Subsea
Oceanlinx Applies for Wave Energy Development Licence Off South Australia
Oceanlinx, a South Wales-based company, has applied to the Essential Services Commission (ESC) for a licence to produce power from waves. A generator which would produce power from waves pushing air through a turbine is being built off the coast of Port MacDonnell, ABC News reports. ESC said that th
Jumbo Awarded Contract to Install 126 Gravity Anchors in Deep Water
Jumbo has been awarded a contract by Malaysian pipelay contractor, Sigur Ros. Under the contract Jumbo, with the HLV Fairplayer will oversee transportation and installation of 126 gravity anchor spreads in water depths up to 1,400m, starting end 2013-beginning 2014. Project management and Engineerin
Noble Energy Announces Gas Discovery at Troubadour in Gulf of Mexico
Noble Energy, Inc. announced a discovery at the Troubadour exploration prospect in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well, located in Noble Energy’s Big Bend/Troubadour “Rio Grande” area, is located in 7,273 feet of water on Mississippi Canyon Block 699 and was drilled to a total depth of 19,510 fee
Friesland Participates at Naval Shore in Rio de Janeiro
Friesland cable participated again at the “Naval Shore” in Rio de Janeiro / Brazil together with its local representative. Innovations, such as the offshore cable SHF2 for use in the harshest conditions were highly recommended. Friesland’s new section Marine Data Technology attracted great interest
Protection of Great Barrier Reef Vital for Continued Queensland Tourism Growth
The strong growth in interstate visitors to Queensland revealed in the National Visitor Survey released can only be maintained or grow if the state’s premier natural attraction is protected, according to the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS). The Great Barrier Reef sustains a $6 billion
Veripos Appoints Business Development Manager for Scandinavia
Due to the continued growth of its Norwegian market, Veripos has appointed Thomas Skattum as Business Development Manager for the Scandinavia Region, responsible for all aspects of developing and securing new business for Veripos in all market sectors for customers based in this key region. Skattum
NOC Prepares Autosub for Ambitious Antarctic Mission
A team of British scientists is making final preparations for an ambitious science mission that will use the National Oceanography Centre-provided Autosub underwater vehicle to monitor recent ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. They aim to discover what’s causing the recent rapid ice loss fr
VSMC Completes First Part of Cable Laying Works at Nordsee Ost
Last week, VSMC completed the first part of laying 52 infield cables for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. VSMC started their work on 3 August and completed the installation of the 25 cables within a month and ahead of schedule. VSMC was able to bring the start of the project forward by temporaril
BP Awards Over £1 Bln in Contracts for Re-Development of Quad 204
BP announced that it, and its partners, have now awarded over £1 billion in contracts to UK-based companies to provide services and equipment for the major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of Shetland. The project to redevelop the fields, which are operated by BP o
Ithaca Announces Successful Test Results of Stella Development Well
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces completion of a highly successful flow test on the first development well drilled on the Stella field and provides a progress update on the Greater Stella Area development activities. Highlights – The first Stella field development well, “A1”, flowed at a maximum rate of
Veripos Introduces New GNSS Mobile for Offshore Positioning
Aberdeen-based Veripos, the leading supplier of high-precision GNSS positioning services to the world offshore industry, has extended its range of integrated mobile receiver units with introduction of a new multi-frequency system featuring GNSS heading, L-band positioning and wireless communication
Gazprom Takes Part in RAO/CIS Offshore 2013 Conference
St. Petersburg hosted yesterday the opening of the 11th International Conference for Oil and Gas Resources Development in the Russian Arctic and CIS Continental Shelf (RAO/CIS Offshore 2013). A Gazprom delegation is taking part in the event. Valery Golubev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management
Statoil Discovers Oil in Svale North Prospect
Statoil has together with partners in PL128 made an oil discovery in the Svale North prospect in the Norwegian Sea, approximately nine kilometres northeast of the Norne field. Exploration well 6608/10-15, drilled by the Songa Trym drilling rig, has proven a 45 metre oil column in the Åre formation a
Fugro Acquires DCN Global LLC
Fugro has reached agreement to acquire DCN Global LLC (‘DCN Global’), a company specialising in the provision of subsea engineering and diving services to the offshore civil and oil & gas industry, primarily in the Middle East. Over the last four decades Fugro has firmly established itself as the le