Contractor Verboon Maasland has ordered at Damen Dredging Equipment the delivery of a new cutter suction dredger. This stationary dredger will be an exact copy of the “Susanna” – delivered in 1981. Excellent proof that satisfied customers always return. The “Susanna” was built in 1981 by De Groot Ni
Nautilus Minerals, a company engaded in seabed mining, has decided to halt the construction of Solwara 1 project offshore Papua New Guinea regarding a dispute with the government. Nautilus terminated the construction because of a dispute over the cost of up to US $80 million, that, according to the
Dril-Quip, Inc. announced today that Terence B. Jupp has been appointed to its Board of Directors upon the recommendation of its Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee. Jupp, 53, has been Chief Operating Officer of CASA Exploration, a recently formed oil and gas exploration company, since
Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited, founded and based in Stromness, was this week awarded an ‘Agreement for Lease’ from the Crown Estate for a commercial tidal energy demonstrator project to be located at Lashy Sound between the islands of Eday and Sanday in Orkney. The award from Crown Estate, the
ViaLogy PLC announces it has initiated work on a North Sea project for one of the largest geosciences companies. In developed fields such as the North Sea the challenge of locating additional deposits is a well-known impediment to continued economic production. Yet exploitable reserves remain if the
Metocean Services International (MSI) recently completed a real-time current measurement programme for CGGVeritas to support seismic operations offshore Ivory Coast. The system was installed on the support vessel Tanux-1, and provided real-time current profile data both on the Tanux-1, as well as vi
ViaLogy PLC announces it has initiated work on a North Sea project for one of the largest geosciences companies. In developed fields such as the North Sea the challenge of locating additional deposits is a well-known impediment to continued economic production. Yet exploitable reserves remain if the
Veripos, world leaders for provision of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, has been awarded a two-year extension to its present contract with seismic survey specialists SeaBird Exploration FZ-LLC of Dubai, a division of the Norwegian SeaBird Exploration G
Subsea mooring connector (SMC) specialist, First Subsea has invested over £200,000 in new mooring connector test rig facilities at its production site in Lancaster, UK. The test-rig is being used in the manufacture of ‘next generation’ SMCs for industry leading, deepwater mooring projects: the Jack
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a £12 million order to design and equip two platform supply vessels (PSVs). The vessels will be built at Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. in China. Rolls-Royce UT 755 LN vessels are designed specifically for transporting solid and liqu
At OSEA 2012, Sonardyne Asia Pte Ltd. will be presenting a new automatic leak detection sonar to the Asian Offshore industry. The Automatic Leak Detection Sonar (ALDS) will be on stand BV5-07 alongside products from Sonardyne’s 6G® range. Held every two years, the 19th OSEA will be taking place at T
At OSEA 2012, Sonardyne Asia Pte Ltd. will be presenting a new automatic leak detection sonar to the Asian Offshore industry. The Automatic Leak Detection Sonar (ALDS) will be on stand BV5-07 alongside products from Sonardyne’s 6G® range. Held every two years, the 19th OSEA will be taking place at T
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Statoil for additional subsea equipment for the Tyrihans field. The order has an estimated value of $39 million in revenue. This order covers the supply of two subsea trees and three choke modules. The equipment is scheduled f
A senior delegation from the Governmentally-owned Ocean University of China arrived in Israel and signed MOU with Eco Wave Power. The MOU between EWP and OUC is meant to lead to the implementation of Eco Wave Power’s unique technology across a wide-range of wave-prone regions in China. According to
