OYO Geospace announced that it has accepted a non-binding letter of intent with the international energy company Statoil to provide 600 kilometers of seabed seismic reservoir monitoring system for the Snorre and Grane fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. Under the letter of intent, Statoil is
CEOs from Atlantis Resources Corporation, Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, Marine Current Turbines, Tidal Generation (Rolls Royce) and Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies have again committed in 2012 to help push forward the tidal energy industry by continued collaboration and information sharing. They
ENERMAR, the Working Group of Ocean Renewable Energies supported by the Spanish College and Association of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, organizes the third edition of its Technical Sessions ¨The Ocean and the Renewable Energies. The contribution of the Naval and Oceanic Engineering¨ at Bar
Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc, the Dublin-based exploration company, announces the resignation of Non-Executive Director Steven Bertram with immediate effect. The Board of Lansdowne wishes to record its thanks to Mr Bertram for his service to the Company. The Company also announces that it has appointed J
Following the variation order for the supply of sealed hang-off systems for an offshore wind farm project in the North Sea, in order to validate the functionality of the sealing concept, Vos Prodect Innovations has performed a real life sealing test with a piece of yarned submarine cable positioned
A Soviet submarine lost during the World War II was recently found by Swedish divers on the seabed of the Baltic Sea. The submarine was identified thanks to Russian letters still readable on the sub’s hull and the year of 1936 stamped on the main 100-mm gun. Experts of Central Navy Portal suggest it
Goliat, the first oil field in the Barents Sea, will soon be onstream. The first full-scale exercise of Goliat’s oil spill contingency operations will take place between 10th and 14th September. The Goliat project brings with it new organisational principles for oil spill contingency operations on t
Modus Seabed Intervention Ltd has named subsea industry specialist Pat Haggerty as its new Head of Projects. Pat takes on this newly created position to meet the demand for Modus’ services from across the energy sectors and the growth the company is experiencing in these markets. Formerly Regional G
Reef Subsea announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, has placed an order for a Heavy Duty Cable Plough, which will expand the company’s capabilities and position it as a true leading contractor in subsea trenching and cable installation. Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, ba
Energy technology company, Ecosse Subsea Systems, (ESS) has increased the size of its engineering division in response to client demand for specialist engineering packages. Aberdeen-based ESS specialises in trenching, deepwater installation and subsea lifting technologies for the oil and gas, marine
Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) has received consent to carry out manned underwater operations on the Jette field. The Jette field is part of production licence 027D and is located in blocks 25/7 and 25/8 in the North Sea. The field is located approx. 180 kilometres west of Haugesund and six
KD Marine announces that they will be completeing work for Marathon Oil UK LLC in September. The contract is to carry out subsea work on Marathon Oil’s East Brae platform in the North Sea. KD Marine will use their custom built Daughter Craft, which will be launched from a larger support vessel, to m
Hydrosphere UK Ltd has supervised the successful build of four high visibility navigation buoys, supplied to Belfast Harbour to mark the deepwater approach to the main channel – and Seawork played its part in bringing the project to fruition. During the procurement process, Belfast Harbour Master, K
Applied Acoustic Engineering has strengthened its Sales team with appointment of Julian Rickards as Technical Sales Advisor. Julian has more than 15 years experience within the industry with Acoustic and Inertial manufacturers so brings a wealth of valuable expertise to the company, including time s
