Subsea
OFG Performs CSEM Gas Hydrate Survey in Japan
Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG), in cooperation with Fukada Salvage and Marine Works, has completed a high resolution CSEM survey of near surface gas hydrates. The survey was performed using the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Vulcan system for the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science
CARIS Celebrates Australian Navy Software Adoption
The CARIS HIPS and SIPS team recently celebrated news that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has decided to standardize their data processing workflow for their Survey Motor Launches (SML) on CARIS software. CARIS has been used successfully for several years on the larger RAN survey vessels and this h
DNV GL Classification for UK Catcher FPSO
BW Offshore has chosen DNV GL to provide classification, verification and certification services for the Catcher FPSO being deployed in the UK North Sea. DNV GL is already providing similar services to 70% of the FPSOs on the UK shelf and has delivered all the newbuild FPSOs to the sector since 2000
Forum Sees Profit Rise
Forum Energy Technologies has delivered third quarter 2014 revenue of $469 million compared to $390 million for the third quarter 2013. Net income for the quarter was $52 million or $0.54 per diluted share compared to $33 million or $0.35 per diluted share for the prior year period. Excluding $0.02
Ezra Up on Revenues, Down in Full-Year
Ezra Holdings, a contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, has recorded a drop in full year net profit, but revenue rose due mainly to strong subsea services business. Net profit in the full year, ended 31 August 2014, decreased by 16% to $45.27 million, c
Fugro Expands Subsea Services with Laser Scanning
Fugro, the world’s largest integrator of geotechnical, survey, subsea and geoscience services, has expanded its services for the offshore oil and gas sector with the addition of high resolution subsea laser scanning. This specialist technology can be applied to a wide range of subsea services includ
Red7Marine Adds DSV Red7Alliance to Its Fleet
Red7Marine Offshore, the UK’s leading independent air diving provider based in Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen, will add saturation diving to its wide range of offshore and subsea services to the oil & gas and renewables markets with diving support vessel Red7Alliance. Capable of working worldwide, the
EMAS AMC Bags USD 70 Mln Worth of Contracts
Ezra Holdings Limited’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has won multiple new contracts from various energy companies valued at over US$70 million. The scope of work includes subsea installation of umbilicals, flowlines and jumpers, as well as provision of services to support rigs. Work has comme
Cameron Eyes Record Profit in 2014
Cameron has reported a record-level of fully diluted quarterly earnings per share from continuing operations, of $1.10 for the third quarter of 2014, as compared to $0.72 for the third quarter of 2013. In comparing the third quarter of 2014 to the year-ago quarter, Chairman and Chief Executive Offic
MacGregor Reorganizes into Seven Operative Divisions
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, announces changes in its operative structure and starts a reorganisation into seven operative Divisions which will become effective on 1 January 2015. The six new operative Divisions together with Global Lifecycle Support as the seventh one will enable MacGregor to impro
New Discovery for Chevron in GoM
Chevron Corporation announced a new oil discovery at the Guadalupe prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The Keathley Canyon Block 10 Well No. 1 encountered significant oil pay in the Lower Tertiary Wilcox Sands. The well is located approximately 180 miles off the Louisiana coast in 3,992 f
USGS Takes Delivery of RV ARCTICUS
The oceanographic research and fisheries assessment vessel ARCTICUS, designed by JMS Naval Architects (JMS), has completed its sea trials and was delivered to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center. The ARCTICUS replaces the R/V GRAYLING and becomes the newest member of a 5-vessel f
Vesper Marine Beacons Used in MH370 Hunt
Vesper Marine’s Virtual AIS Beacons are employed in the search for lost Malaysian airliner MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. The international search team is a closely coordinated effort between United States-based Phoenix International, Dutch engineering company Fugro and the governments of Austr
Donuzlav Finalizes Mediterranean Sea Campaign
Hydrographic ship of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF), named “Donuzlav”, has completed its research campaign in the Mediterranean Sea. For a month trekking crew and specialists, led by Chief Hydrographic Service BSF Captain 1st Rank Mikhail Voroshilov, conducted comprehensive studies of selected areas of t