Subsea
NHC Opens New Singapore Centre
National Hyperbaric Centre has completed work on their new Singapore facility. The new centre is now running NHC’s range of training courses, and it will begin Auditing and Consulting services in the New Year to support subsea and diving contractors in the region. The expansion into this region is i
Aker Makes Less, Revenue Up
Aker Solutions’ third-quarter attributable profit dropped to NOK 265 from NOK 349. Earnings per share fell to NOK 0.97 from NOK 1.29 a year earlier. However, Aker’s revenue rose 22 percent to NOK 8.3 billion in the third quarter of 2014, boosted by increased work at major subsea projects in Norway a
Nautilus Minerals Hires Vessel for Solwara 1
Nautilus Minerals has entered into an agreement for the charter of a vessel to be first deployed for use at the Solwara 1 Project. Marine Assets Corporation (MAC), a marine solutions company based in Dubai which specialises in the delivery of new build support vessels for the offshore industry, will
Mermaid Charters Three More Vessels
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announced that the Group has chartered in three additional vessels in the past month to take on new projects, on the back of strong demand for its services. The Group has recently chartered-in the ‘Siem Daya 2’, an offshore subsea construction vessel to provid
Alcatel-Lucent Wraps Up Optoplan Acquisition
Alcatel-Lucent’s subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks has closed the acquisition of Optoplan AS, a provider of 4D permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) solutions used in offshore oil and gas production. Based in Trondheim, Optoplan has developed a 4D PRM technology for seismic surveys of oil
EvoLogics Modems on JAMSTEC Tsunameter
In 2014, tsunami waves, originating off the coast of Chili, were detected near Japan, where EvoLogics modems enabled acoustic communication between JAMSTEC’s Vector Tsunameter on the seafloor and the autonomous Wave Glider vehicle on the ocean surface, transmitting real-time data to the shore over s
Subsea Microphones to Follow OWFs Impact on Marine Life
Offshore wind farms will allow renewable energy to be generated with little or no carbon dioxide emissions, but little is known about how they impact the marine species living and migrating along the coast. A new study led by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science will help Stat
Kongsberg Launches New Monochrome CCD Camera
Kongsberg Maritime, a leading developer of underwater imaging products has launched an all new high resolution monochrome CCD camera. The OE15-100D camera is smaller yet has a deeper rated housing and wider Angle of View (AOV) in water than any of its predecessors, whilst maintaining KONGSBERG’s exc
Rosneft Completes East Siberian Sea Seismic
Rosneft has finished a complex of seismic data acquisition on the East-Siberian-1 block in the offshore area of the East-Siberian Sea. The Company carried out seismic data survey independently, the amount of 2D works totaled 2000 kilometers. Despite of extremely severe ice conditions this year, all
SeaBird Board Member Leaves
SeaBird Exploration PLC’s Board member John Olav Økland has informed the Board of Directors that he resigns from the Board with immediate effect. SeaBird didn’t disclose the reasons for Økland’s resignation. Økland is a Master Mariner educated at Bergen Maritime Høgskole (85/86). Økland has approxim
EMGS Out of Red
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has pulled back to profit in the third quarter due to high revenue from contracts and data sales. The Trondheim based, EMGS totaled $29.8 million in contract sales, for this quarter, while multi-client sales were at $11.9 million. The Company had an EBITDA of $11.0
NOAA-led Scientists Found New Coral Species Off California
A NOAA-led research team has discovered a new species of deep-sea coral and a nursery area for catsharks and skates in the underwater canyons located close to the Gulf of Farallones and Cordell Bank national marine sanctuaries off the Sonoma coast. In the first intensive exploration of California’s
Wreck of Umpqua II Found in Monterey Canyon
During a recent expedition to map earthquake faults in Monterey Bay, MBARI researchers discovered the wreck of a barge on the muddy seafloor in Monterey Canyon. The barge Umpqua II was about 1,700 meters (one mile) below the ocean surface. Researchers first spotted the barge in sonar data from MBARI
ONC Ocean Observing System for FORCE Project
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria, has expanded its footprint across Canada with the launch of a new collaboration with the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) on the Atlantic coast. The collaboration, initiated by ONC’s Innovation Centre, will provi