New Market Player M² Subsea Buys a Fleet of 32 ROVs
of vessel-based IMR services focusing on ROV, inspection, survey and remote intervention. Previous to that, he was with Hallin Marine Plc where he formed Hallin Marine UK Limited. He played an integral role in the rapid, controlled expansion of Hallin until its eventual sale to Superior Energy Services Inc. in 2010. In 1986, he founded Rovtech Ltd, which became a global provider of vessel-based IRM as well as ROV survey and inspection services. Arnold began his career as a trainee ROV pilot technician with Subsea Surveys and spent almost a decade offshore in various roles
New Subsea Snubbing Unit Safer, Optimizes Rig-Time
Balance Point Control Ltd. (BPC), a Superior Energy Services, Inc. company, has developed the Concentric Snubbing Unit- 160 (CSU – 160) rig assist snubbing unit. According to BPC their new CSU-160 is the first fully remote-operated snubbing unit on the market. Furthermore, BPC built a complete Zone-1 electric-driven hydraulic powerpack with four separate drive banks to set a new safety standard in the industry as this minimizes personnel exposure to pressurized hydraulic lines. The CSU-160 sits through the rotary table leaving the rig floor clear for operations without any limitations by