The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc , the central Mediterranean focused producer, developer and explorer of oil and gas assets, announced today that Phoenicia Energy Company Limited (“PEL”), a wholly owned subsidiary of MOG, has entered into an Execution Agreement (“Execution Agreement”) with D
The “Belgica”, the Belgian navy ship converted into a research vessel, has now come to the Maritime Museum Ría de Bilbao and will remain docked at the quays of the Museum until Saturday, when they leave with the tide. Aboard the ship, and within the framework of cooperation between the Ministry of E
Cyta, the premier telecommunications provider in Cyprus, and Telecom Italia Sparkle, the international services arm of the Telecom Italia Group, announce their agreement following a top management meeting in Rome, for the new ATHENA submarine cable subsystem linking Cyprus to Greece, which will come
Since 1989, offshore installations in the English sector of the North Sea have been required by law to install Emergency Shutdown (ESD) valves to isolate the installations from oil and gas pipelines. A Bettis™ valve actuator − specially designed by Emerson Process Management − installed at that time
Aker Drilling, through its subsidiary Aker Drilling Offshore Services Public Ltd., has agreed with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. an extension to the time limit for declaring its first optional drillship from end of June 2011 to the end of October 2011. The terms of the options
As part of the company’s ongoing strategic growth plan Spectrum has announced considerable strengthening of the Executive Management Team with the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the creation of a Chief Operating Officer (COO) position. Henning Olset has been appointed as the
The container ships arriving in the port of Antwerp continue to score a series of “firsts.” On the evening of 22 June the Maersk Enfield called in Antwerp on its maiden voyage. With a capacity of 13,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) this is the first time that the Danish company, Maersk Line, h
NURC’s mine reacquisition and neutralization efforts focus on Autonomous Surface Vehicle carrying and guiding an automated ROV (aROV) close to the mine target utilizing advances in sonar image processing and target tracking, autonomous navigation and control, and collaborative autonomous systems mis
Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems is delighted to announce that it has scored a hat-trick of finalist’s positions in two awards schemes. The company is a finalist in the Wood Group Award for Innovation category of the annual Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise. The winner of the accolade will
Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems announced that it has scored a hat-trick of finalist’s positions in two awards schemes. The company is a finalist in the Wood Group Award for Innovation category of the annual Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise. The winner of the accolade will be announced a
QinetiQ GRC combined its annual user event with the official launch of Paramarine version 7. The launch event was held on HMS Warrior in Portsmouth harbour and was attended by a large number of Paramarine users drawn from both the commercial and defence sectors. When commissioned on August 1st 1861,
Cyta, the premier telecommunications provider in Cyprus, and Telecom Italia Sparkle, the international services arm of the Telecom Italia Group, announce their agreement following a top management meeting in Rome, for the new ATHENA submarine cable subsystem linking Cyprus to Greece, which will come
The first foundation of the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank 2 has been successfully installed off the coast of Belgium. The around 50 metre high and 550 ton steel foundation (a so-called jacket foundation) was manufactured in Hoboken near Antwerp, and in the past few days it was transported via pon
On June 2, 2011, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) has been awarded a major order by TenneT TSO GmbH (TenneT), a German-based transmission network operator, for the supply and installation of 2 x 13 kilometers of 155 kV AC submarine transmission cables. The cable will provide the network connect
