Business & Finance
SIS Installs Star IPS on Solstad’s 50 Vessels (Norway)
Star Information Systems (SIS), an industry leader in the supply of software and services for technical ship and rig management, has successfully completed the installation of its Star Information & Planning System (Star IPS) across Solstad Offshore’s fleet of 50 high-specification vessels. Solstad,
UMG, Bayanat Demonstrate Kongsberg EM2040 Multibeam Echo Sounder in UAE
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company and one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, in association with Bayanat Mapping & Survey Services, a leading provider of geospatial products and services, announced the launch and demonstration of EM 204
Australia, New Zealand Join VIKING’s Fixed-Price Shipowner Agreement
Six existing certified service partner stations in Australia, and three in New Zealand will expand their servicing portfolio to include VIKING’s popular fixed-price Shipowner Agreement. The expansion will take place through two long-running VIKING partners – Australia’s Wiltrading and New Zealand’s
Trondheim Hosts Roundtable on Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration (Norway)
The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe has invited colleagues from the petroleum countries of the High North and top industry leaders to a Roundtable Conference in Trondheim, Norway on June 26, 2012. The topic of the conference is prudent resource management as part of a susta
2012 Day of the Seafarer (IMO)
On 25 June 2012, the international Day of the Seafarer, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) is asking people around the world to use social networks to highlight just how important seafarers are to everyone on the planet, as they transport, all over the world, the vital items, commodities
Norway: Dolphin, Searcher Seismic Begin 3D Multi-Client Survey in Barents Sea
Dolphin Geophysical in co-operation with Searcher Seismic are about to commence acquisition of 2,000 km2 of high-resolution 3D Multi-Client data over open acreage in the Barents Sea using Dolphin’s 12 streamer high capacity 3D seismic vessel, Polar Duke. The blocks and data coverage were nominated a
Dolphin Starts Its First Multi-Client 3D Survey in Barents Sea (Norway)
Dolphin Geophysical in co-operation with Searcher Seismic are about to commence acquisition of 2,000 km2 of high-resolution 3D Multi-Client data over open acreage in the Barents Sea using Dolphin’s 12 streamer high capacity 3D seismic vessel, Polar Duke. The blocks and data coverage were nominated a
Scotland Report Outlines Investment Programmes in Offshore Renewables Sector
The Scotland Report 2012 is now available. Entitled ‘Investing in Tomorrow, Working Hard Today’, it outlines investment programmes in key sectors of the Scottish economy such as offshore renewables and marine leisure. The publication of the Scotland Report and the UK Annual Report have been brought
USA: PNNL Researchers Measure Affects of Pile Driving on Fish
The rise of ocean infrastructure development to tap energy sources such as tides, offshore wind and natural gas will require more pile driving, the practice of pounding long, hollow steel pipes called piles into the ocean floor to support energy turbines and other structures. But pile driving create
Wärtsilä Hamworthy to Supply Two MBRs for P&O Cruises’ New Vessel (UK)
Wärtsilä Hamworthy has won a contract from Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. to supply two Membrane BioReactors (MBRs) to the 141,000gt newbuilding under construction for Carnival group member P&O Cruises. Wärtsilä Hamworthy has delivered more than 25 MBR advanced wastewater systems to the
Offshore Operators Evacuate Platforms and Rigs Ahead of Hurricane
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in of tropical storm Debby. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team is activated and monitoring the operators’ activities. The team will continue to work with offshore ope
Statoil to Drill 8th Well in PL 552 (Norway)
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-12, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-12 will be drilled from the Ocean Vanguard drilling facility at position 58°53’04.26’’N and 2°29’18.07’’E following completion of d
EMGS Customer Acquires 3D EM Multi-Client Library in Norway
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data-licensing agreement worth approximately USD 8 million with an oil and gas company, in which the customer will gain access to EMGS’s entire 3D EM multi-client data library on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The agreement includes p
Sovcomflot Places USD 1 Billion Order with OSC (Russia)
Russian shipping company Sovcomflot has placed a USD 1 billion order for construction of four seismographic ships with Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (OSC), RIA Novosti writes citing Deputy General Director of OJSC United Shipbuilding Corporation Roman Trotsenko. Speaking at the St. Peters