Subsea
COSL Completes Seismic Survey in Block 33/07, East China Sea
Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. announced that its contractor, China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL), has completed the 3D seismic survey of 600 sq. km in Block 33/07, East China Sea announced by Primeline on March 31, 2014. The survey commenced on March 31 and as the weather and sea conditions were go
KONGSBERG Delivers GeoSwath Plus to Port of Duisburg
Duisburg Hafen AG, the owner of the public Port of Duisburg has decided to upgrade their survey capability from a previously used single beam echosounder to the wide swath bathymetry system GeoSwath Plus. The system provides full bathymetry coverage of the harbour basins with unprecedented resolutio
TGS Faces Charges for Tax Violation
Økokrim, the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime, has presented a criminal charge against TGS for violation of the Norwegian Tax Assessment Act and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act related to a contract entered into with Skeie Energy
Statoil Starts Martin Drilling in Gulf of Mexico
Statoil announced that it has started its latest Gulf of Mexico exploration campaign. It started drilling Martin, a high-impact prospect, on 20 April. “We consider Martin one of the top prospects in our global portfolio,” says Jez Averty, senior vice president of exploration for Statoil in North Ame
TGS Deploys Two Vessels for Surveys Offshore Eastern Canada
TGS announces the expansion of multi-client 2D surveys offshore Eastern Canada with plans to acquire more than 30,000 km of seismic data, in partnership with PGS, utilizing two vessels during the 2014 acquisition season. The M/V Sanco Spirit, utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer® technology, will acquire s
Cable Hardware Adds Productivity to PGS’ 3D Seismic Acquisition Vessels
The launch of the Ramform Titan class marine seismic data acquisition ships by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) mark a new era of subsea oil and gas exploration. The second of these vessels, the Ramform Atlas was launched in January, 2014. The Ramform Titan and Ramform Atlas are designed and built by PG
Tullow Continues Its Campaign Offshore Ghana
Tullow Oil plc has released an operation update for its TEN development project and Jubilee Field, offshore Ghana. The Jubilee Field has been a great success for Tullow, since it started with production in 2010. Tullow is looking to maximize opportunities in the Jubilee Field and keep the production
Statoil to Use Subsea Facilities in 169 Svalin
Statoil has received consent to use pipelines and subsea production facilities and implement changes at Grane in production licence 169 Svalin. Svalin is eight kilometres south-west of the Grane field. Water depth is around 120 metres. Svalin has been developed using a multi-branch well from the Gra
DNS to Host Decommissioning Markets Analysis Event at OTC
The Gulf of Mexico (GoM) is one of the most important regions for energy resources and infrastructure, producing 370 million barrels of oil and 1,103 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2013, worth an estimated $40 billion. As the industry matures, record levels of infrastructure are facing decommi
Shell’s Petrophysicist to Lecture at SPE Aberdeen Event
Shell UK, principle petrophysicist and SPE Aberdeen Board Member, Alan Johnson is set to ‘demystify petrophysics’ at a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen event this week. Johnson, who joined Shell in 2001 as a petrophysicist and has been working in the oil industry for 39 years. will outl
C-Innovation Orders Six UHD-III ROVs from FMC Technologies
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received an order from C-Innovation to supply a fleet of six UHD-III Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) systems for its subsea operations business. The ROV systems will be supplied by FMC Technologies’ Schilling Robotics business unit and are expected to be
WeSubsea Appoints Frontier Subsea as Canada Distributor
WeSubsea and Frontier Subsea have reached an agreement that will allow WeSubsea to deliver their equipment and services to the Canadian subsea market through Frontier Subsea. Atlantic Canada is characterized by iceberg prone waters, challenging sea states, long winters and increasingly deep drilling
CDT Gets Certified for All Levels Diver Training
After over three years of development, Commercial Diver Training Ltd, based in the West of England, has successfully achieved accreditation from the health and safety executive (HSE) to conduct all levels of commercial air diver training, from marine biologists to offshore oil rig and wind farm dive
Atlantis, Lenhydroproject to Develop Tidal Power Projects in Australia
Atlantis Resources Limited, the AIM-listed vertically integrated turbine supplier and project owner in the tidal power industry, and JSC Lenhydroproject (a 100%-owned subsidiary of RusHydro) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding about cooperation on prospective tidal power projects in Australia.