Wood Group’s business in the Gulf of Mexico is robust, with annualized revenue in the region totaling more than $550 million. Activity is being driven by three of Wood Group’s business units – Wood Group Mustang, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group PSN – with more than 3,500 personnel providing engineer
Eni and Rosneft started seismic operations in the Fedynsky and Central Barents license areas, in the ice-free part of the Russian offshore Barents Sea. The 2D seismic survey is planned for 9950 km over the two license areas. The seismic survey, preceded by environmental and fishery studies, is under
Power Ltd. has put together a proposal for the construction of a barrage which would be capable of harnessing enough tidal energy to power 72,000 homes. The barrage would be built across North Devon’s Taw Torridge estuary, reports This is Cornwall news site. The barrage, which would be 1,200 metres
Jacka Resources Limited announces that, since the most recent Weekly Drilling Update issued on Wednesday 3 July, the Hammamet West-3 (“HW-3”) well in the Bargou Block, offshore Tunisia, has commenced the horizontal side-track section in the primary target Abiod Formation limestone by drilling from 3
China’s Jiaolong deep-sea submersible discovered iron-manganese deposits in South China Sea during its dive on Wednesday. Tongji University Professor Zhou Huaiyang said that the scientists are planning to carry out surveys to determine the age of the deposits found in, what has now been named, the “
On 1 July, Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities Technical Supervision Division was formed at Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS, the Register) incorporating Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities Design Expertise Department and Oil and Gas Equipment Technical Supervision Department. According to Mikhail
HMS Echo used her sophisticated sonar equipment to map unseen wrecks, reefs and rocks off the Libyan coast and make navigation less hazardous. Significant discoveries included a number of uncharted wrecks in shipping lanes which could have posed a danger to vessels. The operation was the ship’s seco
The 111 wind turbines in the wind farm are connected with Energinet.dk’s offshore substation via approximately 160 kilometres of cable flushed down into the seabed. However, at several positions, it has not been possible to flush the cable at a sufficient depth due to stones or hard seabed. Therefor
TAQA, the global energy company based in Abu Dhabi, has released its first annual sustainable development report. The report outlines TAQA’s approach and performance in 2012 as well as goals for workplace health and safety, staff development, environmental protection, community relations and industr
Naval Forces Southern Luzon participated in the two day Underwater Clean up to save the reefs of the coastal areas off Albay Gulf, accumulating destructive species like crown of thorns (Cots), a breed of starfish that destroys corals and other waste last 26 -27 June 2013 in celebration of Environmen
Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services company, Bumi Armada Berhad announced that its wholly-owned Russian subsidiary, Bumi Armada Caspian LLC signed a supplementary agreement worth RM567.6 million (USD178.5 million) with OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft (“Lukoil”) for EPIC (engineering
Statoil has received consent to use pipelines and subsea production facilities at Visund Nord. Visund Nord is in the northern part of the North Sea in production licence 120, where Statoil is the operator. Water depth at the site is approx. 380 metres. The planned start-up is August 2013. The Petrol
MMT announces the purchase of a new MBES Kongsberg EM2040 model – EM2040 dual TX. MMT has in cooperation with Kongsberg Maritime AS, developed a new EM2040 Multibeam model for high-resolution surveys. This new model is specially designed for mapping in high speed and will deliver higher resolution a
The South Stream Project is making good progress and enters an important next phase. Following a recent Board Meeting, South Stream Transport has initiated two tenders, one for the supply of line pipe and another one for the construction of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline through the Black Sea. C
