Subsea
Petrofac Wins Shah Deniz 2 Support Gig
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has secured a contract with the BP-operated prestigious Shah Deniz 2 project to provide their maintenance build capabilities. The contract, valued at around $ 8.5 million (£5 million), covers new onshore, offshore and pipeline assets
NOC Appoints New Head of BODC (UK)
Dr Graham Allen will take up a permanent position as Head of the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) on 4 August. The BODC’s role is to facilitate high quality research outcomes by connecting stakeholders to oceanographic data and the knowledge from this, with consequential economic, environmen
Huisman Nominated for Best Employer 2014 Award
Huisman the Netherlands has been nominated for the Best Employer 2014 Award (Beste Werkgever) along with 100 other Dutch companies. Every year Effectory and Intermediair Magazine conduct the Best Employer Survey, based on the results of the Employee Engagement Survey conducted earlier this year. Thi
CARIS: MIWB Students Gain New Survey Skills
Students from Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz surveyed Wijde Blik Lake to gain valuable surveying experience. Findings from the survey included dredging marks from peat and sand extraction, as well as some unidentified objects. For the second year in a row CARIS collaborated with industry manufac
Production Starts from Lishui 36-1 Gas Field
CNOOC Limited announced that the Lishui 36-1 gas field has commenced production. Lishui 36-1 gas field is located 150 kilometres away from Wenzhou city Zhejiang province, with an average water depth of approximately 84 meters. The gas field has 4 producing wells, and its primary production facilitie
BP on Track to Meet 2014 Targets
BP has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2014. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter of 2014 was $3.6 billion, 34% higher than the $2.7 billion reported for the same period in 2013 and 13% higher than the $3.2 billion result for the first quarter of 2014. The com
Dolphin: 7-Oceans Named at Maaskant Shipyard in Holland
Dolphin Geophysical attended the naming ceremony of the 7-Oceans new build seismic guard vessel in Maaskant Shipyard, Holland, on the 25th July. This is the first of three new build seismic guard vessel Dolphin will take on long term charter (4 years +) with Rederij Groen. The 7-Oceans will join the
Cooper Lomaz Boosts Energy Team
At a time of unprecedented growth in the development of sustainable energy projects off the UK’s eastern seaboard, Cooper Lomaz Recruitment is expanding its Energy team. Roan Williams, the latest Energy team member, specialises in subsea assignments which cover disciplines including ROV, marine, div
PSA: Improvement Needed on COSLPromoter Rig
Between 24 June and 3 July 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of COSL Drilling Europe A/S (CDE) and the company’s operations using the COSLPromoter drilling rig. The objective of the activity was to monitor that CDE has implemented a system to fulfil the regulator
OPT Faces Extended Legal Investigation
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC is expanding an ongoing investigation to determine whether Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. and certain of its officers and directors made false and misleading statements and/or omissions in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Royal Thai Navy Implements CARIS Enterprise GIS
The Hydrographic Department, Royal Thai Navy (HDRTN) is responsible for surveying the navigable waterways of Thailand and producing official nautical products to serve both the Royal Thai Navy and mariners. In addition, the hydrographic department has the vision to support all dimensions of operatio
MacArtney Delivers Mooring Winch to MBARI
MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) has recently selected a MacArtney MERMAC SC mooring winch solution to empower the deployment and recovery of scientific moorings onboard MBARI vessels R/V Western Flyer and the R/V Rachel Carson. The new mooring winch represents the second MacArtney w
FMC to Use ThinkTank’s ‘CaaS’ Solution
FMC Technologies, Inc., a global provider of equipment and services for the energy industry, has adopted ThinkTank’s Collaboration-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution. FMC Technologies is using ThinkTank to further product innovation, capture knowledge from executive decision making sessions and significan
Apache Strikes Gas in Phoenix South-1
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has advised that gas and indications of associated liquid hydrocarbons were observed in the Phoenix South-1 well prior to a drill bit failure, which has necessitated the drilling of a minor side-track around a small portion of the well bore. In the past two weeks Apache E