The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published ‘Guidelines for installing ROV systems on vessels or platforms’ (IMCA R018). The new publication is aimed at vessel and platform owner/operators and designers; ROV contractor representatives; client and contractor staff who prepar
Santos announced that oil production has commenced ahead of schedule and on budget from the $490 million Fletcher Finucane project in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. The Fletcher Finucane development was sanctioned in January 2012 and consists of a three-well subsea tie-back to the e
Advanced Navigation has announced the release of their Sublocus underwater navigation systems. Sublocus is an underwater inertial navigation system that features high accuracy north seeking fibre optic gyroscopes and accelerometers with a GPS receiver and pressure depth sensor. These are fused toget
CGG announced that Jason, a CGG company specializing in seismic reservoir characterization software and services, has added a powerful new product, 3D Interpretation, to its reservoir characterization software suite. The new software helps asset appraisal and development teams achieve a more thoroug
Tunisiana and Orange Tunisia announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Interoute, the owner operator of Europe’s largest next generation network, for the commissioning of a submarine cable, called Didon, connecting the city of Kélibia, Tunisia to Interoute’s pan European fiber optic netw
1. Subsea 7 Secures Contract from Pemex Offshore Mexico Subsea 7 S.A. announced a contract award by Pemex to its Mexican joint venture valued at approximately $90 million. 2. Hallin Gets EnQuest Contract for North Sea IRM Project Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, has secured a contr
Two key promotions to the management team at Saab Seaeye come as the world leader in underwater vehicles significantly expands its engineering and its customer support capabilities. Newly promoted to Engineering Manager is Terry Wood, with Chris Henderson promoted to Customer Support Manager. Terry
During last week, Eco Wave Power’s founders, Mr. David Leb (Founder and CEO) and Ms. Inna Braverman (Co-Founder & Marketing Director) arrived to Kempinski Hotel in Beijing in order to sign an initial collaboration agreement between EWP and a Chinese Governmental fund. The agreement was executed in a
International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has published a report on the marine environment at Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of owner E.ON. This report is one of the operational year commitments under planning required for by the Marine Environment Monitoring Plan (MEMP). Th
In April, Hydrex diver/technician team performed successful propeller blade straightening operations on two vessels at anchorage in Kalundborg, Denmark. First the bent blades of a 225–meter bulk carrier were restored. The team then straightened the damaged blades of 158-meter reefer in the same loca
Gulfstream Services Inc (GSI), provider of cutting edge equipment to the international oil and gas industry, has successfully completed two six figure decommissioning contracts with major oil and gas service companies, Helix Well Ops UK and Dof Subsea. The Helix contract was part of the BP North Wes
The US oil and gas sector could soon see a raft of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity as a result of the new regulations brought in following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A new piece of research carried out by independent oil and gas industry technical advisory, GL Noble
A Hydrex diver/technician team mobilized to Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A. last month to remove the bow thruster of a 294-meter container vessel. The unit needed to be overhauled. Hydrex performed the operation underwater in a very short time frame. This made it possible for the owner to keep his vessel
On May 15th, RIEGL won the Geospatial World Award in the category Geospatial Technology Innovation Surveying at the Geospatial World Forum Conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, for the RIEGL VQ-820-G. The RIEGL VQ-820-G introduced the world’s first “tightly coupled”, shallow water, land and smar
