Subsea
Aquatic Lands Moho Nord Deal
Aquatic Engineering and Construction has been awarded a multi-million pound contract on the $10-billion Moho Nord subsea project, off the coast of the Republic of Congo, West Africa. The contract was awarded by a UK-based subcontractor working for Total E&P Congo. Aquatic’s ten-month campaign portio
UTEC, Teledyne Boost AUV Performance
UTEC has, in collaboration with Teledyne Gavia, completed operational testing of features designed to optimize Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for commercial survey applications. UTEC Survey have been using the Gavia AUVs for a variety of projects around the world since 2010 and, since becomin
Cairn Prepares for Senegal Shoot
Government of Senegal has given green light to Cairn Energy’s plans to conduct an offshore 3D seismic survey and a three well exploration program. Namely, in May 2015, a forward program was submitted to the Government of Senegal. The firm three well program is currently planned to include two apprai
ION Geo Gets ‘Heads Up’ from NYSE
ION Geophysical has received notice on August 11, 2015 from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that the price of its common stock fell below the NYSE’s continued listing standards. Namely, the NYSE requires the average closing price of a listed company’s common stock to remain above $1.00 per share
Gasum, Elering Call for Bids for Balticconnector EPM Services
The transmission system operator of the natural gas grid of Finland, Gasum Oy, and Elering Gaas AS have launched a pre-qualification tender for the Balticconnector engineering, project management and procurement Services (EPM Services). The Balticconnector project is a gas infrastructure project aim
Hibernia Express Cable Ready for Service in September
Hibernia Networks is completing its project for a new 4,600km low latency submarine cable route connecting Halifax, Nova Scotia to London, England and Cork, Ireland. Ready for service in September 2015, the highly scalable Hibernia Express cable will yield in excess of 10Tbps per fiber pair, which i
IMCA Updates Two Diving Guidance Documents
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published revisions of two important diving publications, Diving Equipment Systems Inspection Guidance Note (DESIGN) for Mobile/Portable Surface Supplied Systems (IMCA D 040 Rev 1) and Mobile/Portable/Daughtercraft Surface Supplied Systems
Tekmar’s TekLink Protects Gemini Cables
Work to install Tekmar Energy’s TekLink cable protection system (CPS) has started on what is poised to be one of the world’s largest offshore wind parks, the Gemini project in the Dutch North Sea. Tekmar’s contract with the Dutch maritime contractor Van Oord involves the subsea specialist implementi
Technip India Gets New Managing Director
Bhaskar Patel has been appointed as Managing Director of Technip India, with immediate effect. Patel takes over from Samik Mukherjee, who recently moved to Technip Corporate Services in Paris, France, as Group Senior Vice President Strategy & Business Development, Subsea. Patel joined Technip in 201
Wood Group Profit Slips, Cuts 13 Pct of Workforce
Energy services company Wood Group has, during the first half of the financial year (1H 2015), slashed its workforce by 13 per cent as it feels the pressure of the challenging conditions in oil & gas markets, recording a drop in profit driven by an almost 20% revenue decline. Profit for the six mont
SeaBird Posts Quarterly Loss
Oslo-listed SeaBird, a seismic data provider for oil and gas companies, has plunged back into the red in the second quarter 2015 (Q2 2015) as revenues dropped on weak seismic market demand. The company recorded a net loss of $16.8 million in Q2 2015 versus net loss of $7.9 million in the correspondi
WHOI Researchers Deploy SUPR-REMUS Plankton Sampling System
A group of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers and engineers have developed and tested an innovative new system for sampling small planktonic larvae in coastal ocean waters and understanding their distribution. Traditionally, pumps and nets are used for sampling plankton, which r
CARIS Gets New Product Manager
CARIS announces that Travis Hamilton has joined the team as the Product Manager of the newest application in CARIS software suite, CARIS Onboard. Travis has a Bachelor degree in Geomatics from the University of New Brunswick and is currently completing his Masters degree. Travis has spent the last t
Kongsberg M3 Sonar Part of New Fisheries Monitoring System
The M3 Sonar® (Multimode Multibeam Sonar) from Kongsberg Mesotech, is now part of a new acoustic transponder tag monitoring system being introduced to the fisheries research community during the American Fisheries Society annual conference in Portland, Oregon. This system is the result of engineerin