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
Baron Oil announced that the Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) has been approved by the Ministry of Energy and Mines. The license is now in the third phase out of five exploration phases. The third phase consists of 720 working units or 1 exploration well. The period is eighteen months. No fur
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
AziPac Limited (AziPac), the Seacrest Group backed E&P company focussed on the maritime basins offshore Asia Pacific and the Bay of Bengal, has taken a 40% participating interest in the Bone PSC offshore Indonesia. Under the terms of the agreement, AziPac, through its wholly owned subsidiary Azimuth
CSA was contracted by Petrobras to perform an environmental gradient study of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. CSA Ciências Oceânicas Ltda, in an exclusive partnership with Germano & Associates Inc., introduced Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI) technology in Brazil and was contracted by the Env
Rowan Companies plc announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into a two-year drilling contract for the Rowan Relentless, the fourth and final drillship in Rowan’s current construction program. The contract is with Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Go
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
