CGGVeritas has been ranked in the top 2% of the UK Government’s Carbon Reduction Committee (CRC) league table published in November 2011. The league table ranks organizations participating in the CRC on how well they manage their energy efficiency. Out of over 2,000 companies listed, CGGVeritas was
Deep Sea Intervention Pte. Ltd. is a global supplier to the offshore oil and gas industry providing in-house design, development and fabrication of standard or customized remote intervention ROV tooling and other sub-sea engineering services and products. Through its subsidiary company AMC-Composite
Energy consultancy Xodus Group has launched a £5 million office in The Hague bringing a truly integrated subsurface and surface capability to the global oil and gas industry. A number of key appointments have been made and Xodus aims to have 20 people operating from The Hague by the end of the year.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen have acquired geological material from steep parts of the seabed on the Jan Mayen Ridge. The new knowledge reinforces the belief that there could be petroleum in the area. ”The samples from the seabed at Jan Mayen are remarkable;
A research financed by the EU’s INTERREG IVA Programme has identified that subsea power grid between Scottish and Irish offshore renewable sites is feasible and could drive development in the sector. ISLES says that interconnected transmission network would generate revenues, and create jobs. The st
The Board of Directors of CNOOC Limited announced that, Mr. Li Fanrong has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Board also announces that, due to his responsibility as the President of China National Offshore Oil Corporation which requires more of his time, Mr. Yang
The Nigerian content development has received a boost as Jagal, a Nigerian firm and Subsea 7 one of the largest offshore oil servicing … SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK , November 23, 2011;
IHC Merwede, the leading global maritime, engineering and manufacturing group, has appointed Denis Welch as its CEO for South East Asia. He will be responsible for helping the company to reinforce its regional identity and expand its Asian-centred operations – which are focussed on its offshore and
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has announced that recent modifications to its Azipod propulsion unit frame design have seen hydrodynamic efficiency improved by more than two per cent. The modifications include a newly optimized Azipod fin shape and a new pod cap structure, c
With a Vancouver-based company now licensed to open the world’s first undersea mine off the coast of Papua New Guinea, a new Canadian-led… By Randy Boswell (vancouversun) [mappress] Source: vancouversun, November 22, 2011; Image: Nautilus Minerals
The Energy Institute (EI) has published new guidelines for improving reliability and obsolescence in subsea systems with the support of Subsea UK. These guidelines provide a framework for reliability assessment and use of field data as well as the management of obsolescence to help support continued
Scottish, Irish and Northern Irish ministers will meet later this week to discuss the issues raised in a major study on a future offshore … (scotland) [mappress] Source: scotland, November 22, 2011;
Florida scientists and veterinarians studying the causes of sea turtle deaths in the Gulf of Mexico have been awarded $227,793 for… NOAA [mappress] Source: NOAA, November 22, 2011;
Ezra Holdings Ltd. (EZRA), a provider of offshore logistics to the oil and gas industry, said its deep- water subsea business may return to… (Bloomberg ) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg , November 22 , 2011; Image: Ezra
