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Alcatel-Lucent has signed an agreement with Statoil to co-design and deliver a solution incorporating high-bandwidth communications and electrical power supply into subsea control systems for offshore oil and gas production facilities. The solution will address tiebacks – connections from offshore/o
Hafren Power – which plans to build an 18km (11 mile) tidal power station across the Severn Estuary to generate zero carbon electricity – pledged to work with all stakeholders to protect ports and wildlife. Tony Pryor, Hafren Power’s Chief Executive, said: “We will deliver green, safe, secure and ul
EnQuest announced that its Board has approved an increase in the scope and specification of the Alma/Galia project with the objective of extending the field life, optimising operating costs and enabling a potential second phase development. These changes, which are subject to the normal partner appr
Tangiers Petroleum advises that a detailed 3D seismic program has highlighted the significant upside for the Company at its Tarfaya offshore block in Morocco. The seismic data, which Tangiers has just finished processing, confirms the Trident prospect and secondary objectives at Assaka and TMA poten
Scientists have returned from a two-week survey to the north of New Zealand, near the Kermadec Islands, with photos and footage of new-to-science fish. In seven days of sampling, they took over 6500 photographs, and caught about 100 fish. They have discovered a new species of eelpout, and new record
The P-58 and P-63 oil and gas platforms under construction at Brazilian Honorio Bicalho shipyard collided on Saturday after high winds disentangled their moorings. According to Reuters, Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras said that the platforms broke free of their moorings in port of Rio Grande, a
Navis Engineering is supplying six DP2 systems for the new series of Fast Support Intervention Vessels (FSIVs) being built at the Piriou SEAS shipyard in Vietnam for Paris-based Bourbon, the offshore marine services provider. The first vessel in the six-ship series, the Bourbon Sirocco was delivered
The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA) will be hosting the 2013 US HYDRO event at the New Orleans Sheraton from 25 to 28 March, 2013. The event is the largest event of its kind, hosted by a non-profit organization. THSOA has strived to make this event affordable for its membership, breaking a t
Technip, in a consortium with AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd and TH Heavy Engineering Berhad, was awarded a contract by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC), worth approximately €220 million (Technip share: about €50 million), for the Heera Redevelopment (HRD) process platform project in the Arabian
Near the end of 2012, an 86-meter research vessel needed the stainless steel belt in one of its thruster tunnels replaced. A Hydrex diver/technician team therefore flew to Pointe- Noire, Congo to perform the repairs. The stainless steel belt is installed around the perimeter of a thruster tunnel at
1. Hallin Marine’s Penrith Vessel Sinks Offshore Myanmar Hallin Marine announced that the offshore support vessel Penrith sunk offshore Myanmar after it had a major incident last week. 2. VIDEO: Giant Squid Caught On Tape for the First Time Offshore Japan Ocean explorers have finally achieved one of
Chevron Corporation today reported earnings of $7.2 billion ($3.70 per share – diluted) for the fourth quarter 2012, compared with $5.1 billion ($2.58 per share – diluted) in the 2011 fourth quarter. Results in the 2012 period included a gain of $1.4 billion from an upstream asset exchange. Full-yea
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Statoil for the supply of a subsea production system for the Aasta Hansteen field development project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 2 billion. Last week, Aker Solutions signed a NOK 280 million contract with Stat
