Concern has been raised over the possible impact of proposed Chatham Rock Phosphate’s mining activities for phosphorite nodules on the crest of the Chatham Rise on the larval, post-larval puerulus, and benthic phases of red rock lobsters, Jasus edwardsii. Due to the restriction of juvenile and adult
Offshore Installation Services (OIS), an Acteon company, has named Mike Earlam as president. Based in the company’s Aberdeen office, Mike will be responsible for driving the development and growth of OIS and will play a key role in exploiting opportunities to work together with other Acteon companie
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced today that Mobile, Ala. has been selected as the shorebase location to house the well containment company’s subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) equipment. MWCC’s SURF equipment is an integral part of the company’s expanded containment syste
Halliburton announced the successful completion of three wells in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico utilizing Halliburton’s Enhanced Single-Trip Multizone (ESTMZ™) FracPac™ System. ESTMZ™ downhole tool system enables the operator to stimulate and gravel pack multiple production zones in a single trip. D
A scientific report accessed by Oceana, has found a 20 % average decrease in posidonia meadows between 2008 and 2012 to the north of Formentera. This decrease has been caused by dozens of vessels that moor illegally above posidonia, destroying the plants with their anchors. Posidonia is a habitat pr
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas company, has announced it was a successful bidder in the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company 2012 International Bid Round that took place on 18th April 2013. The Company was awarded 100% working interest in the North El Arish O
During the recent US Hydro 2013 conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, undergraduate and graduate geology students participated in a poster session showcasing their research projects. Awards were given to the top poster presentations during the conference. Undergraduate student Robin Banner, fro
AGR TRACS Training has launched a unique e-learning provision for E&P clients around the world thanks to a partnership with Aberdeen-based digital media company Wildhoney. As the trend for blended learning, a combination of online and face-to-face training grows across the industry, AGR TRACS Traini
Chevron Corporation today announced further drilling success by its Australian subsidiary in the Exmouth Plateau area, located in the Carnarvon Basin. The Elfin-1 exploration discovery well encountered approximately 132 feet (40 meters) of net gas pay in the upper Mungaroo sands. It is Chevron’s 21s
Forland Shipping launched its new ship MV Lewek Inspector at the Cemre Shipyard in Altinova in Turkey on 13th of April 2013. Managing Director Arne Magnus Johnsen split the silk ribbon with an axe, the champagne was released, and the ship glided graciously into the sea. “One of our best, if not the
The work for the network connection of the second German offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, the EnBW Baltic 2, is in progress. The vessel Aura rinsed the first submarine cable section into the Baltic ground, on Saturday, 20 April 2013, for the connection of Baltic 2. A total of sixty kilometers o
A Russian company, Ocean RusEnergy, has developed a mobile wave energy generator in the form of capsules, floating on the sea surface. Inside it is set pendulum motor and electronic devices. The capsule attached to a stationary object, or set many capsules to communicate with each other. This enable
FlanSea is a unique collaboration, set up with support from the Flemish Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology IWT, by the University of Ghent, the Ostend Port Authority “and a number of Flemish companies, including DEME Blue Energy, Cloostermans, Electrawinds, Spiromatic and Contec. Togeth
UK based specialist recruitment agency, Oil Consultants Ltd, has won its second Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade in four years. This award comes on the back of skills shortages in the global oil and gas industry. The £17m company was formed in 1999 by oil industry workers who spot
