MacArtney Underwater Technology and Sea-Bird Scientific have joined forces to deliver four oceanographic instrumentation solutions to research vessel operators in Turkey. According to MacArtney, Turkish research clients procured a combination of MacArtney CORMAC Q winches and Sea-Bird Scientific CTD
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation have signed a 15-year contract for exploration for cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts within the Magellan Mountains in the Pacific Ocean. The contract was signed on 10 March 2015,
Huawei Marine has secured a contract from the government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to build the Ceiba-2 Submarine Cable System expected to be ready for service in the fourth quarter of 2015. The 290 km system will feature a design capacity of 8 Tbps and link the capital of Malabo to Bata,
Reach Subsea has entered into a contract with an undisclosed international client for the vessel Edda Fonn. The vessel will conduct operations in the Mediterranean, the company informed. The operations will start on April 1, and the period is firm for 120 days, plus 60 days options. “We are satisfie
Residents will get another opportunity to see beaches from Holland-on-Sea to Clacton spectacularly recharged with sand. The Sospan Dau vessel was back on site yesterday (Monday March 9) as phase two of the £36 million coastal protection scheme gathers momentum. The sand is literally being blown asho
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) is building one of the largest oil refining plants in the world. The refinery will be constructed on land reclaimed by Van Oord in ‘sabkha area’, a salt plain near the coast some 30 kilometers north of the Saudi border. The project involves dredging and recla
French oil company Total could give it another shot with searching for gas offshore Cyprus, the Mediterranean country’s energy ministry has said. To remind, it was reported in January this year that Total would not proceed with exploration in its 10 & 11 offshore blocks southwest of Cyprus, as it wa
BOA IMR AS, a BOA Offshore AS subsidiary, has entered with certain conditions, into a shipbuilding contract for a light construction / IMR vessel with NorYards Fosen AS, with delivery scheduled for spring 2017 from its yard in Fosen, Norway. The vessel with main dimensions of 108 x 24 meters is desi
Ocean Installer has signed amendments with Statoil for umbilical marine installation at the Visund field and for riser replacement at the Troll B field. The work will be executed under the SLMP Marine Installation Contract. “We are pleased to have secured more work for a key client like Statoil. The
Ocean Installer has signed amendments with Statoil for umbilical marine installation at the Visund field, and for riser replacement at the Troll B field in the Norwegian North Sea. The work will be executed under the SLMP Marine Installation Contract. “We are pleased to have secured more work for a
MMT was contracted by OMM (Offshore Marine Management) to perform a geophysical, geotechnical and cable crossing surveys in preparation for the installation of the COBRAcable on behalf of end client TenneT. The COBRAcable route (appr. 325 km) is proposed to be laid across the Southern North Sea conn
Capricorn, a subsidiary of Cairn Energy will delay the appraisal well drilling at the Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/04, which is located in the Spanish Point area, 175 km off the west coast of Ireland in the northern Porcupine Basin. The well was originally planned for 2015. Capricorn is the
Pura Vida Energy NL has said that the Atwood Achiever drillship will mobilize to the MZ – 1 location within Pura Vida’s offshore Mazagan Permit in Morocco, and spud the well during April. The Atwood Achiever has completed a well offshore Morocco and has now moved to complete a well offshore Mauritan
Premier Oil has announced that gas production from the Pelikan field in the Natuna Sea Block A offshore Indonesia started on March 9, 2015. This follows first gas from the Naga field, also on Natuna Sea Block A, in November 2014. According to Premier, both projects were brought on-stream to budget.
