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 Jon Landes, President, Subsea, TechnipFMC. Photo courtesy TechnipFMC

Tackling the Energy Transition, the TechnipFMC Way

2030. For example, we have reduced Deep Arctic’s fuel use and emissions by 20 percent by upgrading to run as a battery hybrid, making it the industry’s first hybrid dive support vessel. And we are using alternative energy sources – like certified renewable energy - in offices and manufacturing plants.Within our portfolio of subsea equipment, we offer solutions that can help our clients reduce their emissions through systems that can consolidate subsea infrastructure and footprint. Our unique integrated EPCI (iEPCI) project model, which combines the SPS and SURF scopes and enables early

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France Eyes Role as Tidal Energy Powerhouse

;The stage is set for France to become the powerhouse of a global tidal energy industry. It has one of the most powerful tidal resources in the world; it has world-leading tidal technology, and it has an existing offshore supply-chain ready for action. A tender for tidal energy will see the first manufacturing plants come to France, creating a strong domestic industry, with significant export opportunities globally”, said Mr Gruet.   “The French Government has clearly recognized this opportunity and it will be up to the sector to demonstrate the readiness of the technology and the progress

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Pemex Delves Deep into UK Subsea Sector

visits to some of the sector’s most innovative companies, including GE Oil & Gas, Aker Solutions, Hydrasun, Wood Group, BP and ROVOP. The delegation experienced what it’s like to operate a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), learnt about diving operations and toured a number of subsea manufacturing plants.   The mission provided a broad but in-depth overview of the sector, covering how technology has evolved over the years to meet the demands of exploration and production companies as they move to harsher and more complex environments in order to recover the world’s oil and gas

Mike Read (Photo: Teledyne)

Teledyne Maintains Course

and water quality environmental monitoring, factory automation and medical imaging.   Teledyne Marine was created in 2015 and is a market-focused collection of 23 Teledyne companies operating as a single consolidated business organization. With over 1700 employees operating out of 25 global manufacturing plants and service centers strategically located in major marine and energy centers around the world.   We offer the most significant range of technology in the marine industry built around five synergistic technology platforms: Imaging (Acoustic & Optical), Instruments, Interconnect, Seismic

Allen Leatt (Photo: IMCA)

New Chief Executive to Sign on at IMCA

. From there he moved to SubSea Offshore in 1982 working as Project Engineer/Project Manager on various offshore construction and IMR projects.   He was then with Technip for 15 years, latterly as Executive VP for the SURF Product Line responsible for the marine fleet, the flexible/umbilical manufacturing plants and corporate engineering. He played a senior role in the development of the integrated subsea construction business model through the heritage companies of Coflexip and Stena Offshore. He has been a director and the CEO of various subsidiary companies of large organisations, and in 2000 formed

Technip to Supply Flexible Pipes for Lula Alto Pre-salt Field

sites of Vitoria and Açu, Brazil. Delivery is scheduled to start in the second half of 2015. Adriano Novitsky, President of Technip in Brazil, commented: “Lula Alto is a major project for Technip in Brazil. Its size contributes to improving even more the workload visibility of our manufacturing plants. In addition, the challenging technical requirements confirm again the suitability of flexible pipes to pre-salt developments and Technip's strong position in this domain.” (1) For Technip, a “major” subsea contract is above €500 million.  

Aker Solutions Awarded Troll extension

continental shelf and is also one of the largest oil fields on the continental shelf. Under this contract, Aker Solutions will deliver equipment to the oil section of Troll. Earlier this year, the company announced a NOK 500 million investment which is set to double the capacity of its manufacturing plants in Port Klang and Tranby, Norway. A subsea tree is a key technology enabling oil and gas production directly from a subsea well to a processing facility. The tree is essentially an advanced set of valves and is used together with associated technologies to control the well flow. The subsea

Aker Solutions has acquired Subsea House and SSH Engineering

Aker Solutions Acquires Subsea Companies

part of the Aker Solutions family." As previously announced, Aker Solutions is preparing for major growth by investing NOK 500 million (USD 87 million) in its subsea business which comes in addition to the acquisition of Subsea House. This investment is set to double the capacity of its manufacturing plants in Tranby, Norway, and Port Klang, Malaysia. New service bases will also be established in Malaysia and Thailand. The subsea segment of the oil and gas industry is growing rapidly and is expected to develop exponentially over the next few years. Of Aker Solutions' 25 000 employees almost

Aker Solutions Wins Major Contract in Malaysia

metres. The subsea production system will be tied back to Murphy's Kikeh floating production storage and offloading vessel. Aker Solutions is preparing for major growth by investing NOK 500 million (USD 87 million) in its subsea business. This investment is set to double the capacity of its manufacturing plants in Tranby, Norway, and Port Klang, Malaysia. In addition, a new service base will also be established in Malaysia

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