Effective January 2013, RS Aqua announced the signing of an agreement to represent Kiel based SubCtech GmbH, the German manufacturer of the “PowerPack” and “OceanPack” ranges. The contract appoints RS Aqua as sales and support providers in the UK and Ireland. With more than 25 years scientific and i
EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH, located in Rostock (Germany) announced that they received an order to manufacture 80 foundations for the Offshore wind project Butendiek. Contract signing with their customer Ballast Nedam was in November 2012 in the Netherlands. Since the beginning of February t
Halliburton has been selected by Statoil to provide multilateral technology (MLT) for two mature fields offshore Norway. The three-year frame agreement includes two optional periods of two years each and has an estimated value of more than $200 million. The new FlexRite® Multibranch Inflow Control (
Sonardyne International Ltd. has today announced the launch of its new Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Sonar, NOAS, at NAVDEX 2013 in Abu Dhabi. Designed for use on submersible vehicles, NOAS enables faster, safer and more efficient navigation by detecting and classifying potentially hazardous und
BSEE is responding today to a report from offshore oil and gas operator Apache Corporation of an underground flow of natural gas at an exploratory well being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 50 miles east of Venice, LA. There is no detection of gas at the seafloor or pollution at the loca
Statoil has awarded Marubeni Itochu/JFE contracts for fabricating linepipe for the Polarled pipeline, Wasco for applying coating, and Allsea for pipelaying. The coating contract include the establishement of a new production base in Mo i Rana, Northern Norway. Estimated contract value for the three
Ocean Power Technologies’ anchor for a PB150 PowerBuoy wave energy system installed offshore Oregon coast may be missing, The World Link informs. The company announced plans to install two more anchors this spring, but it’s now uncertain about the location of the first anchor’s subsurface float. The
JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, has been awarded a contract for the design and manufacture of two subsea power cables for Total Ofon Phase 2 project. The contract was awarded by global subsea contractor Subsea 7 that is performing substantial wor
The Investcorp Gulf Opportunity Fund – along with other affiliates of Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products, announced today that they have agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Hydrasun, an international provider of fluid control equipment and solutions fo
Fugro N.V. and CGG announce the closure of the previously announced Seabed Geosolutions joint venture on 15 February 2013. The closure completes the process of incorporation of the ocean bottom node businesses from Fugro and CGG, and the CGG transition zone, ocean bottom cable and permanent reservoi
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has discovered oil in the new Darwin oil field in the Northern North Sea area near the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Leo Koot, the managing director at TAQA’s UK oil and gas business, said: “This discovery proves that the North Sea still has great potent
Hotchya Marine Design signed a contract with the Ministry of Industry and Trade for the development of the initial design requirements and the conceptual design of Mezhdunarodny, a large research vessel intended for fish stock assessment research in the global ocean. In accordance with the design re
Petrobras announces that FPSO Cidade de São Vicente went on stream last Tuesday, February 12, kicking off production of the Sapinhoá Norte Early Production System (SPA), through exploratory well 3-BRSA-788-SPS (3-SPS-69), located in block BM-S-9, in the pre-salt of Santos Basin. Production will be a
On Friday, benthic surveys, which involve filming the seabed and collecting sand samples to examine the flora, fauna and marine life in the sand, were begun, and will continue while the weather holds. The company is using a high-resolution camera that will record the life living in the top layer of
