Subsea
Normand Vision Bags Delta House Gig in GoM
Ocean Installer has been awarded a contract for an umbilical installation project with Oceaneering for LLOG on the Delta House project. The project is located in the Mississippi Canyon Area. This marks the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Vision’s first SURF contract in the Gulf of Mexico (
Bermuda Subsea, Carimin Team Up
Carimin Engineering has on November 19, 2014 entered into a collaboration agreement (COA) with Bermuda Subsea. Carimin Engineering has experience and expertise on HUC, topside facilities maintenance of oil and gas platforms while Bermuda Subsea has been predominantly focusing in underwater services
IMarEST Acquires Plymouth University’s Hydrographic Academy
IMarEST announced its acquisition of Plymouth University’s Hydrographic Academy (HA). The new venture – Marine Learning Alliance Ltd. – sees IMarEST experts and HA academics develop a new suite of e-learning courses to run alongside existing Hydrographic Academy programmes. IMarEST will build on the
MacArtney in Longest Subsea Water Pipeline Project
MacArtney has provided the underwater connectivity solutions for various instrumentation systems mounted on the transnational water pipeline between Turkey and Cyprus, currently under construction. MacArtney has supplied SubConn® connectors to interconnect 145 cables of approximately 1000 metres len
ShawCor Nets Another Shah Deniz 2 Contract
The Shah Deniz consortium has awarded a further two contracts key to the progress of the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project. The two contracts have a combined value of $226 million and have been awarded to ShawCor Nederland B.V. (Bredero), part of the Bredero Shaw pipe coating division. Together
WERPO Takes Over SDE’s Wave Project in China
Blackbird International Corporation’s affiliate, Wave Electricity Renewable Power Ocean (WERPO), having received the rights for all of SDE Ltd’s technological property, patents, expertise and contracts, has taken control of SDE’s endeavors in China. It has been authorized to further work with the Ch
Fugro’s Engineers Recognised with Two Awards
Two members of Fugro’s geoconsultancy team have won prestigious international awards. The one was recently presented in London, UK and the second in Regina, Canada. The first to receive good news was Dr Kokkuen Lee, Principal Engineer at Fugro Advanced Geomechanics (Fugro AG) who received the David
Gazprom, Petrovietnam Discuss Oil and Gas Cooperation
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Nguyen Xuan Son, Chairman of the PetroVietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN) Board of Directors. The parties addressed the future cooperation in the oil and gas sector. In particular, t
Wood Group Makes New Senior Management Appointments
Wood Group, an international energy services company, announced changes to its senior management team. Alan Semple, chief financial officer (CFO) has advised the board that he intends to retire and step down from his current role and from the board at the company’s annual general meeting in May 2015
TGS, SeaBird Ink US – Mexico Seismic Deal
TGS has signed a Letter of Award with SeaBird Exploration to acquire up to 300,000 km of 2D seismic data over Mexico and US Atlantic waters. This announcement is further to a Letter of Intent issued April 1, 2014 for Mexico which was announced April 2, 2014. The LOA provides TGS access to charter up
Minister for Portsmouth Opens CMIS
Minister for Portsmouth Matthew Hancock has on November 17, 2014 officially opened a new cutting edge centre for research into unmanned autonomous boats, submarines and other vessels – a market that is estimated to be worth £9 billion each year over the next 8 years. The Centre for Maritime Intellig
SME Completes First PLAT-O Sea Trials
Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has successfully executed its first round of sea trials with its tidal energy platform, PLAT-O. PLAT-O was launched from the company’s facility in Venture Quays, East Cowes, Isle of Wight and towed to the test site at Yarmouth. Once at the site PLAT-O was submerged to
VIDEO: Search for MH370 Carries On
Over 6,900 square kilometres of the seafloor have been covered so far in the search for the lost Malaysia Airlines plane along with 239 people on board. In addition to locating the aircraft, the underwater search aims to map the MH370 debris field in order to identify and prioritise the recovery of
Hydrographic Vessel Sibiryakov Returns to Lomonosov Port
Baltic Fleet’s (BF) Hydrographic Research Vessel “Sibiryakov” has returned to the Lomonosov port in the Leningrad region. During the expedition, which lasted over 1.5 months, Sibiyakov conducted comprehensive studies in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. In the course of the expedition, t