At the SEG conference in Houston, Schlumberger and EMGS presented the first results from their joint sub-salt project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The results show that using EM provides significant improvement in prestack depth migrated images compared to seismic alone under complex salt structures. T
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “Nautilus”) announces changes to its board of directors with the appointment of Usama Barwani and Mark Horn and the resignation of Matthew Hammond. Geoffrey Loudon, Nautilus Minerals’ Chairman said “I would like to thank Matthew for his valuable contribution
CGG announced the successful completion of its first BroadSeis-BroadSourceTM survey in Australia in July of this year. The ‘Sandman’ deepwater broadband survey on the Northwest Australian shelf was awarded to CGG by Shell Development Australia Pty Ltd. The 2810-km2 3D BroadSeis survey was acquired b
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract worth approximately € 70 million, for the connection of the island of Capri and Torre Annunziata (Naples), by Terna Rete Italia S.p.A., a company fully owned by Terna S.p.A., the Italian Tr
In early August off the east coast of America, a team from Sonardyne International Ltd., Liquid Robotics and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) concluded the second leg of an extensive ocean observation technology demonstration project. Using Sonardyne’s Fetch and Tsunami sen
In-depth courses for doctors from around the world is being delivered at a specialist North-east oil and gas industry support and training facility. The National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen, is delivering specialist training, which involves practical exercises within the world’s only independently
Centrica plc has taken the decision not to proceed with its new-build gas storage project at Baird in the UK Southern North Sea and to put its project at Caythorpe in East Yorkshire on hold indefinitely. This decision was taken in light of weak economics for storage projects and the announcement by
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) has selected the monopile foundations design for the Icebreaker offshore project in Lake Erie. LEEDCo president Lorry Wagner was quoted as saying: “We picked the monopile design for the Icebreaker foundation after working with our world-class tec
A mystery in the ocean near Antarctica has been solved by a team including researchers at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, who have long puzzled over how deep- and mid-depth ocean waters are mixed. They found that sea water mixes dramatically as it rushes over undersea mountains in Dra
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has received a Letter of Intent for approximately one month of 3D EM acquisition in Malaysia. The survey will be performed using the vessel BOA Thalassa, which is expected to complete its current work programme in Brunei mid-October. The vessel will thereafter have
Hawaiki announced the signing of a supply contract with TE SubCom for the subsea cable between Australia and New Zealand. As pacific Scoop reports, the supplier will design and lay the cable. The cable which will be able to transmit 10 Tbps per fibre pair is planned to be completed by the end of 201
An Aberdeen-based oil and gas consultancy has won a contract estimated to be worth six-figures to assist a major energy company on a North Sea project. Embrion, which is based in Westhill, and works with a number of oil giants in the city, has been selected as the safety coaching provider for Techni
Tank testing of scale models to develop the next generation of Pelamis Wave Power’s wave energy converter (WEC) machines have now been successfully completed. The tank testing process forms a key part of a £1.4m project commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) which is look
Vantage Drilling Company announced today that the ultra-deepwater drillship, Tungsten Explorer, commenced initial operations in Southeast Asia on the morning of September 20, 2013. Vantage also announced that the Sapphire Driller has received a Letter of Intent for an eighteen month contract plus op
