Despite the strong winds have caused an interruption of operations during the night, divers are working to connect the last chains and cables on Costa Concordia. At the moment, there are still 2 chains and 4 cables to be connected to 3 of the starboard sponsons (S4, S5, S18). The chain related to st
The Bremen-situated planner and operator wpd takes positive stock for the construction of the offshore wind farm Butendiek. “We are about to complete pile driving, we are well within our time schedule and we have fallen short of the predefined sound levels”, Achim Berge Olsen, managing director of B
As at 0600 WST on 16th July 2014 wireline logging of the Pharos-1 borehole was ongoing. Since the last update, the 6]1/2h hole section was drilled from 4,949mRT to a total depth of 5,220mRT. Final Total Depth of 5,220mRT was reached at 1940 WST on 10th July 2014. Wireline logging operations commen
Trinity, the leading independent E&P company focused on Trinidad and Tobago, has secured an agreement with Centrica plc to acquire its 80% interests in Blocks 1a and 1b (the “Assets”) offshore the west coast of Trinidad for a headline consideration of US$23 million. The Assets contain four gas disco
TerraSond has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide hydrographic surveying services anywhere in the U.S under a new five-year contract. Under the new contract beginning in 2015, TerraSond will provide comprehensive, modern hydrographic surveys in assi
Aker Solutions is on track with a plan to split into two companies at the end of September, including one that will keep the current name and be comprised of the Subsea, Umbilicals, Engineering, and Maintenance, Modifications and Operations (MMO) areas. Pro forma second-quarter revenue for the new A
Croatian shipyard Viktor Lenac announced its plans to expand workforce by hiring workers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to conduct the modification work on the cable laying vessel “Cable Enterprise”. Viktor Lenac secured the EUR 20 million worth contract from Prysmian Group to convert “C
Total E&P Norge AS has received consent to conduct manned underwater operations on the Martin Linge Project. The Martin Linge field is close to the boundary with the UK sector, around 42 kilometres west of Oseberg. Water depth at the site is 100-120 metres. The underwater operations will be carried
OMV Petrom, announces the success of an exploration well drilled in Istria XVIII offshore Perimeter (shallow water). The Marina 1 well encountered a new oil reservoir on the continental shelf of the Black Sea. “The Black Sea is an important area for OMV Petrom, an area which continues to have potent
CNPC informs that the petroleum drilling and exploration operation of Zhongjiannan Project was smoothly completed on schedule on July 15th with the oil & gas shows found. In accordance with the work procedures of deep-sea petroleum exploration and development, a comprehensive assessment of hydrocarb
After two and a half years and the most complicated and largest ship salvage operation in history, the Costa Concordia was refloated Monday morning and should soon be on its way to Genoa, Italy for a lengthy scrapping process. VideoRay Pro 4 Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) played a crucial role in
UTEC operated vessel “Yardie Creek” is nearing completion of major AUV pipeline survey campaign off the NW coast of Australia. The vessel is equipped with subsea positioning and 2 x 1000 metre rated AUVs fitted with multibeam, side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler and magnetometer. The spread will be
Kvaerner delivered results for the second quarter in line with what the company has predicted. In addition, the order book has increased with new contracts and growth in existing projects. Operating revenues for the second quarter were NOK 2 861 million, while they were NOK 3 278 million in the corr
Atlantis, a vertically integrated owner of the world’s largest planned tidal current energy project, MeyGen, and tidal energy equipment supplier announces that after a lengthy negotiation process, agreement has now been reached on final pricing and terms with each of the following contractors to the
