Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee moderated a meeting dedicated to the South Stream project. Taking part in the meeting were Leonid Chugunov, Head of the Project Management Department, Pavel Oderov, Head of the International Business Department and Marcel Kramer, Chief Exec
Dong E&P Norge AS has received consent to use a subsea facility and pipeline on the Oselvar field. The Oselvar field is located southwest of Ula and northwest of Ekofisk. The field was discovered in 1991 and is part of production licences 274 and 274CS. Water depth at the site is approx. 72 metres.
Hydratight has launched an updated Emergency Pipeline Repair System to offer better disaster planning and contingency services to operators and contractors. Following the dramatic reaction to the Gulf disaster in early 2011, ever-increasing demands are being placed on oil and gas operators to provid
SeaBird published results for the fourth quarter of 2011 with the following highlights: · A Letter of Intent entered into between SeaBird and Fugro Norway on 3 October 2011 for the sale of the OBN business, completed on 8 December 2011. The transaction also includes two SeaBird vessels on time chart
Endeavour International Corporation reported fourth quarter 2011 net income (loss), as adjusted of $(5.8) million compared to $81.1 million for 2010, when it reported an $87 million gain on the sale of its North Sea asset Cygnus. On a GAAP basis, net loss for the fourth quarter of 2011 was $44.6 mil
Deep-sea diving system produced by Divex (Scotland) for Russian rescue ship Igor Belousov will be delivered, mounted, and tested by specialists of Russian company Tetis Pro which is going to provide 5-year long aftersales service and train operators. The contract with Tetis Pro will be signed in the
Technip was awarded two subsea contracts under the Diving Frame Contract with Statoil, for the Åsgard and Gudrun & Valemon projects. The total value of the contracts is around €45 million. The Åsgard contract includes deep water testing of the PRS remote hot-tap equipment, preparations works, instal
Royal Netherlands Navy Locate Two Drowning Victims with VideoRay ROVs within Two Months of the Systems Being Delivered On January 10, 2012 VideoRay LLC of Phoenixville, PA, along with Dutch partner Nautikaris BV of Ijmuiden, Netherlands, completed the site acceptance test of four VideoRay Pro 4 subm
Russian Navy will receive stand-alone unmanned submersibles made in Iceland. Russian defense ministry plans to spend RUR 744.244 mln on eight autonomous unmanned submersibles produced by Teledyne Gavia (Iceland), reports Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspsper. Three underwater robots are expected to join Rus
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has received a Letter of Intent from an undisclosed client for a 3D seismic acquisition project offshore NW Europe. The program will commence imminently and is expected to run for approximately 75 days. About Polarcus Polarcus is a pure play marine geophys
Nord Stream AG won the inaugural “Pipeline Project of the Year” award at the 2012 European Gas Conference. The award, which was presented by The Energy Exchange in conjunction with Natural Gas Europe, recognises Nord Stream’s achievement in starting to make its contribution to energy security in the
Technip, in partnership with DSME, was awarded by DONG E&P and BAYERNGAS, a contract for the HEJRE project development, offshore Denmark, at a water depth of 70 meters. This contract covers engineering, procurement, fabrication, hook-up, and commissioning assistance for a fixed wellhead and process
Tiny algae that colonise the underside of the Antarctic sea ice play a big part in the health of Southern Ocean ecosystems. These microalgae absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide by converting it into sugars and oxygen, using the energy of sunlight. They also kick-start the Southern Ocean food chai
French based Technip, in partnership with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, was awarded by DONG E&P and BAYERNGAS, a contract for the HEJRE project development, offshore Denmark, at a water depth of 70 meters. This contract covers engineering, procurement, fabrication, hook-
