ways, the evolution of services as companies enter or exit sectors. Team DNS were therefore keen to visit the new Mines Rescue Service Training and Rescue (MRS) premises in Balgownie, Aberdeen …
Allseas has won the contract to remove the topsides of the 45-year-old EnQuest (LON: ENQ) Heather platform in the North Sea. The Pioneering Spirit will be mobilised for to remove the topsides, weighing nearly 13,000 tonnes of the platform, around 245 miles north-east of Aberdeen. Read more here
Maersk Training and Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association (NaMICPA) are pleased to announce the signing of a consultancy agreement, in which Maersk Training provides support to NaMICPA, establishing a brand new state-of-the-art training center in Nagasaki, Japan. The preparations for the training center in Nagasaki is funded by The Nippon Foundation. The collaboration is the next step in securing …
Global controls technology company Proserv has acquired a minority stake in Glasgow based power system monitoring expert, Synaptec, with whom it had initially formed a strategic alliance in October 2020 to drive forward the innovation of disruptive condition-monitoring technologies for the energy sector. Synaptec developed as a spin out business from Strathclyde University in 2014 with its management team, Board …
26/09/2022
DNV lands 3-year contract in UK for safe use and conversion of pipelines to transport 100% hydrogen
London, UK – 26 September 2022: DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider has been engaged to provide the evidence required to demonstrate the safe use and conversion of the local transmission systems (LTS) high pressure pipelines for transporting 100% hydrogen. The gas distribution company SGN manages around 3,100km of the LTS pipelines in the UK and is leading …
22/09/2022
LMS announce dual acquisition deal
An Aberdeen-based intelligent lifting equipment specialist has become the UK’s leading name in the air skate and air moving systems market following two significant acquisitions. LMS (Load Monitoring Systems) has announced the acquisition of ‘Load Moving Systems Ltd’ and ‘AeroGo UK Ltd’ in simultaneous deals which consolidate LMS as the UK’s leading supplier of air skates and associated moving systems, …
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, announced today that it has been awarded a contract to perform audit services for Climate Vault, an award-winning non-profit founded at the University of Chicago, working on an innovative approach to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) . Climate Vault’s method of helping organizations eliminate historical CO2 emissions and reduce future emissions involves purchasing emission allowances from government-regulated compliance markets …
Neptune Energy today announced the award of a $30 million decommissioning contract to Well-Safe Solutions, for a campaign covering more than 20 wells located across eight Dutch and UK North Sea fields. It is the first multi-region, multi-well decommissioning campaign award by Neptune to a single rig contractor and will significantly reduce time and costs associated with the work. Well-Safe …