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  • Statoil Hires Big Cat Duo for Dudgeon

    8 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Rix Sea Shuttle has won a contract to supply two crew transfer vessels to the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, currently under construction off the coast of Norfolk. The contract, with Norwegian oil-major Statoil, will see the vessels the Rix Leopard and Rix Lion carry technicians to and from the Dudgeon situated around 20 miles offshore from Cromer. The value […]

  • Rix Sea Shuttle Scores Two Contracts with Siemens

    28 August 2014

    Offshore vessel operator Rix Sea Shuttle has landed two contracts with Siemens. The Rix Lion, the largest and newest vessel in the company’s fleet, has been employed by the engineering giant to carry out lube oil changes on the gear boxes at the adjoining wind farms Lynn and Inner Dowsing off the south Lincolnshire coast. […]

  • Researchers to Predict Harmful Algal Blooms Through ECOHAB Experiment (USA)

    21 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Killing wildlife and occasionally sickening people, harmful algal blooms can be more than just a nuisance. But predicting these blooms is difficult—even more difficult than predicting the weather—because blooms result from a dynamic interaction between both physical and biological processes. Human activities, such as agricultural runoff and sewage discharges into the ocean, may also play […]

  • Rix Sea Shuttle to Expand Its Fleet with Damen Vessels

    4 June 2014

    UK-based Rix Sea Shuttle will shortly take delivery of their first ever Damen vessel – a Fast Crew Supplier 2610 – to support their growing involvement in the offshore crew transfer market. The new vessel, the Rix Lion, is due for delivery on July 4th, just 6 weeks after signing the contract. “Our yards in […]

  • Seaspan’s third 7,600 cbm LNG bunkering vessel hits the water

    4 July 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    The third and final 7,600 cbm LNG bunkering vessel ordered by Seaspan at CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (CIMC SOE) has been launched.

  • Subsea Valves Market Set to Grow, Zion Says

    15 May 2017
    Research & Development

    Zion Market Research has released a new report that examines the market for subsea valves from 2015 through 2021. Subsea valves are used to control the flow of material through an undersea pipeline, mostly used to control the flow of oil and gas. The subsea valves market is mainly driven by increasing energy demand coupled […]

  • Four river turbines all set for installation in Lyon

    9 October 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Hydroquest-Hydrowatt consortium has assembled four hydrokinetic turbines in the Port of Lyon in eastern France, ahead of their installation in the River Rhône planned for later in October.

  • French TSO taps Fugro for floating offshore wind survey work

    12 April 2023
    Project & Tenders

    France’s RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) has awarded Fugro with a contract to perform a geotechnical investigation for future offshore substations at two floating wind farm sites in the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea. After an evaluation of environmental impacts, Fugro mobilised its Gargano vessel on Wednesday, 12 April, equipped with drilling, sampling, […]

  • ION taps Shearwater for UK North Sea 3D seismic

    2 September 2020
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Shearwater GeoServices has announced a new 3D seismic acquisition award for ION Geophysical’s UK Mid North Sea High (“MNSH”) program. The MNSH is one of the last remaining underexplored regions on the UK Continental Shelf and a recent well confirmed one of the first new plays in recent years. The vessel Amazon Warrior will spend […]

  • ION, iSEISMIC Collaborate on Seabed Acquisition Technology

    31 July 2019
    Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    ION Geophysical and iSEISMIC, an ocean bottom seismic (OBS) acquisition specialist, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on seabed acquisition technologies. iSEISMIC plans to utilize the full suite of ION’s 4Sea ocean bottom acquisition and imaging technology to deliver a step-change in the safety, efficiency, quality and turnaround time of seabed surveys. This […]

  • Evergreen Names Its First L-Type Vessel ‘Ever Living’

    28 August 2013

    Evergreen Group on August 23 held the naming ceremony for its first L-type vessel built by CSBC Corporation in Taiwan, the Ever Living. The ceremony held at CSBC’s Kaohsiung shipyard was officiated by Mr. S.S. Lin, First Vice Group Chairman of Evergreen Group. The official rope-cutting of the new 8,508-TEU vessel was performed by Dr. […]

  • Evergreen Group Names Its First L-Type Vessel Built in Taiwan

    28 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Evergreen Group recently held the naming ceremony for its first L-type vessel built by CSBC Corporation in Taiwan, the Ever Living. The ceremony held at CSBC’s Kaohsiung shipyard was officiated by Mr. S.S. Lin, First Vice Group Chairman of Evergreen Group. The official rope-cutting of the new 8,508-TEU vessel was performed by Dr. Jih-Chu Lee, […]

  • ‘Supermajor’ to deploy ION’s Gemini tech in 3D acquisition in Mediterranean Sea

    24 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    ION Geophysical Corporation has secured a contract for its Gemini enhanced frequency source technology to be utilised in a proprietary, wide azimuth 3D acquisition in the Mediterranean Sea.

