Company News

Mr. Kevin Macleod of Caithness, who was working as an instrument technician with Johnson Controls at Dounreay until recently, has been taken on as an apprentice ROV pilot technician with Fugro, one of the world’s largest ROV operators.

Engineering and technology group SENER has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil. The company establishes an operating and permanent division in the country made up of about 300 Brazilian professionals specialized in engineering and construction that will carry out projects in the fields of power and process, civil engineering and architecture, aerospace and marine engineering.

Century Aluminum is negotiating again an agreeable electricity rate in Kentucky, USA. The Kentucky General Assembly worked on two bills that would have given aluminium smelters the ability to get power on the open market measures the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

Germany’s biggest power supplier E.ON will increase its stake in Brazilian electricity producer MPX to just over 36%.

Industry and Commerce Minister Mr Welshman Ncube said that there are no sticking issues to the transfer of mining rights to Essar Global which acquired a 60% stake in Ziscosteel from the Zimbabwean government. However, Minister Ncube said that it was only a matter of time before the government transferred the mining and prospecting rights over Ripple Creek and Mwanesi Range to the Indian steel company. He said that “As far as I know there are no sticking points because all the matters are covered by specific Cabinet resolutions, the mining claims whether it is on the Ripple Creek or Buchwa, they agreed they have already written letters for the transfer of those.

Visoka has increased its production output of high efficiency finned tubes. The company has commissioned a new CNC rolling plant and the high-fin tubes production is now better controlled through this innovative development. These Mono and Bi-metallic high finned heat exchanger tubes give excellent thermal transfer results for a variety of applications.

ROVOP has been named Great Small Company at the SPE Offshore Achievement Awards. The award recognises exceptional business growth, innovation, safety breakthroughs and collaborative efforts.

Tim HalloranCongratulations were extended to Tim Halloran for reaching 15 years of service and to Jon Markle for reaching 10 years of service with United Performance Metals during the first quarter of 2013.

TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced that it is offering its SmartTrack™ remote tracking and pressure-monitoring system for use in the global marketplace.

The Brazilian government has stated that the country will need to increase its installed capacity by 110GW in the next 15 years to meet the country's rising energy demands.