A Greens motion to stop sediment dumping in the Great Barrier Reef has passed the Senate today. “With two days of sitting left, Labor has belatedly decided that allowing the big mining companies to dump sediment in the Great Barrier Reef is a bad idea,” Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens envi
UK metocean survey contractor Partrac Ltd announces the successful deployment and recovery of the 50th ADCP at tidal energy sites in the UK and Europe. UK metocean survey contractor Partrac has been deploying ADCPs in support of the tidal and wave energy sector since 2008. The recent recovery of one
Bob Irwin will use his Great Barrier Reef tour with Fight for the Reef to call on the Federal Environment Minister to dump plans to dredge the seafloor of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at Abbot Point. Plans currently sit on the desk of the Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke to dredge milli
Using the ULS 100 Laser Scanner from 2G Robotics, Dr. David Holland and Mitch Bushuk of New York University, Department of Math & Atmospheric Ocean Science, conducted Ice Scallop research which they hope will help them understand the conditions under which Ice Scallops form and their melt rates as a
This year, leading independent subsea engineering and training firm Jee Ltd celebrates 25 years in business. During its history the company has experienced significant growth, expanding from one entrepreneurial engineer to a team of 90. Jee Ltd managing director and founder, Trevor Jee, said: “Reach
Afren plc (“Afren” or the “Company”) announces that the high impact Ogo-1 well located on the OPL 310 licence offshore Nigeria has discovered a significant light oil accumulation, based on the results of drilling and wireline logs. The Ogo-1 well has been drilled to a total measured depth of 10,518
The engineers of the Titan-Micoperi consortium confirm that the “parbuckling” of the Concordia can be completed by the end of summer 2013, at the beginning of September. The Chief Commissioner for the Costa Concordia shipwreck emergency, Prefect Franco Gabrielli, at the presence of Giglio Mayor Serg
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited (EMEPRL) and OMV Petrom confirmed that they have successfully completed acquisition of a 3D seismic survey on the Neptun Deep Block, the largest 3 D survey ever recorded in the Black Sea, covering more than 6,000 square kilometres. The operator f
Saipem has been awarded the contract for the subsea development of the Egina field, in Nigeria, in a water depth up to 1,700 metres. The project was included in the new contract awards announced in the press release issued on 21st May 2013, but was not named at that time and it is worth approximatel
International energy consultancy Xodus Group will be lead consultant to review and make recommendations on the use of acoustic deterrent devices and the mitigation of potential underwater noise impacts arising from pile driving during offshore wind farm construction. As part of a programme of work t
Technip was awarded by Statoil ASA an important lump sum contract for pipelay and subsea installations for the Snøhvit CO2 Solution project. The Snøhvit field is located approximately 140 kilometers north-west of Hammerfest in Norway, in the Arctic Circle, and has been in operation since 2007, follo
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd. for subsea equipment for the Egina field. The award has an estimated value of $1.2 billion. The Egina field is located in Block OML 130 offshore Nigeria. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply includes s
Today, Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, opened the new 380m long quayside at their production facility in Zhangzhou (Fujian), China. Huisman China, a 100% subsidiary of Huisman, has been fully operational since April 2007 and delivers a significant contrib
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. South Stream Transport identified those pipe manufacturers which are able to produce pipes according to the specific Pro
