Australian engineering giant Worley (ASX: WOR) has pledged to create hundreds of jobs in the UK as part of an expansion of its operations. Over the next 18 months the company plans to generate over 1,000 “highly skilled” roles in areas including Humberside, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Read the full story here. Photo Credit: Energy Voice.
A senior figure at energy services giant Petrofac (LON: PFC) has challenged the energy supply chain to earn its right to secure work on low carbon schemes. John Pearson, the company’s chief operating officer, says businesses cannot simply sit and “wait for the money to roll in”. He told attendees at Offshore Energies UK’s 2022 Business Outlook launch in Aberdeen on Tuesday that there …
Shell (LON: SHEL) has announced the start up of production at its PowerNap subsea development in the US Gulf of Mexico. A tie-back to the supermajor’s Olympus production hub in the Mars Corridor, the scheme is estimated to yield 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) at peak production. Read the full story here. Photo Credit: Energy Voice.
28/03/2022
Ashtead Technology completes first significant subsea monitoring project using LUMA™ modems
International subsea equipment rental and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has successfully completed its first significant subsea monitoring project using Hydromea’s LUMA™ high-speed through-water wireless optical modems since signing their global rental partnership last year. The project saw Ashtead Technology provide its Autonomous Structure Monitoring Systems, which were each integrated with LUMA™ optical modems, to complete an underwater installation monitoring work …
24/03/2022
Decom Engineering beefs up board with senior energy appointments to push international expansion
Decommissioning solutions specialist, Decom Engineering (Decom), has strengthened its management team with the appointment of two leading entrepreneurs to its board. Established in 2011, the Northern Ireland-based engineering company has developed technologies which provide greener, faster and safer solutions for decommissioning in the energy sector. Ian Bailey, Group Chairman of the Anglo Saxon entities within the SIEMAG TECBERG Holding Company, …
Ampelmann, the Dutch offshore access provider, has signed a contract to support maintenance work on a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) in Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire). An A-type motion compensated gangway has been fitted to MMA Offshore’s DP2 vessel, the MMA Privilege, and has arrived at location. In the coming years, an A-type gangway will ensure smooth and …
Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the energy industry, has been awarded a two-year Operations and Late Life Asset Support contract extension with Spirit Energy, building on its decade-long relationship with the Operator The contract includes the provision of Operations and Maintenance support for Spirit Energy’s York platform in the Southern North Sea, and Engineering, Project, and Consultancy services …
Energy maps publisher GreySellsGlobal announce the release of their brand-new energy map covering the Northwest Europe Offshore Energy Resources, topically and timely, Tracking The Transition. The Northwest Europe region is undergoing a massive transition away from fossilised fuels towards renewable ‘green’ energy sources and a carbon neutral footprint. Over many years, since the first oil and gas fields came on …
Traditional highway surveys are expensive and risky. Safety of both the workforce and the public is priority number one when it comes to the planning and design of highway surveys, and in most cases, significant traffic management has to be established – during the day or overnight – to allow surveyors to capture the data required. In some cases, the …
Intelligent lifting equipment specialists, LMS (Load Monitoring Systems Ltd), has today (March 16th), announced its collaboration with subsea communications experts Aquatec Group. The joint venture between Aberdeen-based LMS and Aquatec Group has been designed to reduce the cost of subsea installation, maintenance, and decommissioning in the Offshore Wind and Oil & Gas industry. The specifics of the working partnership were …