Kongsberg Maritime’s Vice President of Business Development, Nils Albert Jenssen has become an Honourary Member of the Norwegian Society of Automatic Control (NFA). The award was presented during the NFA’s annual meeting at Gardermoen Park Inn Hotel on the 25th April. The award is given to individua
Today, the Government presented its proposal to open for petroleum activity in the south-eastern Barents Sea. “This is a historic day. Opening the first new region for petroleum activity since 1994 will allow us to explore new, promising areas for oil and gas, provide new opportunities and new impet
There is only less than a month to go until Accelerate Oil & Gas 2013 and it is promising great opportunities for those who are attending the event on 21-22 May at the Windsor Barra Hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Firstly, the event is taking place in such an occasion making the intermission in between [&h
Study areas for the six Danish sites designated for offshore wind farms are now established and Energinet.dk is ready to initiate feasibility studies and environmental impact assessments (EIA) for offshore wind farms, landfall cables and facilities for connection to the mainland. The six areas inclu
Superior Energy Services, Inc. announced net income of $63.7 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, on revenue of $1,135.5 million for the first quarter of 2013. These results compare with the first quarter of 2012 net income from continuing operations of $70.2 million, or $0.55 per diluted share, and
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, in collaboration with two private industry firms, are developing potentially breakthrough technologies to capture vital information from the world’s oceans. Scripps researchers John Orcutt and Jon Berger have developed a Memorandum o
On April 25th, 2013 the solemn keel-laying ceremony of the fourth in the series multipurpose salvage vessel, yard number 704, capacity 4 МW, project MPSV07 took place at Nevsky Shipyard, LLC. The construction of the vessels of the series is carried out in accordance with the State Shipbuilding Contr
On April 24, Brazilian Inace Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony marking the initiation of the construction of the Hydro-Oceanographic ship (NHoFlu) “Rio Branco” (White River). The vessel will be built by Shipbuilding Ceará (Inace) and it is the first ship fully designed by the Ship Design Center o
WFS Technologies, global leader in the delivery of subsea wireless instrumentation and control solutions to the Offshore Oil and Gas and Renewables industries, launches a subsea wireless power solution to complement their existing range of subsea wireless controllers, modems and dataloggers. The WPT
Noble Energy, Inc. announced first quarter 2013 net income of $261 million, or $1.45 per share diluted, and net income from continuing operations of $232 million, or $1.28 per share diluted. Excluding the impact of unrealized commodity derivatives losses and certain other items, first quarter 2013 a
Safety, efficiency and productivity are the key features of the 24-streamer Ramform Titan which was named at MHI yard in Nagasaki, Japan. The new ship will be the most powerful and efficient marine seismic acquisition vessel ever and the widest ship in the world at the waterline. Safety and producti
OceanWorks International announces the successful delivery of a major system upgrade for the first of the Italian Navy’s three Atmospheric Diving Systems (ADS). After its previous refurbishment in 1999, the first Italian HARDSUIT™ was returned to OceanWorks International for the latest configuration
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announced first quarter 2013 revenue of $373 million compared to $363 million for the first quarter 2012. Net income for the first quarter 2013 was $32 million, down from the first quarter 2012 net income of $42 million. Diluted earnings per share for the first quarte
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has completed the refurbishment and upgrade of a 2,500 tonne, 25m diameter reel carousel for Italian offshore contractor Saipem. The reel carousel will be used to transport umbilicals and flowlines from Norway to China on Big Lift heavy lift
