Shearwater GeoServices has expanded the previously announced South America survey to two vessels, and confirmed the survey is for TGS in Argentina. The additional phase is for 5-months bringing the total award to 11-vessel months. Shearwater’s high capacity seismic vessel Amazon Warrior will be used
Researchers at Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science are currently refining the design of tidal turbines developed by Verdant Power. Arindam Banerjee, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics and his team recently received a $250,000 grant f
NOV Flexibles and Ocean Installer have signed a contract for the supply of flexible pipes and ancillaries for the redevelopment of the Vår Energi-operated Balder field on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract covers more than 90 km of flexible pipe systems, including 10 dynamic risers, five
CGG has taken on a new project to deliver the largest OBN multi-client survey ever conducted in the UK Central North Sea (CNS). Planned to start in early 2020, the survey is being prefunded in part by BP. In the first phase of this multi-year program, CGG aims to acquire over 2,000 sq. km of [&helli
Magseis Fairfield has entered into an agreement with an unnamed multi-client company to participate in a multi-client project, expected to start late in the first quarter of 2020. “This is the first phase of a multi-year campaign which will bring industry leading nodal acquisition and data processin
Terna, the company that manages the Italian electricity grid, has inaugurated new power line that will connect Italy with Montenegro and, therefore, connect the Balkans to Europe for the first time. The power line, linking Cepagatti and Kotor, was inaugurated in the presence of the president of the
Google’s Curie subsea cable from the United States to Chile has been successfully installed and tested. The cable is connecting it to Google’s network, and its is expected to begin transmitting data in Q2 2020, powering Google services like Gmail, Search, YouTube and Google Cloud. Equipped with four
Ocean Infinity, in partnership with Kraken Robotics, has reached what it calls a significant milestone in battery technology for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The new technology has now been tested following 18 months of research, development and trials, which was aimed at improving the saf
BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) has made a gas discovery with the Ginger exploration well, offshore Trinidad. The well is expected to be completed by the end of November 2019. The results of the Ginger well will continue to be evaluated following the completion of drilling operations, but initial result
Expro has secured a contract extension to supply well test and subsea services for INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project. The contract will see Expro continue to supply a high rate 175 MMscf/day well testing package, which will include enhanced electronic emergency shut down (ESD) systems. Expro will a
Saipem is reportedly considering a merger deal with market competitor Subsea 7 to create a larger oilfield services player. Such a merger would create the fourth-largest oilfield service company, after Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, Norway-based energy research and business intelligence
Fugro is set to begin geotechnical surveys over the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm export cable corridor in UK. The survey work will be carried out using Fugro’s ‘walking’ jack-up barge, Wavewalker 1, which will be towed to site by the Neptun 10 tug. The jack-up barge will be both towed b
Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded its largest-ever 4D seismic campaign in the Asia Pacific region covering up to six fields operated by Woodside in Australia. The campaign, planned to start in Q4 2019, covers new 4D acquisition over the Pluto, Brunello, Laverda, Cimatti and Vincent fields with
IKM Ocean Design has been awarded Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 pipeline and umbillical detail engineering contract. The contract is a continuation of IKM Ocean Design’s long-term involvement in the Johan Sverdrup project, where the company has been involved in all project stages for both Phase 1 and Phase
