Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a contract worth approximately € 30 million to provide and install a submarine fiber optic cable across the Strait of Magellan, Argentina. The contract was awarded by the state-owned corporation AR-SAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satel
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) is hosting a seminar at its premises in Stavanger on Wednesday 19 October 2011 concerning pipelines and risers – both rigid and flexible. The focus will be on pipeline integrity from a systems perspective. Pipelines and risers have been used for many deca
BARD, Germany’s offshore pioneer seated in Emden, has completed the realignment of the management team which began early 2011. Olaf Struck (46) will join Bernd Ranneberg (50, CEO) and Manuel Althoff (47, CFO) from the 1st of October 2011 as new chief technical officer (CTO) of BARD Holding GmbH. Ola
BARD, Germany’s offshore pioneer seated in Emden, has completed the realignment of the management team which began early 2011. Olaf Struck (46) will join Bernd Ranneberg (50, CEO) and Manuel Althoff (47, CFO) from the 1st of October 2011 as new chief technical officer (CTO) of BARD Holding GmbH. Ola
A strong earthquake struck off the mainland of Papua New Guinea on early Tuesday morning, seismologists said, but there were no immediate… (channel6newsonline) [mappress] Source: channel6newsonline, September 13, 2011;
After a lot of hard work, Welltec has secured a legal entity and opened a new office in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. In close parallel, Alex McKay, Area VP for Russia/Caspian, and his team have secured a contract with Zhaikmunia Company and have successfully completed a number of jobs using Well Tractors. Ca
Market leading subsea asset rental company, Ashtead Technology announces the appointment of Martyn Conroy as Sales Director of the Offshore Division. Martyn has over 15 years of experience in the subsea industry, Starting in the early 900s as a design engineer for Expro Group Martyn has subsequently
REpower Systems SE is realigning its German production sites for wind turbines. Today, Tuesday, 13 September, the company is holding the topping-out ceremony for the expansion of nacelle and hub production in Bremerhaven. Starting in 2012/13 financial year, it will be possible there to assemble wind
Greece invited companies to apply to conduct non-exclusive seismic surveys in its western and southern offshore areas… [mappress] Source: Bloomberg , September 13, 2011;
The M/V Island Valiant is still working for AGR Subsea AS excavating along piperoutes on the Northern Extension of the Ormen Lange. The contract was awarded in March 2011 with startup in May, and was initially planned to last for 30 days. The vessel and trenching spread has flushed away approximatel
Recently, CCCC Water Transport Planning and Design Institute (WTPDI) won the bid for Phase 1 terminal design project of the national deep sea base. Located in the east of Aoshan Peninsula in Aoshanwei, Jimo, Qingdao, the project involves two 6,000t scientific investigation ship terminals, an approac
Further to Bahamas Petroleum’s statement of 5 September 2011, the board of Bahamas Petroleum announce the formal appointment of Simon Potter as Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 17 October 2011. The Board also regrets to announce that Alan Burns, Founder and Chairman of Bahamas
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced the sale of the Ocean Legend, a mobile offshore production system, to an undisclosed buyer. Oceaneering’s third quarter 2011 earnings will include an estimated pretax gain in the range of $17 million to $19 million on the sale of this asset in its Subsea Pro
Fugro has been awarded the contract to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey of the Golf of Lion (France) to be conducted during September 2011. The primary purpose of the survey which will be conducted to IHO order 1b standards is to map the sand reserves from the back of the beach to [
