This Underwater Base Could Become the ISS of the Ocean
, Proteus. Credit: Yves Béhar and fuseproject"If you need to be out in the water column — making your measurements, collecting the weird organisms that are there, doing engineering tasks — and you're operating from the surface, you don't have the luxury of time," Mark Patterson, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, one of Cousteau's partners on Proteus, said in a press release. "You're on the clock the instant you hit the water."An underwater base would give researchers a way to avoid this limitation —
New Player Enters the Decommissioning Market
A new entrant to North Sea decommissioning, Well-Safe Solutions was established by a group of oil industry stalwarts Alasdair Locke, Mark Patterson and Paul Warwick, setting out to provide a new approach to the safe and cost-efficient decommissioning of subsea wells. The new start company, which aims to attract £200 million ($260 million) in investment and create 400 new jobs, will offer a specialist well abandonment service. Well-Safe has secured funding from Scottish Enterprise, including investment from the Scottish Investment Bank and a regional selective assistance
Proserv Acquires Nautronix
providing survey services. The technology-focused organization which operates across the global subsea sector provides a range of products and services including; NASNet, NASCoM, NASDrill, NASDive and Survey Services. The transaction, which includes Nautronix chief operating officer Mark Patterson joining Proserv, heightens Proserv’s position as a leading player in the controls and communications market and presents the company with the opportunity to expand its offering by providing fully integrated subsea controls, communications, positioning and survey services. David
Lewis Promoted to Nautronix Marketing Manager
coordinator, has been promoted to marketing manager and will be responsible for managing Nautronix’ branding and marketing strategy. Prior to joining Nautronix, Lewis gained her experience within the oil and gas industry in a marketing role at DOF Subsea. Nautronix CEO Mark Patterson said, “At Nautronix we look at talent within the company to promote to the next stage of their career, and Cara is a great example of this. She joined the company two years ago and has played an instrumental role in developing Nautronix’ marketing strategy and driving it forward.&rdquo
Nautronix Secures NASNet Order off Norway
is an advanced subsea positioning system which combines Long Baseline (LBL) and GPS concepts with the latest generation of signaling technology. The system employs a broadcast technique to provide true multi-user, accurate and reliable positioning in all water depths with no acoustic interference. Mark Patterson, CEO for Nautronix, said, “We are delighted to be supplying NASNet to Subsea 7 and it is a significant order for Nautronix. This is the first time NASNet has been in Norwegian waters and we are really excited about where this can take us. We have been focusing a lot of our efforts to win
McCudden Named Sales Manager at Nautronix
IET, FreeAgent, BT and latterly Coda Octopus. Donald Thomson VP Sales, Global Commercial Acoustics who has been with the company for a number of months, will continue to be responsible for sales in the global marketplace for Nautronix’ product lines; NASCoM, NASDrill and NASDive. Mark Patterson, CEO, comments, “Thomas brings over 15 years of experience with him to Nautronix and his experience is exactly what we need to increase our sales efforts for NASNet. By focusing the efforts of Thomas and Donald on the opportunities we have for our product lines, it will enable us
Staff Cycles to Work for The Archie Foundation
covered by those who took part raising £1435 for The Archie Foundation. Two cyclists chose a more creative route for their commute from the city centre by writing ‘Archie’ on the streets of Aberdeen before making their way to the office (below image from their GPS tracker). Mark Patterson, CEO at Nautronix said, “I am delighted that so many of our staff volunteered to take part in the Cycle to Work Day. The Archie Foundation is our chosen charity for this year and this event was just one of our continued efforts to raise money for this great cause.”
Nautronix Commission Largest NASDive Digital Diver Communications System
, with final commissioning by two Nautronix engineers over a four-day period two weeks later. The Belos installation has shown the power and flexibility of NASDive to facilitate high quality communications with a large number of locations, and be easily retrofitted to existing chamber systems. Mark Patterson, CEO for Nautronix, said, “We are delighted to have supplied NASDive to GDA for the Swedish Navy and it is a significant order for Nautronix. We have recently focused on the development of NASDive and invested £1 million to refresh our diver communications product line which shows
Nautronix to Supply DPR System for Dolphin Drilling Rig
of this new technology and sees the significant advantages it can give to our customer. The system will give us fast one way, multi user acoustic positioning which will give us real opportunities to expand our subsea capabilities and redundancy for any loss of GPS due to scintillation.” Mark Patterson, CEO of Nautronix pointed out that this contract marks the first time the NASNet DPR system has been used on a drilling rig. nautronix.com
February 2024
