Turner Designs introduces C-FINS (Fluorometric Integrated Nautical Mapping System), integrating the C3 Submersible Fluorometer’s digital output with GPS data for data mapping. A simple software module enables C-FINS and ArcGIS® to work together allowing for real-time mapping of fluorescence, tempera
Havila Shipping ASA is contemplating a new secured bond issue with maturity in March 2017. The bond loan will be NOK 600 million. The net proceeds from the bond issue will be directed towards long term financing of the vessel Havila Subsea. DnBNOR Markets and Pareto Securities are retained as manage
Reykjavik Iceland is considering building the world’s longest sub-sea electric cable to allow it to sell its geothermal and volcanic energy to Europe, the country’s largest energy company said. “This project started last year and the current phase of research should be finished by the end of the yea
The Penspen Group has been commissioned by Qatargas, a pioneering liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer, to develop the Detailed Design for a new Flexible Grouted Clamp and to produce a set of Flexible Grouted Clamps to enable the quick and effective repair of their large diameter subsea pipelines in
Russian shipyard Sevmash will begin sea trials for the three new generation nuclear powered submarine, which are under construction at the… (brahmand) [mappress] Source:brahmand ,March 09, 2011;
FarSounder announced the sale of their Ship ProtectionSystem (SPS) to Alphatron Marine, of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The system will be installed on a luxury super-yacht being custom-built at a Dutch shipyard. The system is designed to provide underwater threat protection while at anchor or at the
In 2010, two personal injuries were reported during saturation diving in connection with petroleum activities, according to the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s report from the diving database system DSYS. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has established several databases in order to r
Technip was awarded by GDF SUEZ an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract, worth approximately €45 million, for the Gjøa field development located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. This contract covers: * engineering and fabrication of two smoothbore gas export rise
Two leading North-east-headquartered organisations have joined forces to promote Peterhead Port and the facilities available in the town, within key target markets. Peterhead Port Authority (PPA) and international oil and gas logistics company, ASCO Group, have linked up to establish Peterhead Energ
GE Oil & Gas has received a $7 million contract from Total E&P UK Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland to supply drilling and production equipment for the expansion of the Elgin Franklin gas field in the North Sea. To meet the extreme well pressure and temperature demands of the project, GE is supplying surfac
Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire the two subsea specialists Poseidon Group AS and Bennex Group AS from Subsea Technology Group AS, Norway. Poseidon provides subsea marinization, engineering and consulting, and has a workforce of 140 employees and consultants in Stavanger and Aberdeen
Polarcus Limited announced that the Company has signed a contract with Providence Resources PLC for a 3D seismic acquisition project in the Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. The survey will commence in June 2011 and is expected to run for approximately 15 days. About Polarcus Polarcus is a pure play mar
Specialists from TMK, the global producer of pipes for the oil and gas industry, took part in lowering a tubing string with Premium-class threaded connections into a well of more than 2.5 kilometers deep, situated on LUKOIL’s Yury Korchagin oil deposit in the Caspian Sea. The pipes were produced at
Stolt-Nielsen Limited announced that it has acquired through one of its subsidiaries a non-controlling interest in Seaweed Energy Solutions AS (“SES”), an alternative energy start-up focused on the development of bioethanol and biogas production from the sustainable large-scale cultivation of seawee
