The Board of Pelamis Wave Power has appointed founder and current Commercial Director, Richard Yemm, as Chief Executive Officer. Richard will take up his new function from 1 June 2013 and replaces Per Hornung Pedersen who had been leading the company since September 2011. Per will remain as an advis
CARIS and Kongsberg recently teamed up to conduct a five-day joint acquisition and processing workshop with Servicio de Oceanografia, Hidrografia y Meteorologia de la Armada (SOHMA) in Montevideo, Uruguay. Thirty-five attendees from hydrographic organizations and survey companies from Argentina, Bra
SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird”) announces that Voyager Explorer has been awarded two contracts in the Asia Pacific region. The total contract value is approximately USD 10 million and commencement is within the next days. Contract duration is estimated to 60 days. M/V Voyager Explorer is capable
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) and Royal Volker Wessels Stevin N.V. (VolkerWessels) have signed a Letter of Intent to set up a joint venture combining their forces in the field of cable installation. Boskalis and VolkerWessels will each hold a 50% stake in Visser & Smit Marine Contractin
DNV and WWF have announced ideas on how to develop a research concept vessel that can address the seemingly intractable problems associated with cleaning up the plastic debris that is accumulating in the world’s ocean gyres. The pathways and degradation processes of plastic in the ocean are still la
Nautronix announced further enhancement to the functionality and future support of the existing legacy Nautronix NASDrill USBL acoustic positioning systems. The new NASDrill USBL MK II directional interrogate / receive Hydrophone (PN 8010-6200) replaces all previous Hydrophone models and incorporate
Jasper Investment Limited announces that its subsidiary, Jasper Offshore (Cyprus) Ltd, has incorporated two wholly owned subsidiaries in Singapore, namely Jasper Management Services Pte. Ltd. (“JMSPL”) and Jasper (Congo) Pte. Ltd. (“JCPL”). The principal activity of JMSPL is to provide management an
Statoil accepts a fine of NOK 30 million following the well control incident on the Gullfaks C platform in 2010. Earlier this year, Statoil was fined by the public prosecutor for Rogaland county following the well control incident that occurred on Gullfaks C on 19 May 2010. The company has decided t
International oilfield services company, Expro, has been recognised for the ninth consecutive year by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for its outstanding global safety record. Expro has been awarded a RoSPA Commendation for excellence in health and safety at work within the
Geospace Technologies announced that Gary D. Owens, Geospace Technologies’ Chairman, President & CEO will speak on Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at the GHS-100 Energy Conference sponsored by Global Hunter Securities to be held in Chicago. Geospace Technologies Corporation designs and manufactures instrum
The ASCO Group, a leading international oil and gas services company, has announced that it has appointed Matt Thomas as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its Australasia region, effective 3rd June 2013. Matt joins ASCO from one of the of the world’s leading inspection and certification companies, SG
Ocean frontier explorer and world-renowned filmmaker James Cameron has been named by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the recipient of the 2013 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. Cameron delivered a presentation on his record-setting DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expediti
The subsea industry is doing incredibly well, but is facing challenges such as escalating costs. This is the opinion of Kristian Siem, Chairman of Subsea7 and keynote speaker at UTC 2013. – The cost level in the oil industry has risen rapidly, and is out of step with other sectors. As a result, a nu
The Australian Greens announced a new policy in Brisbane to stop offshore dumping of dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef, being dug up at record rates for new coal and gas ports. “It’s time Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott started treating the Great Barrier Reef as a natural wonder of the world and
