Lansdowne Oil & Gas, announces that it has taken delivery of the processed 3D seismic surveys carried out this summer over the Amergin, Rosscarbery and Midleton Prospects in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Commenting on this development, Dr Steve Boldy, CEO of Lansdowne said: “We are p
Leading Dutch offshore energy company Bluewater Energy Services has secured a tidal demonstration berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for demonstration of its floating Tidal Energy Converter, BlueTEC. Bluewater has successfully completed its development and design phase including model
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its wholly owned Norwegian subsidiary, Oceaneering AS, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AGR Field Operations (AGR FO) from AGR Group ASA and FieldCo Invest AS. AGR FO, headquartered in Bergen, Norway, is a provider of inspection, maint
Bluestream Offshore has formed a joint venture with German-based maritime service provider Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH (Baltic Taucher) to provide offshore wind operators in German waters with a comprehensive range of fully-integrated subsea services. The newly-formed JV – to
STATS Group has strengthened its management team with the appointment of former Sparrows Offshore executive Graham Thomson as general manager. Aberdeen-based STATS, which specialises in pipeline integrity and intervention, said the creation of the new post will allow the board of directors to focus
INTERXION HOLDING NV, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, announced an agreement with Hibernia Atlantic to host a Point of Presence (POP) for its high-capacity fibre optic cable system at Interxion’s Dublin 2 (DUB2) data centre. Hibernia’s presence will le
The US$700m Africa Coast to Europe (Ace) project to lay a high-capacity, 5,1Tbit/s submarine cable between France and SA is making good… (techcentral) [mappress] Source: techcentral , November 21, 2011
Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) and Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications have confirmed their willingness to look into… (famagusta-gazette) [mappress] Source: famagusta-gazette , November 20 , 2011
EMGS CEO Roar Bekker and CFO Svein Knudsen presented the third quarter results at Hotel Continental, Oslo. Highlights in the third quarter 2011: * Total revenues at USD 45.5 million for the quarter * EBITDA of USD 11.9 million * Net income of USD 7.5 million * Contract worth USD 90 million awarded b
On November 16, a cornerstone was placed at the Püssi substation in Lüganuse where one of the converter stations for the… Kristopher Rikken (err) [mappress] Source: err, November 16, 2011
EMGS will in the fourth quarter of 2011 perform a multi-client 3D magnetotelluric (MT) survey covering approximately 3000 km2 in the Møre basin, Norwegian Sea. The project is pre-funded by a major international oil and gas company. EMGS will rig EM Express (formerly the OHM Express) to undertake thi
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS for an ultra harsh environment jack-up rig to carry out subsea field development of the Brynhild Field in Norway. The contract will be for MAERSK GUARDIAN or MÆRSK GIANT to be declared by 1 January 2013. The firm contract duration is for t
Irish tidal technology specialist OpenHydro and the leading French utility company EDF joined forces on this project. It is a “gigantic” project off the coastline of Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France. OpenHydro will supply four 2-MW tital turbines for the project. The turbines are being installed 3
GO announces that the submarine cable damaged by third parties on the 5th November has been completely repaired, following round-the-clock efforts by a specialised repair vessel, which is contracted on a standby-basis for such emergencies. The incident is now in the hands of international authoritie
