TGS has commenced acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey covering 1,500 km2 between the Finnmark Platform and Nordkapp Basin in the Barents Sea. The 150 km long survey follows the bended strike direction of the inverted margin between the two major structural elements in the region. “We believe the
Giant undersea power cables allowing Britain to import and export electricity to mainland Europe could be run from Kent’s coastline. By Marijke Cox (kentnews) [mappress] Source: kentnews,October 16 , 2011;
Bibby Remote Intervention Limited, a subsidiary company of Aberdeen-based subsea construction and IRM firm, Bibby Offshore, has announced the appointment of Mike Arnold. Mike will take up the post of Managing Director of Bibby Offshore’s new subsidiary, Bibby Remote Intervention Limited but will als
Following an increase in offshore projects, The Underwater Centre has seen an increase in requests from the oil and gas and renewables sectors to understand more about the diving and ROV professions. The Underwater Centre in Fort William has delivered training to companies who will now be hiring div
Wood Mackenzie says the pipeline of new projects and developments likely to go ahead offshore UK is looking healthy. Fifty fields, containing over two billion barrels of oil equivalent, are making significant progress towards development sanction. However, maintaining this pipeline at current levels
The feasibility study on the Black Sea submarine project that will connect Romania and Turkey in the electricity sector has been finalized, … (business-review) [mappress] Source: Business-Review, October 14 , 2011;
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth about $36 million from oil services company Aker Solutions to provide drives and transformers to their subsea power distribution system for the Asgard subsea oil and gas field operated by Norway’s Statoil. The order was b
Fleet Survey Team (FST) is conducting a hydrographic survey in the harbor of Durres, Albania, its approaches and anchorages in a cooperative survey with the Albanian government. FST deployed a seven-person survey team, comprised of both military and civilian surveyors, and a nine-meter survey vessel
Teledyne Gavia announced today the sale and recent delivery of the Company’s Offshore Surveyor class Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to Geological Assistance and Services (GAS) of Bologna, Italy. The AUV, as configured by GAS, incorporates a 500 kHz GeoSwath module and a Teledyne Benthos Sub-bot
NOC (National Oil Corporation) Libya and Eni through Greenstream BV Libyan Branch, the gas transportation Joint Venture Company (NOC 50%, Eni 50%), have initiated today testing activities for the release of natural gas into the Greenstream pipeline, which connects the treatment plant of Mellitah on
Oil and gas pipe measurement specialist Optical Metrology Services (OMS) Ltd has successfully completed a series of pipe measurement surveys… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 13 , 2011;
Proserv Group AS and Galathea Group Inc. have combined to form Proserv Group Inc. . The debt of the merged companies was refinanced at the time of the combination. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, Proserv is a global oilfield products and services company focused on the growing offshore and subs
BP has drawn up a contingency plan to tackle an oil spill off the coast Shetland Isalnds, which has the potential to be bigger than its … By Ewan Palmer (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, October 12 , 2011;
Plans by Marine Current Turbines and its project partner RWE npower renewables to install and operate Wales’s first-ever tidal energy farm have moved a step closer with the granting of an Agreement for Lease by The Crown Estate for the Skerries Tidal Stream Array, which is proposed for the waters of