Subsea
ASL to Supply Sonar Instruments for OOI CGSN
The Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) announced ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. will provide Un-Cabled Bio-acoustic Sonar Instruments for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN). WHOI, an implementing organ
Temporary Shutdown of Nord Stream Due to Maintenance
Nord Stream AG will be conducting long-planned annual maintenance works on its twin gas pipeline system between June 24 and July 4, 2014. These routine maintenance works will require a temporary shutdown first of both lines at once, then of each line separately. These works are an essential part of
Oceanscience Provides Gear for Fiordland Park Survey
Two complete Oceanscience Underway SV systems including the Valeport Rapid SV profiler were recently supplied by Swathe Services (Australia) to IXSurvey Australia ahead of a challenging hydrographic survey project in the Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. Rapidly changing sound velocity caused by
US Navy Orders Four Iver3 AUVs from OceanServer
OceanServer Technology has received orders for 4 new Iver3 AUVs across 3 different US Navy contracts. The new vehicles will include two standard Iver3-580 units and two new Iver3-450 Nano AUVs. The Iver3 Nano AUVs represent a new class of very small lightweight AUVs weighing less than 39 Lbs with mo
DECC Retracts Funding for Skerries Tidal Stream Array
The Skerries Tidal Stream Array, owned by Marine Current Turbine (MCT) subsidiary Sea Generation (Wales) Ltd, has been notified by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) that the conditional offer of funding under DECC’s Marine Energy Array Demonstration Fund (MEAD) has been withdrawn. Whi
Dräger Develops Drägersorb for Saturation Divers
Dräger Marine & Offshore, part of the Dräger Group, is among the leading providers of safety solutions in the Oil & Gas industry with its Drägersorb product used by saturation divers. With safety one of the top priorities for the Health and Safety Executive’s Offshore Division, and with manned divin
Aquamarine Power Begins Oyster Refit
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power has successfully removed both cylinder modules from their Oyster 800 wave machine as part of a comprehensive summer overhaul, with the firm aiming to recommence Oyster power generation in the autumn. The 800kW test machine, located at the European Marine Energy C
GulfSlope Secures 21 Leases in Gulf of Mexico Sale 231
GulfSlope Energy announced that the Company has received notice of award and has completed all requirements for 21 offshore lease blocks for which it was the high bidder at offshore lease sale 231, central Gulf of Mexico, conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). With the conclusion
SapuraKencana Secures Work for $415 Mln in Malaysia and Thailand
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has been awarded two new Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) contracts totalling approximately US$415 million (RM1.3 billion) in areas offshore Malaysia and Thailand by Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company Sdn Bhd (CPOC) and Hess
DCN Launches New Hyperbaric Test and Training Centre
DCN Diving, the Dutch diving contractor based in Bergen op Zoom, has opened a new hyperbaric testing and training centre. Unique in the Netherlands and indeed uncommon anywhere in the world. In a hall alongside the company’s head office, a permanent professional centre has been established, in which
MonArb Jacket Sailway from OGN Yard (UK)
The OGN Group has delivered a 5745 tonne steel Jacket for Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited’s MonArb Area Redevelopment Project (MAR) which will help unlock further oil reserves from the UK North Sea. The North East England-based company has completed the design and construction of the 118metre tal
Competentia Buys Argonauta, Expands in USA
Competentia, an international oil and gas project management and engineering recruitment consultancy, has acquired Houston-headquartered Argonauta Group of companies, in a cash and stock transaction. Argonauta provides senior consultants to the oil and gas majors, primarily for the drilling and subs
Lundin Petroleum Kicks Off Malaysian Drilling Campaign
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has spudded the Tembakau-2 appraisal well in Block PM307, offshore Malaysia. The well will target stacked gas reservoirs in Miocene aged sands in a large, low-relief, structure discovered by Lundin Petroleum’s Tembakau-1 in late 2012. The discovery well penetra
Kongsberg Maritime Enhances OE14-408 Digital Stills Camera
Kongsberg Maritime, a leading developer of underwater imaging products has further enhanced its high resolution digital stills camera the OE14-408, through the addition of an Ethernet control interface and a new, ergonomically designed graphical user interface. The OE14-408 with its 1/1.7” CCD senso