Surrey based Planet Ocean Ltd has announced the sale of two LISST-100-XC (Laser In Situ Scattering and Transmissometry) instruments to Bangor University. The LISST-100X instrument manufactured by Sequoia Scientific Bellevue, WA, is a multi-parameter system for in-situ observations of particle size d
Glacier Energy Services is expanding its industrial facilities in Scotland in support of ongoing growth in the energy sector, investing £1million and creating an initial 10 jobs with the opening of a new workshop and warehouse facility at Dalgety Bay, Fife. The oilfield service provider has moved in
Adam Singer has been appointed to the role of Chair of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office for three years. He takes over the role from Sandra Rogers who has served on the Hydrographic Office Board for 13 years. Singer is currently Chairman of the British Screen Advisory Council, Digital Radio UK
On the 5th of June, MCG and Exploro mobilized Gardline’s Polar Surveyor for the Super High-Resolution MC2D survey in the Hoop area in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The survey will last approximately two months and final, broadband processing will be completed before year end. DownUnder GeoSolutions (DU
Trans Adriatic Pipeline is continuing its pre-qualification of potential suppliers for the construction of the 870km-long high pressure natural gas pipeline with its associated infrastructure across Greece, Albania, and Adriatic Sea with landfall in Southern Italy. This week TAP has issued its third
Defence and security company Saab has received orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration regarding construction and production plans for the next generation submarines and to conduct a mid-life update of two Gotland-class submarines. The orders refer to the period 2014-2015 and the ord
New World Oil and Gas Plc, an oil and gas operating company focused on Denmark and Belize, has secured an extension in work programme commitment deadlines for Licence 1/08 at its Danica Resources Project in Southern Denmark to 31 January 2015. This extension was discussed with Danica Resources ApS a
Polarcus, a marine geophysical company, has started a new 3D survey in the Russian Barents Sea.
Lundin Petroleum has announced that the Brynhild project is progressing at a slower pace than anticipated due to commissioning issues related to the FPSO operated by Shell on the Pierce Field in the UK sector.
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK-based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has completed the drilling phase of the ongoing operation to drill and test a horizontal appraisal well on its Lancaster discovery, West of Shetland. The well has been
Magseis, a Norwegian ocean-bottom seismic specialist, has reached an agreement with Shell Technology Ventures B.V. to invest USD 4 million in Magseis’ low-cost, and highly efficient ocean bottom seismic (OBS) technology through the issuance of a convertible loan. “Magseis is addressing the oil and g
Angus Council has awarded Chap Civil Engineering Limited a contract for investigative and maintenance works at Arbroath Harbour. Investigative works and repairs will be carried out to the walls, using methods of trial holes, coring, grouting, crack repairs and wall strengthening. The setts on the qu
Marine engineering and subsea cable installation equipment provider Blue Offshore Marine Services has successfully built a third and the world’s largest modular basket carousel. After contract award, the basket carousel, with loading tower and 15Te tensioner, was fabricated in 16 weeks and assembled
Waterschap Hollandse Delta (WSHD), a Dutch regional water authority based in Ridderkerk, has announced tender for dredging and disposal works. The dredging operations will take place in the metropolitan area of Rotterdam – Rozenburg with the depositing of sediments in a designated area. The official
