Coral reefs are predicted to decline under the pressure of global warming. However, a number of coral species can survive at seawater temperatures even higher than predicted for the tropics during the next century. How they survive, while most species cannot, is being investigated by researchers at
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has opened a new Marine Service facility in Guangzhou, to better serve its growing customer base in southern China. Rolls-Royce is expanding its marine services network in China to deal with increased customer demand. The new facility in Guangzhou joins
Jørgen Jorde is appointed as Managing Director of Anchor Contracting AS. Jørgen Jorde has served as project manager and technical director of Anchor Contracting since he entered Inocean as responsible for SURF & Renewable in beginning of 2012, a position he will continue holding. Jorde has more than
Flexlife are exhibiting at Subsea 2013 during the 6-7 February 2013 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC). Flexlife are planning a FlexGel demonstration on Wednesday 6th February 2013. Other items on display will include the Armadillo, annulus testing, Neptune (video and literature
Fairfield Energy, the North Sea focused independent Oil and Gas Company, announced the appointment of David Peattie as CEO effective March 1st 2013. David Peattie, B.Sc (Hons.) M.I.M.M. C. ENG, has spent thirty four years working for BP in a wide range of both technical and executive positions. He j
At the end of November 2012, Hydrex diver/technician teams carried out two underwater stern tube seal repairs. One on a 143-meter general cargo ship in Galveston, Texas, U.S.A., and one on a 292-meter container vessel in Panama. Both vessels were experiencing oil leaks and a fast repair was required
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that its CEO and founder, Ben Van Bilderbeek has been awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2013’ award at the annual Grant Tho
NCS Survey and InterMoor, both Acteon Companies, have awarded VERIPOS a new three-year contract for provision of GNSS positioning services. The contract, which represents a continuation of long-term VERIPOS services provided to both companies on a worldwide basis, will be in support of their respect
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, has announced the compatibility of its SeeTrack Military software systems with the Marine Sonic Technology, Ltd. high resolution Sea Scan HDS side-scan sonar system. Ioseba Tena, Sales Manager at SeeByte commented;
Seatronics Ltd, an Acteon company, has appointed Adil Ali as international product sales manager. Based in the UK, Ali will be responsible for managing and coordinating the global sales of Seatronics Ltd’s owned products and represented manufacturers’ products. Ali has been employed with Seatronics
Wild Well Control, Inc. announces that it is ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems certified. The ISO 9001:2008 certification is for worldwide emergency response for well control and containment, and non-emergency services for well control engineering, training, incident prevention and well-relat
Searcher Seismic in partnership with Dolphin Geophysical announces the 2,880 km2 Rødspurv 3D high resolution non exclusive seismic survey in the Barents Sea APA area. The survey is scheduled to be acquired in the early 2013 season and will utilize Dolphin’s BroadBand SHarp acquisition and processing
Spectrum is mobilizing the acquisition of a 7,500 km 2D Multi-Client seismic survey in the Pelotas basin offshore Brazil in anticipation of future licensing rounds. The Pelotas basin is a frontier area with little seismic coverage. The survey will tie in to the extensive 2D seismic coverage in neigh
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has appointed Fabio D’Agostino as vice president in Brazil. In this role, he will be officer of the legal entity in Brazil and will be responsible for all the Seatronics operations in the country. The principal objective for this position is to consolidate Seatronics’
