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Faroe Secures New Licensing Options in Celtic Sea (Ireland)
Faroe Petroleum announces the award of three new Licensing Options (LO 14/1, 14/2 and 14/3) by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the Celtic Sea, Republic of Ireland. The two-year Licensing Options are located on the southern margin of the North Celtic Sea basin, in rel
EMGS Wins 3D Survey Gig Off Malaysia
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a letter of intent worth $6.8 million from an International Oil Company for 3D EM data acquisition in Malaysia. “We are pleased to announce the first of several new projects in Asia. Due to increased demand for our EM services among new and existin
Benthic Moves into New HQ
Benthic, a geosciences company, has relocated to its new Technology Center in Houston, Texas. The new facility, located in Hammerly Business Park at 1805 Brittmoore Road houses Benthic’s Research and Development, Training Center, US maintenance facility and the Company’s headquarters. The facility c
Spectreum Gets Brokerage Rights for Madagascar Seismic Data
Spectrum and OMNIS (Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Stratégiques) in Madagascar have signed an agreement where Spectrum assumes exclusive brokerage rights to the majority of the vintage seismic data located both offshore and onshore Madagascar. The various datasets total over 69,000 km
Petrobras Hits Gas in Espirito Santo Basin
Petrobras has discovered a new gas accumulation in the Espírito Santo Basin post-salt cluster. The discovery was made when drilling well 3-BRSA-1259-ESS (ANP nomenclature)/ 3-ESS-222 (Petrobras nomenclature), known as Tanganika, at a water depth of 1,043 meters, within the Malombe Discovery Evaluati
Endurance Finds Shipwreck of S.S. Connaught
Endurance Exploration Group, Inc. announces the successful completion of Phase 1 of “Project Sailfish” with the identification of the wreck believed to be that of the S.S. Connaught, a mid-19th century steamship reportedly lost with a cargo of gold coins. The S.S. Connaught Built in Ireland and laun
DeepOcean Completes Liwan 3-1 Works Off China
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has completed substantial works in China on the Liwan 3-1 Project. Liwan 3-1 is part of the Liwan gas project, 300 km southeast of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, that also includes Liuhua 34-2 and Liuhua 29-1 fields. All three f
Top News of the Week of Sep 29 – Oct 05, 2014
1. EMAS Offshore Launches Singapore IPO EMAS Offshore, formerly known as EOC, has launched public offering of shares following the registration of its prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in conjunction with the proposed listing on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange Secur
Cape Nets Magnus Life Extension Project from BP
Cape plc, an international leader in the provision of critical industrial services to the energy and natural resources sectors, announces the award of a contract with BP to supply its services within the Magnus Life Extension project, MLXP. MLXP is a project being undertaken by BP as part of its Nor
Oceanographic RV “Admiral Vladimirsky” En Route to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Oceanographic research ship of the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet (BF) “Admiral Vladimirsky” left the port of Pevek and is heading for the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The vessel is expected to arrive at its destination in about 10 days. During the visit to Pevek the crew met with local of
Pelamis Redeploys Wave Measurement Buoys at Farr Point
Continuing the work of Pelamis Wave Power on wave farm project development in parallel with technology demonstration and development, two wave measurement buoys have now been redeployed off the north coast of Scotland, at the location of the Farr Point wave farm site. The wave buoys, which were firs
Eolien Plans OWFs Seabed Clearance Off France
Eolien Maritime France, a subsidiary of EDF EN France and Dong Energy Power Holding, has issued a tender for seabed surveys to be carried out at a number of locations offshore France. The company requires side-scan sonar and multi-beam echo-sounder survey services to execute seabed clearance on appr
Subsea 7 Chooses Trelleborg’s Thermal Insulation for Erha North
Trelleborg’s offshore operation has secured a contract to supply its high temperature thermal insulation material for phase two of the Erha North project, Nigeria. Appointed by subsea engineering, construction and services company, Subsea 7, Trelleborg will supply several tonnes of its high temperat
VARD to Build New Offshore Support Vessel for Island Offshore
Vard Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has secured a new contract with Island Offshore for the construction of one offshore support vessel. The total value of the contract is close to NOK 300 million ($46 million). The vessel is