  • Transocean rig gearing up to spud Barents Sea wildcat in April

    11 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has secured a drilling permit with Norway’s authorities to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea with one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

  • ION Geo to begin third phase of North Sea seismic survey

    10 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Texas-based ION Geophysical is about to commence a third phase of the Mid North Sea High 3D seismic data acquisition multi-client program.

  • UK Offshore Wind Farms Keep Four Rix Vessels Busy During Winter

    9 December 2016

    Four out of five Rix Sea Shuttle crew transfer vessels will keep operating during the winter as they are contracted to work on major wind farm offshore wind projects in the UK. James Doyle, managing director of Rix Sea Shuttle, said: “Normally December is the quietest month by far with most of the crew transfer vessels laid up […]

  • FOGL Acquires Desire Share Capital. Announces Farm-Out Contracts

    3 October 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The boards of Falkland Oil & Gas Limited (“FOGL”) and Desire Petroleum plc (“Desire”) announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended combination of FOGL with Desire (the “Combination”), pursuant to which FOGL will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Desire in exchange for FOGL Consideration […]

  • Fugro Wins Contract for French Gulf of Lion ALB Survey

    13 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Fugro has been awarded the contract to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey of the Golf of Lion (France) to be conducted during September 2011. The primary purpose of the survey which will be conducted to IHO order 1b standards is to map the sand reserves from the back of the beach to […]

  • Shoreline Nets French Floater Work

    2 July 2018
    Project & Tenders

    A consortium comprising ENGIE, EDP Renewables, Caisse des Dépôts and Eiffage has selected Shoreline to provide a simulation solution for the Les Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind farm pilot project in France.

  • USA: ION Unveils Calypso Seabed Acquisition System

    4 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    ION Geophysical Corporation  today announced the launch of Calypso™, its next generation redeployable seabed acquisition system. Leveraging ION’s industry-leading VectorSeis® digital sensors to deliver the same unrivaled broadband imaging, Calypso is designed to operate at twice the depth and to deliver twice the operational efficiency of its predecessor system, VectorSeis Ocean (VSO). The seabed seismic […]

  • Mexico: ION set for Perdido South reimaging program

    11 May 2018

    Seismic survey company ION Geophysical has decided to conduct a 3D multi-client reimaging program offshore Mexico.

  • ION Sees Expansion of Canada 2D Multi-Client

    17 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    ION Geophysical has expanded its 2D multi-client program offshore Newfoundland, Canada. Namely, the second phase of GrandSPAN has now more than doubled in size from last year’s expectation to nearly 11,000 km. The industry-supported program is designed to both augment the results from the initial phase of the program acquired in 2018 and combine the […]

  • Car Carrier Duo Collide in Zeebrugge

    30 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Two car carriers collided on Monday afternoon, September 29th in the Zeebrugge Pierre Vandamme lock, Belgium. Cyprus-registered car carrier Neckar Highway was heading from Grimsby bound for Malmo when it collided with Singapore-flagged Baltic Breeze. No injuries have been reported. After the accident, vehicle carrier Baltic Breeze was towed by two tugs, Smit Lion and Smit Kiwi. […]

  • $54 billion in engineering, procurement and construction contracting opportunities on offshore oil & gas agenda for 2025

    15 January 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The batch of new projects, which are expected to reach the EPC stage this year, is anticipated to lead to awards worth billions of dollars for jobs related to associated subsea equipment, offshore platforms, floating production units, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) equipment and facilities, based on the research done by Westwood Global Energy, an energy market research and consultancy firm.  

  • Cerulean North Sea renewables grid to power oil & gas platforms with floating wind

    4 May 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Cerulean Winds has unveiled plans to build the North Sea Renewables Grid (NSRG), an offshore integrated green power and transmission system, powered by floating wind, that oil and gas platforms could plug into for clean power. With its consortium of partners including NOV, Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy, DEME, and Worley, Cerulean Winds say they will […]