Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has been presented with a prestigious 2014 Special Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation by the editors of industry magazine E&P for its solution for towed streamer electromagnetic surveying. An independent panel of industry experts has picked the PGS towed stream
The Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB) in the Netherlands joins the CARIS Academic Partnering Program with CARIS HIPS and SIPS and BASE Editor for hydrographic data processing. The program provides academic institutes with CARIS software used by industry, allowing students to gain valuable ha
Harkand has entered into a charter agreement with Hornbeck Offshore for the offshore construction vessel HOS Mystique for a firm period of two years plus options. The 250ft (76.2m) DP2 vessel has a 70 MT AHC crane and will be outfitted with a Harkand Triton XLS ROV to support IRM and survey work in
AGR was assigned by OMV to drill a well in the Barents Sea. As a result of establishing different drilling targets and challenging reservoirs, the operation ended with two wells drilled with the Leiv Eiriksson rig. AGR delivered the Wisting wells with no major delays and excellent results achieved i
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, finds the Great Barrier Reef will suffer irreversible damage from coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens environment spokesperson, commented on IPPC’s report on Great Barrier Reef : “Today’s report conf
The Royal Navy is working with the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to provide the basis for trialling and understanding how the gliders can best be used. Director of National Marine Facilities at the NOC, Geraint West, said: “The NOC is pleased to be able to apply its world-leading capabilities a
PD&MS Energy and specialist fabrication and engineering firm Harlen have committed $4.1 million of investment towards a new state of the art rig repair and subsea fabrication facility in one of Scotland’s premier ports. The 38,750sq ft facility on Princess Alexandra Wharf at Port of Dundee is expect
BLACK ROCK TIDAL POWER has been awarded one of only two demonstration berths by the Nova Scotia government. The Honourable Andrew Younger, Minister of Energy announecd BRTP at the Nova Scotia Comunity College in Dartmouth on Friday. The company will showcase its innovative technology at the Fundy Oc
Tidal technology company, OpenHydro, has been selected by the Nova Scotia Department of Energy in Canada for a tidal energy demonstration project at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) test site. OpenHydro was selected as part of a competitive process undertaken by the Department in i
Marine Current Turbines Ltd. (MCT), a Siemens company, and Bluewater Energy Services B.V. (Bluewater) have agreed to jointly develop a 2 megawatt floating tidal current turbine, called SeaGen F. This turbine will be the first of its kind to be installed in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, in cooperation with
Makai made sales of MakaiPlan, GIS cable route-planning software, and MakaiPlan Pro, cable lay simulation software. Makai’s software continues to serve as the industry standard for cable planners and installers who serve the subsea telecom cable, power cable, and military markets. “We are excited to
Black Rock Tidal Power (BRTP) has been awarded one of only two demonstration berths by the Nova Scotia Government. The Honourable Andrew Younger, Minister of Energy announecd this at the Nova Scotia Comunity College in Dartmouth on Friday. The company will showcase its innovative technology at the F
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has announced that four Virginia businesses have been selected for awards totaling $860,000 for research having a total value of more than $3 million that will give the Commonwealth a competitive advantage and accelerate the development of offshore wind power and it
PETRONAS launched its new training facility known as INSTEP Integrated Oil and Gas Training Centre (IIOGTC), an industry-scale facility located within the Institut Teknologi Petroleum PETRONAS (INSTEP) in Batu Rakit, Terengganu. The launch of the facility, which is part of PETRONAS’ continuous effor
