The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) lab in Seattle is using a robotic device, called wave glider, to find out more about what lays in the ocean depths. The SmartPlanet explains characteristics of the device in its online news, saying that the glider reminds of a simple surfboa
Portland-based tidal energy expert, Ocean Renewable Power Co., will unveil its first full-scale commercial unit of the TidGen™ Power System on Tuesday, writes Press Herald news portal. This newly developed 180 kilowatt unit will be installed on the Cobscook seafloor sometimes next month. “Maine is w
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract to provide equipment and services in support of Xcite Energy’s 90 day extended well test in the Bentley Field. Located in Block 9/3b. 160km’s east of the Shetlands, the Bentley Field is said to contain 116 million barr
Divers assigned to Mobile Underwater Diving Salvage Unit (MUDSU) 1 and divers from coalition partners conducted a recompression chamber exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 July 18. The exercise was conducted as part of the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) scenario wit
Following the serious well incident on Gullfaks C in May 2010, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) outlined an extensive order for Statoil. After close follow-up of work and measures, the PSA believes Statoil has implemented appropriate improvement measures following the incident, and now co
AGR has been appointed to advise the Vice President of Reservoir Development at Woodside Energy. The role will see AGR work with Woodside to source industry best practice to maximise asset value and review Woodside petro-technical resourcing strategies to identify where AGR may be able to enhance ex
CGGVeritas announced the signature of a framework agreement with JSC SEVMORNEFTEGEOFIZIKA (SMNG) to form a strategic alliance. Together, CGGVeritas and SMNG intend to jointly address the growing Russian and CIS high-end seismic vessels market and coordinate their complementary capacities worldwide.
Seamec Ltd has informed BSE that the Company has entered into Charter Party with CNS INTERNATIONAL SRI, Italy, for Charter Hire of its vessel Seamec Princess. The vessel deployment will be in Mediterranean Sea. Seamec Princess is on its voyage to destination. The charter commenced with the departure
A Pelydryn survey team has returned from successful deployment of the HawkEye IIb in Malta assisting TerraImaging in the production of the first fully integrated Topograhic LiDAR, Bathymetric LiDAR, side-sonar and Multibeam Echosounder datasets of a nation’s entire Economic Exclusion Zone. Pelydryn’
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services recently announced they have received multiple contracts from an international operator and a major international controls manufacturer for the manu
Schlumberger Limited on Friday reported second-quarter 2012 revenue of $10.45 billion versus $9.92 billion in the first quarter of 2012, and $8.99 billion in the second quarter of 2011. Income from continuing operations attributable to Schlumberger, excluding charges and credits, was $1.4 billion—an
Jaya Holdings Limited, a leading Offshore Energy Services provider, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering Pte Ltd has signed an agreement with IHC Merwede Asia Pacific which enables IHC’s high-specification offshore vessels to be produced by Jaya at its yards
Airborne Composites announced that Tocardo International has recently granted Airborne Composites the “preferred supplier” status for the Tocardo composite blades. A first set of blades is now under construction for a challenging overseas project and more blades will follow soon for world wide suppl
The Duke of York will be in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk on Tuesday 24th July 2012, when he will be visiting Scira Offshore Energy and meeting staff from Gardline, the marine sciences company based in Great Yarmouth. His Royal Highness is interested to learn more about the rapidly developing offshore
