ViaLogy PLC (VIY) announces it has signed a contract with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India’s premier national oil company, to apply its QuantumRD technology in the country’s largest offshore oilfield. ViaLogy will focus on specific complex zones and target formations that have frust
Navy divers assigned to submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) conducted a coordinated scuba diving evolution with Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) divers April 8. “We were honored by our Malaysian counterpart’s invitation to conduct joint diving operations,” said Chief Navy Diver Jose Castilla. “This
Three innovative UK businesses are the latest companies to secure funding from a major Government scheme to support the development of next generation offshore wind technology. NGenTec Ltd, OSBIT Power Ltd and OGN North Sea Ltd will each receive grants under DECC and the Technology Strategy Board’s
The team behind FabTest, Cornwall’s pioneering marine energy test site in Falmouth, has welcomed the first wave device to be installed in its waters. Fred Olsen’s BOLT “Lifesaver” wave energy converter, which is ultimately capable of producing clean and efficient electricity, is now being tested in
Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S³), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, has been awarded a major rig positioning contract by Shell. The three year contract covers Shell’s four entities in Europe; Shell UK Ltd, Nederlandse Aardolie Mattshapp
Regarding the seep in the Roncador Field, Petrobras announces that analyses have confirmed that the droplets are not oil from any active reservoir in this field or from any other oil produced in the Campos Basin. The droplet characteristics are similar to those of a fluid used in well-drilling opera
NCS Survey, an Acteon company, completed a bathymetric survey of Rubislaw Quarry on 20–21 March to aid decision making for the redevelopment of the site. For 200 years, Rubislaw Quarry, which is in the west of the City of Aberdeen, supplied 6 million tonnes of granite to prestigious construction pro
Experts from joint integrity and engineering services company Hydratight found an innovative solution to a tricky repair for Statoil, by using a MORGRIP connector to repair a 6in super duplex pipe located within the constrained space of a subsea manifold, 340m under the surface of the North Sea. Hyd
Dolphin Geophysical have signed a new Agreement with the Government of Senegal, Petrosen, for the acquisition, processing and marketing of a new 3D Multi-Client survey over designated Deep-Water acreage where additional equity is potentially available. The 3D survey is substantially pre-funded. Thes
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Chevron Australia Pty Ltd for the Wheatstone Project, one of Australia’s largest resource projects. The contract, valued at approximately €245 million, covers the development of the Wheatstone and Iago fields, located in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Nor
Petrobras announces that it will only provide additional information on the seep discovered last Sunday, April 8, in the Roncador Field, in the Campos Basin – 120 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro – after the analyses that are currently underway are completed, which also includes identifyin
Caspian Flotilla (CF) combat divers started phased underwater training at their basing sites. During the drills, servicemen will practice underwater anti-terror and countersabotage activities. To protect approaches to base and perform visual surveillance, servicemen use different small-size vessels.
MEO Australia Limited advises that its wholly owned subsidiary, Seruway Offshore Exploration Limited (SOEL) has a farmout process for up to a 50% participating interest in the Seruway PSC, offshore North Sumatra, Indonesia. A farmout brochure inviting key industry representatives to consider farming
Technip was awarded by INPEX CORPORATION a flexible pipe supply lump sum contract for the Ichthys gas field, in Australia. INPEX has novated this contract to McDermott as part of the overall subsea umbilical, riser, flowline EPCI contract. The Ichthys LNG project is a Joint Venture between INPEX (76
