Subsea
GE Oil & Gas Launches GirlsGetSET Initiative in North East of Scotland
GE Oil & Gas announces the launch of its GirlsGetSET initiative in the North East of Scotland. A five-year programme, it has been designed to raise awareness amongst female pupils of the wide range of opportunities available through pursuing a career in the fields of science, engineering and technol
Thailand: Manora Development Progressing Well
Tap Oil Limited provided an update on the Manora oil development project in the Northern Gulf of Thailand (TAP 30% interest). Mubadala Petroleum, the operator of the Manora joint venture, continues to advise that the project is on schedule for commencement of production in late Q3 2014 and that rece
CARIS Holds Conference on Blue Economy
CARIS successfully held its 15th international user group conference in Brest, France during the week of June 2-5, 2014. CARIS 2014, which brought together CARIS users from all over the world, was the largest user conference to-date with approximately 170 delegates from 25 different countries and ov
The Crown Estate: Investment Growth in Scottish Renewables
The 2014 Crown Estate Scotland Report shows a 13.6% increase on net capital investment to £5 million, with a significant proportion of an overall investment over the year supporting Scotland’s emerging low-carbon energy industry. Our total capital investment in Scotland over the last four years now
EMGS Bags North Sea Contract from Tullow Oil
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a signed contract from Tullow Oil Norge AS worth USD 7.7 million for 3D EM data acquisition in the northern part of the North Sea. “We are delighted to work with Tullow again, and also, encouraged to see contract coverage in the Norwegian waters co
Subsea 7 Chooses BMT’s Riser Monitoring for Aasta Hansteen Spar
Subsea 7 has selected BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, to supply the riser monitoring system for the Aasta Hansteen Spar, approximately 300 km off the coast of Norway. The integrated system includes an innovative suite of remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROV
Core Grouting Services Commissions New Grout Mixing and Pumping Unit
Core Grouting Services, an Acteon company, has successfully commissioned a new high volume, high strength grout mixing and pumping unit. The equipment is specifically designed for mixing and pumping high strength grout with a compressive strength of >100 MPa. These grouts are used in offshore founda
No Oil for Ophir in Okala-1 Well (Gabon)
Ophir Energy plc has announced that drilling operations have now ended on the Okala-1 well in the Mbeli Block offshore Gabon. Ophir has a 50% net operated interest. The well was drilled by the Vantage Titanium Explorer drillship to a depth of 4,229m MD targeting Cretaceous sands in the pre-salt sect
Statoil, Kvaerner Enter Into Jackets Delivery Deal
Statoil today enters into a frame agreement with Kvaerner for the delivery of jackets for the North Sea in the period up to 2020. At the same time, the companies will sign a letter of intent for the delivery of two jackets to the Johan Sverdrup field. The frame agreement gives Kvaerner the opportuni
Ceona’s Advisory Committee Gets New Member
SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, announced today it has appointed Jean-Luc Laloë to its Advisory Committee. With over 35 years of experience in the offshore engineering and construction industry, Jean-Luc Laloë has assumed a variety of positions in areas such as engineeri
Nova Scotia’s Energy Minister Visits Most Powerful Tidal Stream Turbine
Nova Scotia’s Minister of Energy and Minister of Communications, Andrew Younger today visited Siemens’ SeaGen tidal energy turbine at Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Siemens-owned Marine Current Turbines (MCT) is pushing ahead with even more ambitious innovation in Canada with the SeaGen-F float
UH Mānoa on Subsea Volcano Expedition
Starting June 25, UH Mānoa will lead an expedition to Loihi Seamount, southeast of the island of Hawaii, whose base remains largely unexplored. Dr. Brian Glazer, lead scientist and Associate Professor of Oceanography, his team from UHM, and colleagues from the University of Minnesota, IFREMER Centre
MBARI Starts Summer Internship Program
MBARI’s summer internship program began earlier this month, with 18 students arriving from across the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Germany. The summer internship is an opportunity for college students to work alongside MBARI staff on a project for ten weeks. The interns are working
Nevsky Shipyard Delivers Spasatel Zaborshchikov Multipurpose Salvage Vessel
Russia’s State Marine Rescue Service has taken delivery of a multipurpose salvage vessel on June 20, 2014. The vessel of project MPSV07 Spasatel Zaborshchikov was built by Nevsky Shipyard and has a length of 73.0 meters and a beam of 15.5 meters. The MPSV07 series vessels are capable of conducting m