Subsea
Dolphin Confirms Off India Seismic Deal
Norwegian seismic contractor, Dolphin Geophysical, has formally accepted the Letter of Award to perform two major 3D seismic projects in India. The contracts were previously announced by Dolphin in press release dated 17 October. The announcement was made in a public bid opening ceremony in Mumbai b
UK: Subsea Innovation Gets New Director
Subsea Innovation has appointed Dave Thompson as Technical Director. The company which designs & manufactures specialist engineering products to off shore oil, gas and renewable industries worldwide has made the appointment on the back of a sustained period of growth. Thompson, 43, from Washington,
Wind and Tidal Power to Produce Hydrogen ?
An Orkney-based project to develop an innovative use of renewable energy generated on land and at sea has secured funding support from the Scottish Government. The Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) Local Energy Challenge Fund has awarded just under £30,000 to the Orkney Surf and Turf ini
Coral Reef Scientists Scoop QLD Young Tall Poppy Science Awards
Townsville-based marine biologist, Dr Sue-Ann Watson has been named Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year. The prestigious award recognises Dr Watson’s work at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University on the effects of rising carbon dioxide
Mermaid Maritime Sees Profits Soar
Mermaid Maritime, a provider of subsea and drilling services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has recorded a profit of $45.3 million for the financial year ended September 30, 2014. Compared to the last year, the Group’s net profit tripled from $15.4 million. Mermaid generated revenues of $313
Seabox Leads JIP for Subsea Water Treatment
Seabox together with oil majors has highlighted the technical feasibility of a submerged water treatment plant capable of producing low sulphate and low salinity water that will benefit the oil industry. Seabox will lead a Joint Industry Project (JIP) with Az ACG Ltd (The State Oil Company of the Az
Damen Nets MSV Seawell Upgrade
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, has been awarded a major upgrade job on MSV SEAWELL (light well intervention/dive support vessel) by Helix UK. The SEAWELL is expected at the yard second half of December 2014. As the upgrade will be executed over the winter season,
Proserv Wins Two Spirit of Enterprise Awards
Energy services firm Proserv has win two prestigious awards in recognition of the firm’s business success and engineering and manufacturing capabilities. Proserv scooped Business of the Year and Great Engineering & Manufacturing Company of the Year at Friday’s (21st November) Spirit of Enterprise Aw
Seaflex, Salvesen Salvage WWII Landing Craft
Working in conjunction with Salvesen UK, Seaflex deployed 230t of buoyancy from its office in The Isle of Wight to the operation of re-floating of the only surviving landing craft from D-Day 1944 in Birkenhead Docks Liverpool. Ben Board, Technical Site Support Manager at Unique Seaflex commented, “I
Green Light for First Dutch Offshore Grid Connection
Pondera Consult and Arcadis consortium were given the go-ahead to prepare EIA and permit application for the first Dutch offshore grid connection. Pondera Consult, together with Arcadis, has been asked by TenneT (TSO) to support the entire EIA process for the offshore grid connection of offshore win
OceanWorks Provides SADI Equipment Storage, Maintanance
OceanWorks International has been contracted by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to supply a storage and maintenance facility for the Battery-Powered Pump Skids. Pump Skids are an integral component of the Subsea Autonomous Dispersant Injection (SADI) System recently delivered by OceanWork
Partrac Wraps Up First Contaminated Sediments Survey for US Navy
Partrac Ltd has recently completed contaminated sediments survey for the SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare) Systems Centre Pacific in San Diego. The study is being undertaken under a grant funded by the US Department of Defense (DoD) ESTCP programme. This is the DoD’s environmental technology demonstr
PGS Shifts Regional HQ to Kuala Lumpur
As a part of the plan to restructure business activities in Asia Pacific, PGS has decided to relocate its regional headquarters from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur (KL). PGS believes that this move will result in consolidation and centralization of resources and lead to improved competitive advantage and
Fujian Mawei to Build Solwara 1 Mining Vessel
Marine Assets Corporation (MAC) enters into Ship Building Contract with Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding for the lump sum turn key Construction of the Nautilus Minerals Seafloor production mining vessel. On 25 November 2014, a signing ceremony was held at Mawei’s shipyard for the execution of the shipbuild