NOF Network News

Marechal B2X Junction Boxes ATEX Junction Boxes For Hazardous Area Lighting & Power SystemsThorne & Derrick, the UK Distributor for Marechal Electric, are pleased to announce the launch of a range of ATEX junction boxes to provide LV low voltage power distribution to ATEX lighting systems...

At the end of March 2020, OGUK figures showed a decrease in staff numbers on North Sea offshore installations of 40% due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) is now expecting the change in manning levels to last “quite a long time”. As a result of the pandemic, op...

Image courtesy of EUROfusion M5tec has been awarded a four-year Specialist Mechanical Design Services framework with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).The UKAEA carries out fusion energy research on behalf of the UK Government at Culham Science Centre near Oxford. UKAEA oversees...

A leading supplier of safety and PPE products is taking an environmentally friendly approach to helping people get back to work safely. Gibb Safety and Survival has come up with the R Shield Eco Snood, a covering designed for those working in the oil, gas, renewable and marine industries. The R S...

Overview from Drone of MV21 Kwarme Nkrumah FPSO offshore Ghana – Photograph © Airlift SolutionsA solution to inspection while Social Distancing during Convid-19 Key Points:• Long range drone inspection, remote offshore operation / access – no bedspace needed on facility• Full HD inspection and re...

Following a European tender procedure, TenneT TSO B.V. has selected the joint venture ENGIE Fabricom – Iemants (subsidiary of Smulders) to construct an offshore transformer station for the Hollandse Kust (Noord) wind farm zone. The joint venture is also the preferred contractor for TenneT’s next...

Global Offshore, a leading provider of cable installation, repair and trenching services to the offshore renewables, utilities and oil & gas markets and part of the Global Marine Group, has completed their first phase of work at Vattenfall’s Danish Kriegers Flak site utilising the new PLP240...

Heating CablesWhat Is Heat Tracing? Trace heating is the application of a controlled amount of electric surface heating to pipework, tanks, valves or process equipment to either maintain its temperature (by replacing heat lost through insulation, also referred to as frost protection) or to affect...

Loganair has resumed passenger flights at Newcastle Airport, re-establishing non-stop jet services to Aberdeen as the first step to restoring full services at the North East’s premier airport after the Covid-19 pandemic.   The first flight took off at 18:10 from Newcastle to Aberdeen on the eveni...

Shepherd Offshore is constructing one of Europe’s largest offshore testing tanks at Neptune Energy Park in Walker, Newcastle. Located on the North Bank of the Tyne, the Neptune Enterprise Zone is one of the UK’s six CORE (Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering) sites. The deep-water Test Tank...