Submarine Squadron 11 (CSS-11) hosted a ceremony concluding the 2019 Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) program with the diesel-electric Peruvian Submarine BAP Angamos (SS-31) on Naval Base Point Loma. The commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet congratulated and thanked the Angamos and its crew for th
Magseis Fairfield has secured two consecutive deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) projects in the Gulf of Mexico by an undisclosed repeat customer. The surveys will be carried out in the Mississippi Canyon and Garden Banks areas and will cover a total area of more than 900 square kilometers. Work is s
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is making available up to $5.5 million to support the collection of geophysical and geotechnical data from areas off New York’s Atlantic coast that hold the potential for future offshore wind development. The announcement further
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists have recently discovered thousands of mysterious holes or pits in the seafloor during a survey off Big Sur, USA. Scientists and resource managers want to understand how these pits formed because this area is the site of a proposed offshore
Port of Antwerp has recently deployed a system to catch plastic designed by Allseas. The port authority said that the introduction of a passive catcher system will significantly reduce the quantity of pollutant plastics found in the waters around Doeldok. The plastic catcher is working on the basis
Santos has submitted an environment plan to National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) for the Keraudren Extension 3D Marine Seismic Survey, offshore Australia. Santos proposed to undertake a 3D seismic marine survey over a portion of exploration permit areas
Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) has received Ocean Energy 35 (OE35) wave energy converter (WEC) buoy at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for scheduled testing. NAVFAC hosted a Hawaiian Blessing ceremony for the OE35, prior to the scheduled installation and
Shell Australia has made a gas and condensate discovery in the Browse Basin off the North West Coast of Western Australia. Drilling of the Bratwurst -1 exploration well, within title AC/P64 (100% Shell Equity, operated), was concluded after a 78-day campaign. This campaign was completed in just over
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Darshak has completed a hydrographic survey offshore Mauritius. The preliminary data of the survey in southern part of Mauritius, was handed over to the Minister of Housing and Land Use Planning, Steven Obeegadoo, by the High Commissioner of India to Mauritius, Tanmaya Lal. I
Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) has received Ocean Energy 35 (OE35) wave energy converter (WEC) buoy at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for scheduled testing. NAVFAC hosted a Hawaiian Blessing ceremony for the OE35, prior to the scheduled installation and
Malta’s telecommunications provider, GO, has announced a multi-million investment in a new submarine cable system. GO’s third submarine cable will connect Malta to Marseille, a port city in southern France. “As a leader in its field, GO is once again responding to the country’s need for a more robus
ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The discovery adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 6 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the Stabroek Block. Ma
DEME Group has completed the export cable pull-in at the SeaMade offshore wind project into Elia’s Offshore Switch Yard (OSY) platform. DEME’s cable installation vessel ‘Living Stone’ was used for the pull-in work off the Belgian coast. Electricity generated by the SeaMade wind farm will be transmit
Polarcus has been awarded an XArray marine seismic acquisition project in the Asia Pacific region. The acquisition will begin in Q2 2020. The project will have a duration of approximately four months, the company informed. Polarcus XArray is an innovative acquisition configuration developed by Polar
