Subsea
Kongsberg’s Two Subsea Observatories for CAGE
CAGE, Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate has selected Kongsberg Maritime to develop and deliver two ocean observatories. The observatories will be deployed off the coast of Svalbard (Norwegian islands in the Arctic Ocean) during 2015, to monitor methane leaks from the seabed. The
INTECSEA and OPC Team Up on R2M Concept
OPC has formed an alliance with INTECSEA and signed an MOU that brings together the subsurface expertise of OPC and the subsea facilities, pipeline and topside engineering expertise of INTECSEA/Worley Parsons Group to offer a fully integrated Reservoir to Market (R2M) concept. The R2M model aims t
Minesto Recognized with WWL Orcelle Award
Nordic marine energy technology leader Minesto, founder of the Deep Green Technology, has won The WWL Orcelle Award at the Ocean Exchange Event in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Minesto was awarded the prize for having proved a great potential to accelerate sustainability. The Ocean Exchange Event, which w
NuStar,WFS and Precision Support JAMSTEC’s Subsea Project
WFS Technologies (WFS), NuStar Technologies and Precision have teamed up to offer a subsea wireless datalogging system to support flow metering for JAMSTEC, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. The project being led by NuStar Technologies involves cultivation and extraction of r
Philippines: LCAC First ESV Launching for Hydrographic Survey in Sulu Sea
Expeditionary Survey Vessels (ESV), assigned to the Fleet Survey Team (FST), were launched from a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) for the first time on October 9th during Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX 15). The ESVs were launched from LCAC 29, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, in the Sulu
ROVOP in New HQ by Year-End
Subsea specialist ROVOP is investing more than $6.4 million (£4million) in a new purpose-built headquarters (HQ) including training facilities, a full ROV underwater test facility and an internal 40-tonne overhead crane. The next generation facility at Aberdeenshire’s Westhill area, known as the sub
Statoil’s CEO Resigns
President and CEO Helge Lund has informed Statoil’s board of directors that he will resign. Helge Lund has chosen to leave Statoil to take up the position as CEO of another international oil and gas company. The board of directors has appointed Eldar Sætre as acting president and CEO of Statoil with
Inmarsat Report Casts Further Doubts on MH370 Search
Inmarsat, a part of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau-coordinated search efforts, has published an article, ‘The Search for MH370’, in The Journal of Navigation. The article contains some of the flight path reconstruction analysis, and concludes that “significant uncertainty” remains about the
Heerema to Build Wellhead Platform Jacket for Culzean Project
After a competitive tendering process, Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited (Maersk Oil UK), operator of the Culzean development in the North Sea, has awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the project’s well head platform (WHP) jacket to Heerema Hartlepool Limited
Expro Nets Ichthys Contract Offshore Australia
Leading international oil field services company, Expro, has secured a major new contract to supply a high rate well testing package and ancillary services for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. The contract, worth over $50m, will see Expro provide well testing, large bore subsea landing string
Production Starts from Iracema Discovery, Brazil
BG Group announced the early start of production from the Iracema area in block BM-S-11, one of the Group’s and its partners’ significant discoveries in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The Cidade de Mangaratiba floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is the first unit deployed o
New NCS Decommissioning Company Established
HitecVision, a private equity investor focused on the upstream offshore oil and gas industry, has established CapeOmega, a start-up E&P company focusing on late life production and decommissioning on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). After decades of successful exploration and production of the
PGS Lowers Full Year Expectations
Petroleum Geo-ServiceS (PGS) has during Q3 experienced deteriorating market conditions, including a weakening of the oil price. The cautious spending behavior among oil companies continues to negatively impact bidding activity and pricing levels for marine contract work and makes utilization and ves
PHOTO: AE1 Submarine Found Offshore Papua New Guinea
Royal Australian Navy’s first submarine, the AE1, that sank offshore Papua New Guinea was reported found. The discovery was made by Merlindown system. Merlindown system is used in conjunction with high-definition images from the Landsat 8 satellite, together with the archived images from Landsat 5 a