Chemical testing of water and sediment samples gathered two miles from the Elgin platform gas leak indicate there has been no direct marine contamination from the incident. Samples collected were tested for the presence of oil and gas (hydrocarbon) pollution at the Marine Scotland Science laboratory
International oil service group Aker Solutions is preparing for major growth by investing NOK 500 million (USD 87 million) in its subsea business. This investment is set to double the capacity of its manufacturing plants in Tranby, Norway, and Port Klang, Malaysia. In addition, a new service base wi
The first wave device installed in the waters at Cornwall’s marine energy test site has been manufactured by A&P Falmouth. Fred Olsen’s “BOLT Lifesaver” project, which is capable of operating and producing electricity, is now being tested in the sheltered FabTest site off Falmouth Bay, with easy acc
Maldives telecommunications provider Dhiraagu announces that due to a damage caused to the Maldives-Sri Lanka international submarine cable, the international capacity going out of Maldives have been affected. Limited service is restored through Dhiraagu’s diversity routes and customers using intern
Upon request of the Whitehaven Harbour Commissioners, Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) has completed a hydrographic survey to determine if dredging is required and if so, establish the extent. This involved undertaking of a single beam survey of the approach channel and all of the water area north
Global Marine Energy Ltd., the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide, has invested in the refit and development of Cable Enterprise, a barge built specifically for the installation of power cables for offshore wind far
China Oilfield Services Limited （“COSL”） announced that HYSY708, a deepwater survey vessel, has successfully completed a sampling mission for a geological drilling engineering and a 300-meter seabed drilling. The quality of these samples has met the standards of geological drilling engineering sampl
As announced in June 2011 DONG Energy is implementing a permanent repair solution necessary to restore the integrity of the Danish North Sea platform Siri. Following the progress of the project, the repair cost estimate has been increased from the initial expected DKK 2 billion to DKK 3.5 billion of
Spectrum commenced the next phase of their Brazilian Equatorial Margins program this week taking the first shot on the 15,000 kilometer Foz do Amazonas survey. After completion of this survey in the third quarter 2012, Spectrum will have collected over 27,000 kms of new long offset data over this hi
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced that it has engaged BofA Merrill Lynch as financial advisor to assist the Company in connection with a potential sale of a portion of its 77% interest in the 25,000-square-kilometer oil and gas exploration concession offshore Guinea in West Africa. Hyperdynamics i
IHC Merwede develops and builds innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support services for the dredging, mining and offshore industries. The company’s international outlook and expanding portfolio have helped it to record increased revenue and profit figures for 2011, and maintain it
Bumi Armada Berhad announced that its wholly-owned Russian subsidiary, Bumi Armada Caspian LLC received an engineering procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract valued at approximately USD 200 million from the Russian oil major, OAO Lukoil (“Lukoil”) through its subsidiary, OOO Luk
The Nord Stream Project took another major step forward with the completion of offshore pipelay of the second of its twin 1,224-kilometre gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea ahead of schedule. Following extensive pre-commissioning and commissioning, Line 2 is scheduled to begin transporting gas tow
Getting an early jump on Earth Day, students from several Boston-area schools helped ready and deploy a… [mappress] Source: NOAA, April 18, 2012; Image: NOAA
