Subsea
Statoil Opens New Research Centre for Improved Oil Recovery
Minister of petroleum and energy Tord Lien opened Statoil’s new research centre for improved oil recovery (IOR) at Rotvoll in Trondheim, mid-Norway. A key element in reaching Statoil’s 60% recovery rate ambition on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) is now in place. Statoil’s head of research Lar
NOAA Issues Positive Findings on Petition to Delist Humpback Whales
NOAA Fisheries is announcing a positive 90-day finding on a petition to designate the Central North Pacific stock of the endangered humpback whale as a Distinct Population Segment and delist it under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Scientists estimate there are a minimum of 5,833 of this populatio
Galp Spuds TAO-1 Offshore Morocco
Tangiers Petroleum Limited has advised that the Ralph Coffman jack-up rig commenced drilling operations at the TAO-1 exploration well, offshore Morocco on the 26th June 2014. The TAO-1 well is located within a proven petroleum system, adjacent to the Cap Juby heavy oil discovery and has been designe
Businesses Invited to Invest in Marine Renewable Energy to Help Power UK
Businesses across the south coast are being called upon to develop innovative technologies which will provide renewable energy for the UK. More than 100 firms have been invited to an event on Thursday 26 June – to identify new methods and opportunities for harnessing the power of the English Channel
Kongsberg, Hydroid to Host 2015 AUVX Users Forum
Kongsberg Maritime and Hydroid, Inc. have invited global AUV community to Annapolis, Maryland. Attendees will be immersed in the latest information from the exciting world of underwater autonomy. Through interactive workshops, informative panel discussions and product demonstrations, existing users
PSA Carries Out Audit of Faroe Development Licences
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Faroe Petroleum AS (Faroe) as a licensee in development licences. Objective The objective of the activity was to audit the company’s fulfilment of its licensee obligations. The main elements of the audit related to management sy
Australia: MacArtney Delivers TRIAXUS ROTV to CSIRO
MacArtney has supplied a TRIAXUS remotely operated towed underwater vehicle to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, and one of the largest and most diverse agencies in the world. The TRIAXUS underwater vehicle will be utilised
North Energy Buys Into Tullow’s North Sea Licence
North Energy has entered into an agreement with Tullow Oil Norge AS which gives it a 10 percent holding in production licence 507. The operator is planning an exploration well on the “Lupus” oil prospect, with spudding scheduled for late June. This well will be drilled by Borgland Dolphin in about 1
Costa Crociere: Genoa Most Suitable for Costa Concordia Dismantling and Recycling
At the end of the Conferenza dei Servizi meeting held in Rome, Costa Crociere reaffirms the motivations for the choice of the transportation of the Concordia wreck in Genoa for its dismantling and recycling: Genoa is the only Italian port in which demolition and recycling activities can start immedi
Hurricane Energy Satisfied with Lancaster Trials
Hurricane Energy plc, has successfully completed the testing phase of its key horizontal appraisal well in the Lancaster fractured basement oil discovery West of Shetland. The well will be suspended as a future producer. Production tests achieved a sustainable oil flow rate using an Electrical Subme
Subsea 7 Takes Delivery of Heavy Duty ORTs from Sonardyne
Subsea engineering, construction and installation company, Subsea 7, has taken delivery of a consignment of acoustic release transponders and accompanying heavy duty release frames from Sonardyne International Ltd. The Oceanographic Release Transponders (ORTs) will be used, up to 17 at a time, to as
VIDEO: Hydroid’s REMUS in ‘Exercise Tiger’ Shoot
A successful partnership between Hydroid Inc. (a KONGSBERG company) and Kongsberg GeoAcoustics has produced the first high-definition images of two WWII U.S. Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) that lie off the coast of South Devon, UK. The vessels were sunk on April 28, 1944 by German torpedo boats that inte
CTI’s SonarWiz Now Supports EdgeTech Real-Time Bathymetry Systems
Chesapeake Technology Inc. (CTI) announces a major advance to its flagship software SonarWiz processing with the addition of a Real-Time Acquisition Server for the EdgeTech 4600 and recently introduced EdgeTech 6205 interferometric bathymetry systems. The EdgeTech bathymetry systems are unique in th
New Highest Priority Area in Search for Missing Flight MH370
Today Australia, Malaysia and China announced the search area in the southern Indian Ocean, which represents the highest priority for future search efforts for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. An expert satellite working group has reviewed all existing information in order to define a search