Subsea news

Designed and manufactured in-house at Forum’s Kirkbymoorside Yorkshire facility, the XLe Spirit is the company’s first of a new generation of electric ROV’s.

The announcement follows the recent completion of Ashtead’s joint venture with Forum Energy Technologies.

During the initial engineering phase, McDermott will work on defining the subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) scope for the project, while BHGE will focus on the subsea production system (SPS) scope.

World’s largest oil and gas conference and exhibition marks a milestone in technical achievements and innovations.

The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) has appointed Tony Laing as its new director of research and market acceleration.

Forum Subsea Technologies and BluHaptics, Inc. have announced a joint agreement enabling technologies from both companies to be combined to provide solutions for ROV and subsea engineering applications.

The deals will see the firm supplying four of its Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to academia and the aquaculture industry.

The underwater operations will be undertaken by Aker BP's contractor, Subsea 7.

Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a sizeable contract by Wintershall for the Nova (formerly known as Skarfjell) oil and gas field development.

Aker Solutions won an order from Wintershall Norge AS to provide the subsea production system, umbilicals and services for the Nova oil and gas field offshore Norway, highlighting the value of early engagement in projects.