Milestones

An Aberdeen-based provider of data science and predictive analysis services, OPEX Group has moved to a new state-of-the-art office following a doubling of their customer base and subsequent team expansion.

EnerMech, the Aberdeen-headquartered provider of specialist services to the energy and infrastructure sectors, has announced that John Guy has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding company founder Doug Duguid, who will assume the role of Deputy Chairman.

Bourbon Mobility, a leader in offshore personnel transport, proposes services inspired by the aviation industry for its customers.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a clearance decision from the Chinese competition regulator, SAMR, for the company’s acquisition of the marine and offshore businesses of TTS Group ASA. Based on revised estimates, potential cost synergies are estimated to be around EUR 25-30 million on annual level.

The Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland is one step closer to becoming a center of excellence for recycling offshore structures from the North Sea with the arrival of two new installations for decommissioning by strategic partners Veolia and Peterson. The structures from Spirit Energy’s ST-1 arrived in the dedicated port facility on 15 July.

The world’s leading manufacturer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipelines (TCP), Airborne Oil & Gas (AOG), has announced a new operations director has joined its management team.

TDI-Brooks has hired Mrs. Jayme Mc Bee as Geochemical Service Director. Jayme will be leading the Surface Geochemical Seep-Hunting service line at TDI-Brooks. Mrs. McBee holds a Master’s degree in Geology from Texas A&M University and brings over seven years’ experience serving the onshore and offshore energy industries.

At the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s (IOC-UNESCO) 30th Assembly in Paris the UK, represented by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), was elected onto the IOC Executive Council.

A recent week-long operation included accurate remote configuration of the positioning systems onboard the FPSO, the assisting anchor handling vessel and the dive support vessel, with no Fugro survey crew offshore. This is the first fully remote FPSO heading control operation in the North Sea, enabling significant operational cost savings and de-risking through a reduction of offshore personnel.

In what is believed to be a first for Australia, the unique Safeway motion compensated offshore access system of the Dutch Van Aalst Group recently completed more than 1200 safe personnel transfers and 40 gangway operations in only 24 days. For client Woodside Energy the campaign experienced no downtime whatsoever and created significant risk elimination and cost savings, resulting in maximum efficiency of operations.

WFS Technologies, a global leader in Subsea Internet of Things (SIOT®) devices for Asset Integrity Management, announces their expansion into Houston and Brazil as they continue to meet their growth objectives for 2019.

A far-reaching Memorandum of Intent covering future collaboration has been signed by the organization orchestrating space programs for 22 European countries and the coordinators of One Sea, the industry alliance bringing together leading exponents of autonomous ship technology.