A successful expedition has resulted in the discovery of an ancient warship. It is believed to be Svärdet, a ship that went under in 1676. A successful expedition, led by Deep Sea Productions founder Carl Douglas, has resulted in the discovery of an ancient warship off the island of Öland in Souther
Kongsberg Evotec AS, a Kongsberg Maritime company, has been awarded a contract with Kleven Maritime (Myklebust), Sanco Shipping and Dolphin Geophysical, for the complete back-deck handling system on Sanco Shipping’s new (up to) 16 streamers seismic vessel built to be operated by Dolphin Geophysical
On November 16, a cornerstone was placed at the Püssi substation in Lüganuse where one of the converter stations for the… Kristopher Rikken (err) [mappress] Source: err, November 16, 2011
Leading oil and gas body the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) has presented its sought-after European Chapter Innovation Award to Schlumberger Slickline’s global perforating and remedial services domain champion, Matthew Billingham, in recognition of the company’s application of tech
Cosalt Offshore, which provides lifting, tooling and marine services to the oil & gas industry, has recently ordered a second 50-tonne spooling winch from ACE Winches as part of a major investment in equipment. The second winch, destined for Norway, was ordered following an increasingly high demand
EMGS will in the fourth quarter of 2011 perform a multi-client 3D magnetotelluric (MT) survey covering approximately 3000 km2 in the Møre basin, Norwegian Sea. The project is pre-funded by a major international oil and gas company. EMGS will rig EM Express (formerly the OHM Express) to undertake thi
Engineering students were given a slice of subsea action on Thursday, November 10 after Subsea UK held a pizza evening to highlight the industry’s career opportunities. More than 70 students showed their interest in the subsea sector at the learning event which was held at Robert Gordon University.
Trident Energy, the independent developer of generator solutions for the offshore renewable energy industry, announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with RenewNet, a world-leading electrical engineering research organisation. Trident Energy has developed a low cost, high reliability l
Bowtech Products announce the continued expansion of their distribution network with the appointment of Neotek SA, as their exclusive agents in France. This increases the worldwide representation of Bowtech’s expanding product range to 18 countries. In recognition of their appointment, Olivier Riche
The owners of Aibel have during 2011 evaluated strategic alternatives for the company. In the same period, Aibel has continued its strong development with profitable growth in all business areas. Aibel has an all time high order backlog, including recent major contract awards: Frame agreement with C
Reef Subsea AS announced that they have signed two five-year charter agreements for two newly-built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessels – Neptune Despina and Neptune Larissa – from Neptune Offshore AS. Simultaneously Neptune Subsea AS, the ship owning company of the vessels, welcomes
Irish tidal technology specialist OpenHydro and the leading French utility company EDF joined forces on this project. It is a “gigantic” project off the coastline of Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France. OpenHydro will supply four 2-MW tital turbines for the project. The turbines are being installed 3
A decision has been made to maintain the current shareholder structure at IHC Merwede. The IHC Merwede Supervisory Board – in addition to all of the current shareholders – is comfortable with the financial strength of the company for the next year. With the support of JP Morgan and Rabobank M&A, IHC
GO announces that the submarine cable damaged by third parties on the 5th November has been completely repaired, following round-the-clock efforts by a specialised repair vessel, which is contracted on a standby-basis for such emergencies. The incident is now in the hands of international authoritie
