Associated British Ports’ Group Sustainable Development Team has commissioned ABPmer to develop an online interactive data viewer that will enable users to dynamically view, search, query, annotate, and print port specific infomaps. This system, based on ESRI ArcGIS Server and Geocortex, will initia
Spectrum, in partnership with Nordic Geo Services Ltd, has commenced the acquisition of a 5,000 km 2D Multi-Client seismic survey offshore Eastern Indonesia. The East Indonesia Regional (EIR-13) program involves the collection of long-offset marine seismic data over a number of unexplored/underexplo
BP and partners announced the successful start of production from the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea, one of a series of new major upstream projects that BP brought into production in 2012. Production started on 31 December, 2012. “The start-up of Skarv is a key operational milestone for BP, addin
Spectrum has commenced the next phase of its 2D Multi-client campaign in South West Africa with a 9,000 km seismic survey over the South Africa Orange basin. The program ties in with the survey over the Namibia Orange Basin that was acquired in Q4 2012. The seismic data is being acquired by the vess
Talisman Energy Norge AS has received consent to use the Petrojarl FPSO on the Varg field beyond its original lifetime. Varg is an oil field located south of Sleipner Øst in the central part of the North Sea, at a water depth of 84 metres. The original design lifetime was based on the reserve estima
Statoil has received renewed consent to use the pipeline between Heimdal and Grane. The background for the application is a change in how the pipeline is used. The pipeline between the Heimdal and Grane facilities was originally constructed for gas injection purposes. Statoil wants to have the optio
Polarcus has successfully completed the aforementioned negotiations with the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (“TPAO”) and agreed final agreements for the sale and reflagging of the 8-streamer 3D seismic vessel Polarcus Samur combined with the provision by Polarcus of seismic data acquisition, fast-tra
French power utility EDF EN and French maritime defense specialist DCNS, are deploying the current generation CETO 4 unit on La Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The Réunion Island Project is funded by EDF EN and both the French and La Réunion Governments. The manufacture and installation of the u
SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird”) has chartered the 3D vessel “Geo Pacific” from Fugro, through a subsidiary of Ordinat Shipping AS on a 4 month time charter that is intended to be converted into a 3 year bareboat with four one-year options to extend the contract. Ordinat Shipping AS is the larges
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SCS Corporation Ltd, has completed the previously announced sale of a 40% gross interest in the Company’s oil and gas exploration concession offshore Guinea to Tullow Guinea Ltd., a subsidiary of U.K.-based Tullow Oil plc. Guinea’
China’s top legislature adopted the proposal to enact the country’s first law on international seabed exploration in the next five years, Xinhua reports. According to the report from the Environment and Resources Protection Committee (ERPC) of the National People’s Congress (NPC) it is necessary to
After a presentation on the Rhiannon offshore wind farm, Port St Mary Commissioners supported the development of tidal energy in the area, saying that offshore wind costs too much and is less efficient. Regarding the presentation on the Rhiannon offshore wind farm, they have agreed that the next sta
Mr Lee Kian Soo, 67, founder and Executive Chairman of Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra, the Group) stepped down after helming the company for the past 20 years. He leaves with the Group in a strong position, having achieved revenues of nearly US$1 billion in Financial Year 2012. Succeeding him is corpor
Sevmash shipyard recently marked a start of construction of a nuclear-powered deep-sea research submarine in Russia. Rubin Central Design Bureau designed the submarine which will be used for multi-purpose research missions in remote areas of the oceans and will also take part in a search and rescue
