Partners Aim to Revolutionize Subsea Boosting Pumps
Ask an equipment manufacturer for cheap, light and strong, and most will tell you it can’t be done. Fuglesangs Subsea, project manager for the JIP, will tell you otherwise. “We think we’ve cracked the code,” said CEO Alexander Fuglesang. Statoil joins Aker BP, Lundin and National Oilwell Varco in the DEMO2000 JIP. The project aims to bring the Fuglesangs Subsea Omnirise single-phase booster to market by early 2019.
Red Marine Further Strengthens its Test Capabilities
Red Marine has invested in a range of high pressure test equipment to increase the business’ in-house capability, and as such, drive financial savings for its clients. The investment comes on the back of Red Marine’s expansion into a new test facility, four times the size of its previous unit, almost one year ago. Since the expansion, the company has reported a record turnover…
Safer Maintenance of Critical Offshore Subsea Equipment
HCS Control Systems has launched a fleet of new mobile workshops which will make the maintenance of critical subsea control systems offshore much safer. The company, which designs, manufactures, assembles and tests subsea equipment, has invested $1.1m in the development of a unique Test and Flushing Workshop. These mobile cabins can be used onshore and offshore to carry out pressure-testing…
RMEC Embarks on Five-year Growth Strategy
RMEC Ltd is expanding its industrial facilities in Scotland in support of ongoing growth in the energy sector as it looks to increase turnover to £16million by 2019. The Forfar-based well intervention equipment firm is looking to treble its existing 1.5 acre workshop site and invest £2million in growing its rental fleet over the next 18 months. The announcement, which comes as the company marks’ its 10th anniversary today (July 4)…
Nautilus Minerals Completes Assembly of Bulk Cutter
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS, OTCQX: NUSMF) announced that assembly of the Bulk Cutter (BC), which is the first of the Seafloor Production Tools (SPTs), has been completed. Nautilus' CEO, Mike Johnston said "This is a major milestone for the Company, having the first of the three SPTs assembled. Subsea vehicle designer and manufacturer, Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, is the company responsible for building the SPTs for Nautilus.
