TGS has commenced a new 22,000 km multi-client 2D survey offshore Newfoundland in the Labrador Sea in partnership with PGS. The new seismic data is being acquired by the M/V Sanco Spirit and utilizes the PGS GeoStreamer® technology. Data acquisition will continue through Q3 2011 and the vessel will
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced today the sale of the Ocean Legend, a mobile offshore production system, to an undisclosed buyer. Oceaneering’s third quarter 2011 earnings will include an estimated pretax gain in the range of $17 million to $19 million on the sale of this asset in its Subs
Blue Offshore has been awarded a second lease agreement for their subsea cable installation system by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) for 2013. The system includes the uniquely adaptable modular turntable system, loading arm assembly, tensioners, trackways, associated equipment and constructio
A large oceanographic data buoy from Newfoundland has been found off Shetland after it went missing during Hurricane Igor in September 2010. Shetland Coastguard was contacted by the stand by vessel Grampian Frontier reporting that they had recovered the large yellow one tonne bouy which had floated
Aquabotix Technology Corporation is transitioning from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Advanced Technology and Manufacturing … (heraldnews) [mappress] Source: heraldnews, September 11, 2011;
OceanServer Technology, Inc. has recently received AUV orders from NOAA and the University of Wisconsin for use in scientific research and mapping applications. The new order from NOAA represents the federal agency’s second Iver2 vehicle purchase. NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office is developing an operat
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $482.8 million fixed-price-incentive-firm contract from the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of a fifth National Security Cutter. Construction and delivery of the yet-to-be-named WMSL 754 will be
After a 26-month fabrication period, PV Shipyard announced its successful load-out of the first “fabricated in Vietnam” 90 m jack-up rig. The rig will weigh almost 12,000 tons when fully finished, in which 9,685 tons is of structural materials, 950 tons of piping system and 1,748 tons of electrical,
At an investor day in New York today, Shell confirmed solid progress in starting up three world-class oil & gas projects in 2011, which at peak will add some 400,000 barrels oil equivalent (boe) for Shell. Shell’s three-year strategic plan, outlined in 2010, is building the foundations for profitabl
In the last few years Hydrex divers have carried out thruster operations on numerous occasions around the world. This article gives a summary of some of the more important ones. Replacement of azimuth thruster on crane barge in Gabon A Hydrex diver/technician team mobilized to an offshore crane barg
OGX Petróleo e Gás, the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced that the preliminary license for the Extended Well Test (“EWT”) and production development in Waimea was granted by Ibama (the Brazilian Institute for Environmen
ADX Energy Ltd announces that a Sale and Purchase Agreement has been executed to buy back a further 10% interest in the Lambouka Prospect Area in the Kerkouane Permit from PharmAust Limited and to cancel the option of PAA to purchase an interest in that part of the Lambouka prospect that extends int
Ocean scientists on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer observed two species of marine life they believe have never before been seen together at a hydrothermal vent— chemosynthetic shrimp and tubeworms. They also observed the first known live tubeworms ever seen at a hydrothermal vent in Atlantic waters.
Kongsberg Maritime Mexico S.A. DE C.V., became fully operational out of its new facility in the city of Veracruz this summer. As an extension to Kongsberg Maritime’s worldwide service network, the new service hub will offer service and support to DP vessels and merchant ships with Kongsberg Maritime
