Subsea
Petroceltic, Edison Awarded New Exploration Licence (Egypt)
Petroceltic International’s joint venture comprising Petroceltic and Edison International Spa (Edison) has secured the North Port Fouad Block, in the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company 2013 International Bid Round. North Port Fouad (Block 7), is located offshore the Nile Delta and lies to the nort
SEGC Topo to Conduct Bathymetric Survey Off Nice
SEGC Topo has, through tender procedure, secured a contract by Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur for bathymetric survey services. The contract has a value of approximately $137,000 (106,000 EUR). The work consists of bathymetry surveys of the seabed in the region of the Metropolis Nice Cote d’Azur, includi
Polarcus Inks LoI for West Africa 3D Seismic Survey
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will commence in Q4 2014 and is expected to run for approximatel
Petrobras Gets Nod to Deploy 13 FPSOs in Santos Basin by 2017
Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) issued a preliminary license to Petrobras for the installation of 13 FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) vessels in the Santos Basin by 2017. The FPSOs will be installed between 200 and 300 km away from the co
UK Ministry of Defence to Acquire New UUVs
UK Ministry of Defence, Ships from Bristol has issued a tender for the provision of unmanned underwater vehicles. The tenders are required to supply two unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) with side scan sonar and bathymetric capability (conductivity and temperature Sensors), navigation system, thro
MacArtney Norge to Supply Cables for IMR’s MUST System
MacArtney Norge AS has, through tender procedure, secured a contract for the supply of electro-optical cables for the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research’s (IMR) MUST system on the “G.O. Sars” research vessel. The contract has a value of approximately 965,000 NOK (152,217 USD). MUST (Multi-Usage
Newbuild Dive Support Vessel Arrives in Western Australia
Neptune Marine Services Limited announces that the Bhagwan Dryden, a new-build Dive Support Vessel, built in collaboration with Bhagwan Marine, has arrived in Dampier, Western Australia. As first announced to the ASX on 28 August 2012, the Bhagwan Dryden is a state-of-the-art 57 metre DP2 hybrid cat
Phoenix Wins SUPSALV Support Contract
Phoenix International Holdings Inc., Largo, Maryland, is being awarded a $75,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award fee contract for worldwide undersea deep ocean search and recovery operations and associated services to support the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor
Farm-Out Discussions on Lansdowne Exploration Prospects On-Going
Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc (“Lansdowne”) announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Lansdowne is an upstream oil and gas company, focused on exploration and appraisal activities in the North Celtic Sea Basin, off the south coast of Ireland. The Company has targeted the Irish o
IAGC Names New President
After a three-month long search process, the International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) Board of Directors has announced that Ken Wells has been elected as the organization’s president. Wells come to IAGC with a diverse career that includes oil and gas safety consulting and associat
Aquatera Hosts Kamaishi Science Students
Aquatera has welcomed six Japanese students and two teachers from the Kamaishi Super Science High School, in the city of Kamaishi, Japan. The students were on a fact-finding trip to learn about Orkney’s world renowned renewable energy industry and also to meet with pupils from the county’s secondary
VIDEO: FPSO Petrojarl Knarr Sailaway
Petrojarl Knarr is one of Teekay’s largest FPSO projects to date. In 2011, Teekay Corporation announced an agreement to provide BG Norge Limited with a FPSO unit for the Knarr field. Earler this week, the new floating production vessel Petrojarl Knarr has arrived from Korea at Aibel’s shipyard in Ha
Wild Well Unveils Subsea Capping Stack for Global Market
Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company and a global leader in firefighting and well control, has unveiled its new subsea capping stack for response to a global deepwater well control incident. The subsea capping stack, located in Singapore, is a part of Wild Well’s comprehensi
Searcher Seismic Begins Acquisition of Mialara 2D Survey
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with the Philippines Department of Energy, and in conjunction with SeaBird Exploration, announces that acquisition of the Mialara 2D seismic survey, East of Palawan in the Philippines has started. The ~5,000 km survey over a 10 by 10 km grid in the Mialara sub-basin i