Operations & Maintenance
Natural Power boosts technical team
Natural Power, a renewable energy consultancy, has hired Leanne Ramage as Head of Projects in the technical department, and appointed Selena Farris as a Senior Technical Manager. Both roles will be based at the company’s Ochil House office in Stirling, Scotland, and will support the company’s Direct
CGG Wraps Up Hail-Shuweihat Seismic Off Abu Dhabi
CGG announced that, with the support of its Seabed Geosolutions joint venture with Fugro, it has completed the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over the Hail and Shuweihat oil and gas fields in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The survey is part of an integrated project, including data processing and res
Polarcus in New OZ Shoot
Seismic contractor, Polarcus, has secured a new contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic project in Australia. According to the Oslo-listed company, the project is scheduled to start in the forth quarter of 2015, following the completion of the Capreolus 3D shoot, currently being
ION to Acquire 2D Seismic of Somalia Puntland Margin
ION Geophysical has been awarded a contract from Puntland Petroleum Minerals Agency (PPMA) to acquire 8,000 kilometers of seismic data covering the entire Somalia Puntland offshore margin. The regional 2D multi-client survey, known as PuntlandSPAN, is being conducted to support a future license roun
PLB Helps Locate Missing Diver Off Cornwall
The UK Coastguard, RNLI and Royal Navy have, in a combined rescue operation, helped recover a missing diver off the Cornish coast. The diver became separated from his buddy after diving a wreck several miles off the Lizard Peninsula. A mayday call was sent by their dive boat at around 2:30pm on Tues
Neptune Wins Wheatstone Diving Contract
Neptune Marine Services Limited has been awarded a saturation diving manning services contract by Technip in Oceania on Chevron’s Wheatstone project. The contract includes the provision of saturation diving manning services to assist with the project spool installation. Works are due to start in Q3
PGS to Cold-Stack Another Ramform
Oslo-listed Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has decided to cold-stack its vessel Ramform Viking after it wraps up a multi-client project offshore East Newfoundland in late October this year. The vessel was originally scheduled for a yard stay and classing in Q1 2016, which will be deferred. In-sea equi
OFG, Fukada Acquire Gas Hydrate Survey Off Japan
Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG), in cooperation with Fukada Salvage and Marine Works (Fukada), has completed another high resolution CSEM survey of near surface gas hydrates. The survey was executed using the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Vulcan system for the National Institute of Advanced Indus
PHOTO: Normand Maximus Taking Shape
The BN 830 Normand Maximus was spotted during construction at Vard Tulcea and Contsanca in Romania. The vessel is a VARD 3 19 design, developed by Vard Design in Ålesund. After the vessel’s hull is completed in Romania, the final outfitting of the vessel is scheduled for late 2015, at Vard Brattvaag
Bibby HydroMap finalizes Holyhead Deep Green survey operation
Bibby HydroMap has completed survey operations on the €30 million Deep Green tidal energy project off Holyhead, for consultant Xodus Group on behalf of developer Minesto. According to Bibby HydroMap, the objective of the survey was to provide a detailed understanding of the seabed levels, characteri
CGG Reorganizes
CGG has announced a transformation plan to adapt to the new environment and market conditions. French seismic contractor has now deployed a more centralized organization which should, according to CGG, ensure the strongest possible foundation from which to operate and grow in the future. Namely, as
Bibby HydroMap Wraps Up Deep Green Survey
Bibby HydroMap has completed survey operations on the €30-million Deep Green marine energy project based off Holyhead for consultant Xodus Group on behalf of developer Minesto AB. The objective of the survey was to provide a detailed understanding of the seabed levels, characteristics and shallow ge
SeaBird’s Aquila Explorer Joins Gigante Team in GoM
SeaBird Exploration is mobilizing Aquila Explorer for the TGS Gigante survey in the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel is expected to arrive in the area during October and will be the fifth SeaBird vessel on the project. Aquila Explorer joins SeaBird’s Osprey Explorer and Hawk Explorer which begun the acqui
Mariner Jacket Lands on The Seabed
The steel jacket for the Statoil-operated Mariner field on the UK Continental shelf (UKCS) has now been safely placed on the seabed in the field. Following the sailaway from the Dragados Offshore yard in Cadiz, Spain on August 10, the Mariner jacket recently spent a week in the sheltered Boknafjorde