Representatives from South Carolina and North Carolina met in Charlotte in June to discuss opportunities for collaborating to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy on the south Atlantic seaboard. The meeting is being heralded as a significant first step towards regional collaboration fo
CGGVeritas announced today that it has completed a 3D BroadSeis seismic survey for Shell over complex salt structures in deep water offshore Gabon. As a complement to a conventional acquisition project (7,900 km2), the 3D BroadSeis survey was acquired by the CGGVeritas Symphony operating with ten Se
BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announces the appointment of Jayne Matthews as Manager, Operational Risk. Jayne will be responsible for leading and managing risk and risk support activities, as well as the internal audits of BMT
The Physical Oceanography Group (PhOG) of University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, has purchased an Iver2 (model EP42) for research programs, with delivery expected in July of this year. Professor Neal R. Pettigrew’s PhOG research unit has operated an array of oceanographic real-time data buo
Diana Shipping Inc, a global shipping transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, announced today that the Company has taken delivery on July 7, 2011 of the m/v “Corona”, renamed “Arethusa”, a 73,593 dwt Panamax dry bulk carrier built in 2007. As previously announced, the Arethusa is ch
Listing of Kværner ASA at Oslo Børs marks the beginning of a new company with a historic brand. With an international organisation and in-house fabrication yards in place from the start, Kvaerner will be a supplier of some of the world’s most demanding projects for new offshore platforms and onshore
CDL announces that their newly released DiverLevel attitude measurement system has seen a very early adoption rate from the major rental companies in Aberdeen; with both Seatronics and DPS Offshore committed to multiple purchases within days of the systems launch. Building on the success of the orig
Eurogas International Inc. announces that the Tunisian authorities have approved the extension of the term of the Sfax Permit by one year, to December 9, 2012, with no additional obligations imposed on the Corporation. The Sfax permit is flanked on three sides by producing oil and natural gas fields
Paris hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Juergen Grossmann, CEO of RWE. The parties discussed the prospects for current and future cooperation. Background RWE is a leading German company in the field of power and natural gas product
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate started acquisition of seismic data in Norway’s new maritime zone in the Barents Sea. PGS will be conducting the acquisition on behalf of the NPD using the vessel R.V. Harrier Explorer. This is the first time this area will be systematically mapped. The seismic acquis
Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 6th that it has received an order for two units of drill ships worth a total of USD 1.1225 billion (KRW 1.194 trillion) from Maersk, Denmark. The company successfully received orders worth USD 3.1 billion for six units of LNG tankers and five units of shuttl
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate started acquisition of seismic data in Norway’s new maritime zone in the Barents Sea. PGS will be conducting the acquisition on behalf of the NPD using the vessel R.V. Harrier Explorer. This is the first time this area will be systematically mapped. The seismic acquis
TGS will commence acquisition of a new 7,700 km 2D survey in the Russian Arctic Sea. Data acquisition will begin in early August with 4,500 km in the Laptev Sea before the vessel moves to the East Siberian Sea to acquire an additional 3,200 km. The survey is in partnership with Dalmornefte Geophysic
Today’s listing of Kværner ASA at Oslo Børs marks the beginning of a new company with a historic brand. With an international organisation and in-house fabrication yards in place from the start, Kvaerner will be a supplier of some of the world’s most demanding projects for new offshore platforms and
