Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new major contract worth in excess of € 350 million by Alstom Grid for the connection project DolWin3 linking offshore wind farms in the North Sea to mainland Germany on behalf of the Dutch-German grid
The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport advises that preparatory works for the installation of an offshore umbilical will be carried out from Corrib Offshore Field Location to landfall. The area of activity stretches along the route of the existing Corrib offshore gas pipeline. Works will com
Members of the MeyGen development team accompanied their research partners the Environmental Research Institute (ERI), Exeter University and contractors Mojo Maritime to deploy three Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) on the Inner Sound seabed. The mobilisation of the installation was organis
Eidesvik announces that the operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) for Q4 2012 was MNOK 121,9 compared to MNOK 125,4 for the same period last year. Operating income was MNOK 223,7 compared to MNOK 244,3 for the same period last year. Profit for the quarter was MNOK 38,5 compared to MNOK -5,1
Badger Explorer ASA (“BXPL”) has signed a sponsorship agreement with Wintershall Holding GmbH, acting through Wintershall Norge AS (“Wintershall”), whereby the company will co-sponsor the development of the Badger autonomous drilling tool through the Badger Explorer Demonstrator Program. The Demonst
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc., announced that, through its subsidiary Gulf Island, L.L.C., it has signed a contract for the fabrication of (2) 4-pile jackets and associated topsides with Vaalco Energy, Inc. The platforms will be destined for Gabon, West Africa. Terms of the contract remain undisclos
Dr. Bodil Bluhm from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and deep sea researchers of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, received the 2012 Alexander von Humboldt Memorial Award, Thursday, 21 February 2013, in Frankfurt am Main. The group of researchers invest
Marine Scotland Science (MSS) recently undertook CARIS HIPS and SIPS training conducted by CARIS BV’s Michal Borkowski at the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen, UK. The purpose of the training was to focus on streamlining workflows and processes with their multibeam data. MSS received training a number
Petrobras announces that it has confirmed the presence of good quality oil (31 º API) in ultra deep waters in the Santos Basin pre-salt while drilling well 1-SPS-98 (1-BRSA-1063-SPS), informally known as Sagitário. This is the first well to be drilled in the BM-S-50 block and is located 194 km off t
Maersk Oil UK announced that the company had received FDP (Field Development Plan) approval from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for the Balloch oil field, 140 miles north east of Aberdeen in the Central North Sea. Balloch, which Maersk Oil holds a 100% interest in, was discovered in 201
Many of the 25,000 miles of inland, intracoastal, and coastal waterways that link thousands of ports and harbours in the U.S. have never been completely surveyed. In those areas that have been surveyed, approximately half of the depth sounding data shown on U.S. nautical charts are from before 1940,
A Royal Navy survey ship has produced a series of stunning images of a Grand Canyon-style ocean floor hidden deep under the Red Sea. HMS Enterprise used her state-of-the-art surveying equipment to reveal the natural wonder during her nine-month mission to improve understanding of the waters east of
Owing to a growing portfolio of work in the field of Integrity Management Systems (IMS), Penspen is pleased to announce the launch of a specialised IMS business division within its Integrity stream. IMS offer an integrated approach to the proactive management of assets be they pipelines, terminals,
Eni has made a new natural gas discovery within the Mamba Complex, in Area 4, offshore Mozambique, at the Coral 3 delineation well, which is the eighth well drilled back to back in Area 4. The new discovery confirm the potential of Area 4 operated by Eni at 75 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas [&hell
