Subsea
Polarcus Improves in Q2
Polarcus Limited, a pure play marine geophysical company with a pioneering environmental agenda, specializing in high-end towed streamer data acquisition, has released its second quarter 2014 financial statements. The Company recorded higher revenue per vessel and improved margins in Q2 2014 compare
GOSEA Nets Two Ship Management Gigs
SeaEnergy’s recently established joint venture (JV) GOSeaEnergy Ship Management Limited (GOSEA) has this week been awarded the ship management of two more vessels. GOSEA was established in June 2014, as a JV between Go Offshore (Asia) Pte Ltd. a Singapore based shipping company and SeaEnergy Ship Ma
Schlumberger Awared Drilling Services for Statoil
Schlumberger Norway has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide integrated drilling services for the Norwegian continental shelf licenses Gullfaks, Gullfaks Satellites, Snorre, Statfjord , Tordis/Vigdis, Visund.The agreement also covers exploration drilling on the Norwegian continental shelf
Kongsberg, Hydroid Open Signup for 2015 AUVX Forum
Kongsberg Maritime and its subsidiary Hydroid, Inc., the manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), today announced that members of the global AUV community are invited to join them at their AUVX Users Forum in Annapolis, Maryland, from September 21 to 25, 2015. Registration is officiall
J2 Subsea Launches Base in New Iberia (US)
J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, has opened a new facility in New Iberia, Louisiana, to make its extensive range of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) tools more readily available for subsea operations in the Gulf of Mexico. This facility, which includes a new hydraulic workshop for tool preparation, serv
MRV Alba na Mara in New Subsea Survey (UK)
The MRV Alba na Mara cruise will be conducting the survey below in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage. The purpose of the cruise is to investigate the distribution and quality of benthic biotopes around Scotland. The data are required to underpin designation and management of the new suit of
DEPLA Anchor Developed for Deep Water Use (AUS)
An innovative offshore anchor designed by researchers at The University of Western Australia has already been snapped up by Dutch anchor specialists Vryhof Anchors. The Dynamically Embedded Plate Anchor (DEPLA) was developed by Associate Professor Conleth O’Loughlin, from UWA’s Centre for Offshore F
Offshore Industry Must Take Better Care of Overweight Workers
The UK oil and gas industry will have to take steps to be more accommodating to overweight employees, a leading North East law firm has said. Kirk Tudhope, employment lawyer and partner with Ledingham Chalmers, explained that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is currently considering whether being
MBARI Conducts Deep-Sea Animals Respiration Research
The Midwater Ecology lab is conducting research from the R/V Western Flyer this week, using ROV Doc Ricketts to deploy and recover the Midwater Respirometry System (MRS). Project lead on the MRS, Kim Reisenbichler uses the MRS to measure respiration of deep-sea animals in their habitat, a more accur
AGR Training Director Talks on Reservoir Modelling
The workshop, convened by the SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists) and co-supported by AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists), SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers), EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers) and the SPWLA (Society of Petrophysicists & Well Log Analys
APEM Selected for Seabed Survey (UK)
APEM has won a major contract to collect and analyse over 1,000 samples from the seabed in the eastern English Channel and off the south coast, for eight marine aggregate operators with licensed interests across the region. Offshore surveys organised by APEM will collect 1,060 ‘grab’ samples of the
VIDEO: Foundation Setup on Borkum Riffgrund 1 OWF
Last week, all 77 monopile foundations were successfully installed at the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German North Sea. Installation was carried out using a noise mitigation system to lower the impact on adjacent marine life. It is the first time ever that this system has been used
Tasik Subsea to Build New Subsea Vessel in China
John Giddens, who built Hallin Marine into a global subsea services player after starting it from a container in his back garden, has re-entered the industry with the announcement of the build of a 105m subsea operations, diving and ROV support vessel. The contract for the construction of the vessel
Leidos to Perform Hydrographic Surveying for NOAA
Leidos, a national security, health and engineering solutions company, has been awarded a prime contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Coast Survey (OCS) to provide hydrographic surveying services. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity