Seismic operator Dolphin Geophysical renews the charter party regarding the seismic vessel “Polar Explorer” with 12 months, starting from January 2012. The vessel is a 2D/ice vessel from 1998, rebuilt in 2004. “The agreement ensures continued high employment and good balance for our fleet, substanti
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 13 , 2011;
A working meeting took place between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow. The parties discussed the progress with the Agreement of Cooperation and addressed further development of the infrastructure supplying gas and electricity to consume
CTC Marine Projects, Ltd., , a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS , has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by SBM France SA for transportation, installation and burial works in the Anguille Field, Gabon. Working in West Africa for only the second time, CTC will utilise the Maersk Reco
Aker Solutions is currently finalising revised execution plans for delivery of subsea production systems in Brazil. Delivery schedules for all major subsea production systems currently on order from Petrobras has been substantially further delayed and additional costs will accrue, mainly due to the
Swiber Holdings Limited a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has secured yet two more order wins totaling approximately US$102.0 million for offshore construction projects involving pipeline and subsea installation works in S
Wood Group Kenny has been appointed by National Grid to perform study work in relation to development options National Grid is investigating to transport and inject carbon dioxide (CO2) into a prospective offshore saline aquifer storage location in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea. Wood Group
ABB and SPT Group have been selected to deliver the Flow Assurance System (FAS) and the subsea part of the Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for the Goliat field. Using OLGA as the core tool for monitoring the subsea production system and critical production parameters will allow Eni Norge AS, as th
Sonardyne’s wideband acoustic monitoring technology has been selected to play a key role in a new, emergency well containment system built by Trendsetter Engineering Inc. for the Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG). The Helix Well Containment Group’s capping stack is the most advanced well response
Fortum and DCNS have today signed a Letter of Intent on cooperation in the field of wave power research and development in France. A joint feasibility study for a wave power demonstration project located in France is planned to be starting by the end of 2011. The project is in line with Fortum’s and
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that it has met major scheduled milestones for the Athena project and on site subsea installation work and rig based operations are on schedule. The Company will present the Athena project today at 9.30 a.m. in London; the presentation is available on the Company’s websi
Vogt Power has received an order from Siemens to supply heat recovery steam generators and associated equipment for the GMR Energy Power Plant project in Jurong Island. The company will design and deliver two unfired, three pressure level, HRSGs with reheat for use behind Siemens SGT5-4000F gas turb
Fairmount Marine’s powerful tug Fairmount Glacier has successfully assisted in the installation of the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Usan, offshore Nigeria. For this operation Fairmount was contracted by Saipem Energies, which needed a 200 ton bollard pull tug for this job.
QGC has awarded an $A17 million contract to Terrex Seismic. Under the contract, Terrex will provide seismic data across numerous QGC tenements in the Surat and Bowen Basins until December 2012. Seismic surveys are widely used around the world to produce detailed computer-generated geological images
