Subsea
NOAA Awards Contracts to Hydrographic Survey Companies
NOAA has granted new five-year contracts to eight private hydrographic survey companies, for projects throughout U.S. coastal waters. Under the new contracts, which cannot exceed $250 million in total, over the five-year period, the companies will provide critical hydrographic data for updating NOAA
Tennet Gets Planning Approval for Subsea Cable NordLink
The Office for Energy Planning Approval of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has issued a planning approval decision for the first section of NordLink interconnector, a planned submarine cable from Norway to Germany. “With this decision, the next important component of the future power system h
Sif Group Gets Dudgeon OWF Monopile Foundation Fabrication Contract
The Dudgeon Wind Farm Limited has awarded the contract for the Monopile Foundation Fabrication for its Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm to Sif Group B.V. The contract covers the procurement, fabrication and assembly of 67 monopiles (MPs) and 67 transition pieces (TPs), including transportation to the Dudg
VIDEO: VideoRay ROV in Christ of the Abyss Shoot
Christ of the Abyss, a popular dive and snorkel attraction in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo Florida, was filmed by a VideoRay Pro 4 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) system. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is a Florida State Park located on Key Largo in Florida, and was the fi
Countdown Begins for Costa Concordia Refloating
Installation of the last sponson, P1, on the port side of the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia has been completed as planned. All sponsons are now in position. Now, ahead of authorization from the Monitoring Observatory, technicians can start to test all the systems for the final refloating
Saipem Awards ShawCor Another South Stream Job
ShawCor Ltd. announced that its field-applied pipeline coatings and services division, Canusa-CPS, has received a contract with a value of approximately Cdn $30 million from Saipem SpA to provide field joint coating services for Line 1 of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The South Stream Offshore
CARIS, ROMOR to Host Streamlined Offshore Survey Processing Tutorial
CARIS and ROMOR, EIVA’s Canadian partner, will host a half day tutorial at the upcoming Oceans 2014 conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada in September. The tutorial titled Streamlined offshore survey processing will focus on the integrated software solution for offshore survey through a sea
DEP Applies to Federal Court to Stop New Jersey Seismic Survey
The Christie Administration is taking legal action to halt a federally approved seismic ocean survey that is scheduled to start this month off the New Jersey coast, and which could adversely impact the state’s vital tourism and fishing industries, and marine life, Department of Environmental Protect
Wintershall Partners Up with Lundin in PL359 Licence (Norway)
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell an additional 15 percent interest in PL359, which contains the Luno II discovery. Lundin Norway will sell a 15 percent interest to W
SeaBotix ROV Surveys AE2 Submarine Wreck
SeaBotix ROV has entered and recorded the interior of Gallipoli’s AE2 submarine, sunk almost a century ago. SeaBotix custom designed vLBV assisted the first archaeological expedition of Australian scientists and historians to enter and record the interior of the HMAS AE2 submarine lying in 72 meters
EMGS: Vessel Utilization in Q2 Down by 3 Percent
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has released information on vessel activity and utilisation for the second quarter 2014. The Company defines “vessel utilisation” as the percentage of the vessel charter period spent on contracted or multi-client data acquisition. Vessel utilisation for the sec
CARIS’ Software Selected by Le Havre Harbour
After taking part in a competitive tender process, CARIS has announced that Le Havre in France has chosen to implement CARIS Bathy DataBASE and Spatial Fusion Enterprise for the management and distribution of their bathymetric data. The harbour of Le Havre, or Grand Port Maritime du Havre, is locate
AGR Wins Petronas Contract
Global oil and gas service company, AGR, has been awarded a software contract with Malaysian oil and gas company, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB). Valued at over 1MUSD, the contract signals a three year partnership with an option to extend for a further two years between AGR and the government-owne
Repsol Discovers Oil Off Trinidad and Tobago
Repsol has made a new hydrocarbons discovery in the Teak field, offshore Trinidad and Tobago, in the TSP block east of the island of Trinidad. The find in the TB14 well has upgraded the northern portion of the Teak B field that was not known to exist before. The newly-discovered area is estimated to