Green Marine UK Looks to Support UK’s Subsea Power and Communications Network
to pulling heads or other half connectors for cable extension; offshore jointing of cables. It further delivers cable burial monitoring with ROV.Supporting these advanced operations, Green Marine UK maintains a full suite of specialist equipment at its Orkney base, including a cable Reel Drive System (RDS), reels, chutes, winches and moorings.
MTR100: Underwater Cameras, Lights and Ocean Landers
circuit board, providing an integrated, small volume design. You’ll find a variety of choices, including resolution, auto-exposure, sensitivity, frame rate, video output, color/black-and-white, and others. Some are specifically made to interface with Arduino, Raspberry Pie, or other programmable boards. Prices vary, but start as low as $6. Many have the CMOS imager dead center on a square mother board, perfect for fitting into a cylinder. A shallow water housing can be as simple as a PVC cap with a flat acrylic viewport bonded to the front as often seen in the MATE ROV contest.A “bullet&rdquo
MDL and Jumbo Conclude GoM Mooring Installation
engineering team and features a spoked section to separate the polyester rope and mooring chain. The reel had a dual function on the project: firstly, allowing the transpooling of the product from the storage reels under back tension, and secondly for deployment of the lines overboard. MDL Generation 2 RDS’ 150Tem of torque enables handling of loads of up to 75Te, revving in both directions.A further bespoke feature designed and manufactured by MDL was a skid frame to allow the HPU to skid with the Generation 1 RDS down the tracks.This project was the first joint installation by MDL and Jumbo
WASSP Launches New Rapid Deployment Multibeam Sounder
WASSP Multibeam has launched its new rapid deployment multibeam sounder – the W3 Rapid Deployment System (RDS).Revealed at Pacific Expo 2019 in Sydney this week, W3 RDS has been designed for Navy’s, Maritime Police and Search & Rescue organisations for use where depths are unknown and to find safe navigation routes for larger vessels.When a fixed transducer installation in a small vessel such as a tender isn’t always practical, the W3 RDS has been designed around a portable Carbon fiber Mast that includes a transducer, motion sensor and satellite compass. This lets operators
Double Bibby Win for MDL
Maritime Developments (MDL) has won a flex lay project with Bibby Offshore just after completing an umbilical installation with the EPIC contractor.The recently concluded project in a North Sea gas field used the MDL RDS-400, a 400-mertic-ton reel drive system, operated by MDL offshore personnel and supported by the company’s 3mradius departure chute. The spread was used for the recovery and replacement of a 2km electrical umbilical.The subsequent project will use the same RDS model to install a riser in an oilfield offshore Aberdeen, Scotland.Dave Gardiner, MDL Business Development &
Oceaneering Adds New Reel Drive System
Oceaneering International, Inc. has taken delivery of an 800-metric-ton SWL (Safe Working Load) reel drive system (RDS) from Maritime Developments (MDL). The modular system will be used to deploy and retrieve SURF products (subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines) on board the company’s new-built multi-service vessel, Ocean Evolution and joins Oceaneering’s global fleet of flex-lay equipment. Rated for over 1,300-metric-ton DWL (Dynamic Working Load), the RDS is rated for handling 14m diameter reels weighing 800 metric tons under dynamic, sea-state conditions. The RDS
Baker Hughes helping IOG develop North Sea resource base
Independent Oil and Gas PLC (IOG) is extending its seismic remapping agreement with Baker Hughes’ Reservoir Development Services (RDS) group to better understand resource potential for its Blythe and Cronx/Elgood projects in the Southern North Sea (SNS), with an expected delivery date of late July 2015. “We are pleased to strengthen our relationship with RDS as the initial results from the seismic remapping work are positive,” said Mark Routh, IOG’s Chief Executive Officer. “We expect that the resource plays beneath the Blythe and Cronx/Elgood fields are larger
Contracts Boost for Maritime Developments
growth we have experienced within the business in recent years, and highlight our commitment to build long-term relationships with clients who recognize the rigour and professionalism we apply to everything we do." Meanwhile, Maritime Developments has delivered a 500-tonne reel drive system (RDS) to a global energy services business in support of a project in the United States. It is the fourth RDS order executed by the business since the product's launch in 2013: three 400-tonne systems have already been supplied to global clients. In addition, a Maritime Developments program, focused
RDS Wins Engineering and Design Contract for Sea Lion
Rig design and engineering specialist RDS has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by AMEC for Premier Oil’s Sea Lion development in the North Falklands Basin. RDS is the rig design and engineering subsidiary of international drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag. The FEED work is part of AMEC’s overall FEED contract for the Sea Lion development and follows a concept study which was executed by an RDS team in Houston. The contract, which is expected to be carried out over the next 12 months, will see RDS deliver the design of drilling rig modules for a
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