CGG has announced that Robertson Geolab, specialists in surface geochemistry in its GeoConsulting business line, is currently performing a multi-client surface geochemistry (shallow core) survey to detect seafloor seepages of hydrocarbons in the South East Barents Sea. The project has received high
Two Total Marine Technology ROVs have just passed deepwater acceptance tests to 3000m in the North Atlantic Ocean with perfect scores. The Typhoon MK2 ROVs are now on their way to Brazil as part of a five year contract with the giant Brazilian energy company, Petrobras. In total 12 TMT built Typhoon
Ross Offshore AS has announced a contract award with Rocksource Exploration Norway AS. The frame contract is for well management and Consultancy Services. Contract term is 7 years; 3 years firm and with two possible extensions of two years each. The Contract was effective as of June the 6th 2014. Ro
PETRONAS has awarded a Small Field Risk Service Contract (SFRSC) to Ophir Production Sdn Bhd (Ophir Production) for the development and production of petroleum from the Ophir field, located offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Ophir Production is a joint venture company between Octanex Pte Ltd, Scomi D&P S
The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre has completed a multi-axis onshore endurance test programme on Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines’ first 1MW powertrain (gearbox, generator and power conditioning equipment) using the 3MW tidal turbine drive train testing f
New high-tech equipment that can be deployed anywhere in the UK to clean up oil spills is today (Wednesday 11 June) being put to the test in Belfast Harbour. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has recently purchased two new pieces of equipment known as the NOFI Current Buster 6. This is the very lat
South Stream Transport has published the findings of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the Turkish Sector of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The ESIA Report confirms earlier findings that construction and operation of the four underwater pipelines is not expected to have a signi
The Kara-Winter-2014 Ice Expedition organized by the Arctic Research and Design Center (a joint venture of Rosneft and ExxonMobil) with expert support from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute Federal State Budget Institution was successfully finished. It has become the largest expedition in
German Renewables Shipbrokers will present its ship and service portfolio at booth A30 at the Windforce trade fair in Bremen. Hamburg-based shipbroker GRS team will showcase its 3D vessel portfolio in a 360° view in an animated short film and provide information on the various ways its offshore vess
Marathon Oil Norge AS has received consent to perform manned subsea operations on the Alvheim, Volund, Vilje and Bøyla fields. The planned start-up of the operation is 1 July 2014. Water depth at the site is approx. 120 metres. Alvheim Alvheim is an oil and gas field in the central part of the North
Works at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm are in full swing, as several vessels are currently carrying out their job. The cable maintenance vessel Ndurance is expected to start operations at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm today (June 10). Ndurance will work for six weeks in the eastern part of
AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, advises that due to operational challenges in managing near surface unconsolidated formations the Oi-1 exploration well will be abandoned and a new well, Oi-2, will be drilled from an adjacent location. As at 0
Circle Oil Plc, the Middle East and Africa focused oil and gas exploration, development and production company, reported the commencement of drilling of the well EMD-1 on the offshore Mahdia Permit using the drillship PetroSaudi Discoverer. The well is located within the vicinity of many producing f
A Royal Navy minehunter has been working alongside NATO forces in the Mediterranean to practise hunting and destroying mines as part of an international task force. HMS Blyth exercised her skills as part of Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) which is made up of ships from the UK,
