Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary will proceed with the development of the Lianzi field located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola. Located 65 miles (105 km) offshore in approximately 3,000 feet (900 meters) of water, the Lianzi field
NOAA Ship Fairweather begins a 30-day survey mission in the Arctic this week, scheduled to check a sparsely measured… [mappress] Source: NOAA , July 31, 2012; Image: NOAA
McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a contract by the Discovery system for offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. The value of this contract is included in McDermott’s second quarter 2012 backlog. Williams Partners L.P.owns 60 percent of the Disc
During the quarter Carnegie Wave Energy Limited made significant progress on its commercial demonstration project, the Perth Wave Energy Project. In addition, Carnegie continued to make technical and commercial progress on its proprietary CETO wave energy technology and commercial site development.
Acta Marine B.V. and Liander recently concluded a long-term contract for the maintenance of all active cable & pipelines on the Dutch Wadden Sea. Acta Marine’s specialized cable & pipeline vessel the Coastal Digger will be dedicated on the Dutch Wadden Sea for the remedial lowering of such Cables an
Leading international oilfield services company Expro is celebrating a significant contract extension with Perenco in Cameroon. The award is an extension of services from a previous well campaign and will last for the duration of one year. Expro will provide an extended well test, data acquisition s
Coastline has successfully completed a marine geotechnical sampling campaign on behalf of a Major client in the Southern North Sea area. The site work was carried out utilising the multirole geotechnical vessel MV FlatHolm and comprised 66 locations. The C-COREHP vibrocorer unit was configured for b
Post Workboats has developed a unique Tornado RIB with water jet propulsion especially for the offshore and the wind farm industry. “It is the first time that such a RIB has been equipped with water jets”, says entrepreneur Klaas Post. “And what is more it offers many important advantages. With wate
BSEE Director James Watson observed during the early morning hours of July 29 the successful latch-on of the capping stack from the Unified Command. Director Watson watched live video feed from the remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that were assisting in the placement of the stack onto the wellhead.
South Korea has won the exclusive right to exploit a deep-sea mine in the Indian Ocean that could produce more than $300 million worth of minerals a year, the India Times reports. The International Seabed Authority gave the exclusive right to Seoul to develop the 10,000-square kilometer site which c
Statoil has awarded the concept and FEED Engineering Contract of the SURF package on Peregrino II in Brazil to IKM Ocean Design. The project starts immediately and will run up to the Summer 2013. Man Dir. in IKM Ocean Design, Peder Hoås, says in a press release that this is a very strategic project
Tap Oil Limited (Tap) announces that the Final Investment Decision (FID) has been reached on the Manora Oil Development, located in the Gulf of Thailand. Tap now holds a 30% direct interest in Concession G1/48 through its subsidiary Tap Energy (Thailand) Pty Ltd, which includes the Manora oil field,
Scuba-diver scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, with support teams from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and Washington Sea Grant, are returning to the mouth of Washington’s Elwha River this week to explore and catalogue the effect of released sediment
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) will take a 20 percent shareholding in Chatham Rock Phosphate and assume a seat on the board, in a world-first for the undersea mining industry. It is the first time a major dredging company has taken a substantial equity position in an undersea mining proj
