2008 News releases
4 June 2008
A ROVing we will go
Balmoral Offshore Engineering has continued to develop its activities in the ROV marketplace and has made significant progress with new clients and new technologies.
The huge UT-1 trenching vehicle being designed and constructed by SMD-Hydrovision on behalf of CTC Marine Projects Ltd is the largest swimming trenching vehicle built to date. Read more...
4 June 2008
The journey from molecule to module
It’s a long way from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to the relative peace and quiet of a research laboratory in the north-east of Scotland.
However, that’s where the enabling subsea buoyancy technology demanded by deepwater drilling and production begins. Read more...
5 May 2008
6930msw equivalent testing at Balmoral Park
Since receiving a substantial operational investment during 2007, Balmoral’s hydrostatic test centre has been carrying out compression, uniaxial, density and water absorption tests on behalf of external clients as well as on its own products. Read more...
1 May 2008
A capacity for change
As the offshore industry, particularly the subsea sector, continues to predict levels of growth unheard of for many years, supply companies must commit to substantial investment simply to keep pace with the growing demand for enabling technologies – including surface and subsurface buoyancy. Read more...
15 January 2008
Distributed buoyancy sails into deepwater
Deepwater buoyancy bound for offshore India sailed from Aberdeen harbour late 2007.
Balmoral Offshore Engineering designed and manufactured some 890 distributed buoyancy modules for use on a FPSO flowline. This type of buoyancy is deployed to reduce topside loads and each set consists of two buoyancy modules and a clamping system. Read more...
