Ashtead Technology has signed a multi-year rental agreement with Maritime Robotics, a provider of unmanned technology solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Ashtead Technology will be a rental partner for Maritime Robotic’s Otter unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) for high-quality maritime data acquisition. Read more here
Decom Engineering has kicked off the new year with a stream of global project wins and awards valued in excess of seven figures, as it eyes further growth and recruitment through 2023. The firm – which provides a range of specialist decom equipment and services from bases in Aberdeen and Cookstown, Northern Ireland – said it had secured a suite …
International subsea rental equipment and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has signed a multi-year rental agreement with Maritime Robotics, a leading provider of unmanned technology solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Ashtead Technology will be a rental partner for Maritime Robotic’s Otter Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) for high-quality maritime data acquisition. The Otter is the smallest member of Maritime Robotic’s USV …
Experts in industrial cleaning and emergency response for the global energy industry, NRC UK has been bought over by two long-term industry senior executives for an undisclosed sum. The buyout has been hailed by its Managing Director as a landmark in the company’s growth which will with immediate effect see the firm re-brand back to legacy company Sureclean. Included in …
Hot off the press: we have signed Ellon United captain Neill Irvine in an exclusive one-year sponsorship deal. Founded over 120 years ago, Ellon United are members of the Scottish Junior FA and are based in The Meadows Sports Centre. Neill – a painter and decorator in the town – captains the team, who currently play in the North Region …
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), operator of the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, has hired the Helix Q7000 semisubmersible vessel to support decommissioning activities in the Gippsland basin offshore Australia, as ExxonMobil ramps up decommissioning work. It marks the fourth mobile offshore asset added to the Gippsland basin decommissioning fleet and the light well intervention vessel will support decommissioning activities in the Bass Strait …
EnQuest (LON: ENQ) has hit a “significant milestone” in its campaign to decommission a decades old North Sea field. Italian contractor Saipem (MI: SPM) has been handed a contract to remove the upper jacket that has supported the Heather platform for more than 45 years. Read more here
Port of Aberdeen today announces the appointment of Roy Buchan as Chair and Sian Lloyd Rees as a Non-Executive Member to its board. Mr Buchan succeeds Alistair Mackenzie who stepped down having served a full term of eight years as Chair and 13 years as a board member. John Brebner, a Non-Executive Member since 2018, has been appointed as Vice-Chair. …
It cited analysis by Boston Consulting Group stating that by 2038 there would be 1,000 offshore structures in the Arabian Gulf that would no longer be economically viable. Emerging markets are unprepared for the financing challenge of decommissioning activities to come, Fitch Ratings ESG unit has warned. Emerging markets have only seen limited decommissioning work thus far, Sustainable Fitch said …
Helix Robotics Solutions, the Robotics division of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (NYSE:HLX), has entered into a three-year charter agreement with two years of options for the DP2 offshore support vessel Glomar Wave for work on a range of opportunities in both the offshore Renewables and Oil & Gas sectors. The Glomar Wave, a DP2 66.4-meter multi-role vessel, can be …