Borders & Southern, a London based independent oil and gas exploration company, provides an update on its activities in the South Falkland Basin. The PGS vessel Ramform Challenger has commenced the Company’s 3D seismic programme, located approximately 140 kilometres south of the Falkland Islands. Co
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, provides an operational update. The Company currently has two exploration wells Rodriguez South (Faroe 30%), Norwegian Se
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new major contract worth in excess of € 350 million by Alstom Grid for the connection project DolWin3 linking offshore wind farms in the North Sea to mainland Germany on behalf of the Dutch-German grid
The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport advises that preparatory works for the installation of an offshore umbilical will be carried out from Corrib Offshore Field Location to landfall. The area of activity stretches along the route of the existing Corrib offshore gas pipeline. Works will com
Members of the MeyGen development team accompanied their research partners the Environmental Research Institute (ERI), Exeter University and contractors Mojo Maritime to deploy three Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) on the Inner Sound seabed. The mobilisation of the installation was organis
Eidesvik announces that the operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) for Q4 2012 was MNOK 121,9 compared to MNOK 125,4 for the same period last year. Operating income was MNOK 223,7 compared to MNOK 244,3 for the same period last year. Profit for the quarter was MNOK 38,5 compared to MNOK -5,1
Dr. Bodil Bluhm from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and deep sea researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, received the 2012 Alexander von Humboldt Memorial Award, Thursday, 21 February 2013, in Frankfurt am Main. The group of researchers invest
Marine Scotland Science (MSS) recently undertook CARIS HIPS and SIPS training conducted by CARIS BV’s Michal Borkowski at the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen, UK. The purpose of the training was to focus on streamlining workflows and processes with their multibeam data. MSS received training a number
A Royal Navy survey ship has produced a series of stunning images of a Grand Canyon-style ocean floor hidden deep under the Red Sea. HMS Enterprise used her state-of-the-art surveying equipment to reveal the natural wonder during her nine-month mission to improve understanding of the waters east of
Eni has made a new natural gas discovery within the Mamba Complex, in Area 4, offshore Mozambique, at the Coral 3 delineation well, which is the eighth well drilled back to back in Area 4. The new discovery confirm the potential of Area 4 operated by Eni at 75 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas [&hell
FoundOcean has completed the installation and grouting for a clamp repair to an 18” pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. Saipem America awarded FoundOcean the contract to repair the damage caused by a vessel’s anchor being dragged along the seabed over the pipeline in bad weather, at a water depth of 750
On 25 February Statoil and its partners began production from the Hyme oil field in the southern part of the Norwegian Sea. Hyme is the second of Statoil’s 12 fast-track projects. “The field came on stream one month earlier than we assumed in the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO). The project
GC Rieber Shipping reports its best EBITDA in the company’s history for the fourth quarter 2012 and full year 2012. The company had stable operations, with high fleet utilization and solid contract coverage. The market outlook for advanced vessels in the seismic, subsea and ice/ support segments are
One of two Arctic drilling ships employed by Shell Oil does not have proper propulsion to handle all expected weather conditions, has engine trouble, and multiple fire hazards on board the ship, according to sixteen violations identified by the Coast Guard, which were made public by Rep. Ed Markey (
