Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that M. Kevin McEvoy, President and Chief Executive Officer, will meet with institutional investors at the RBC Capital Markets’ Global Energy and Power Conference in New York, NY on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The conference handout will be accessible after the c
Offshore Marine Management (‘OMM’) has successfully completed a contract for Prysmian Powerlink as preparations continue for the installation of BorWin2, which will connect new wind parks off the coast of Germany. Using the 2,000 tonne multipurpose vessel Bourbon Enterprise, OMM cleared the route pr
Norwegian survey and positioning specialists, iSURVEY Group AS, has chosen to invest in a SPRINT (Subsea Precision Reference Inertial Navigation Technology) system from Sonardyne International to support its ROV surveys and deep water marine construction activities. The purchase follows trials of th
The first catamaran hydrographic survey vessel, Makar, constructed by the Alock Ashdown (Gujarat) Limited set sail for Mumbai on its maiden voyage from Ghogha in Gujarat. AAGL received the order by winning the competitive tender, involving public sector as well as private sector shipyards, issued by
DOF Subsea announced that it has secured new contracts for its vessels. Fugro has extended the contract on the construction vessel Skandi Carla until July 2017. The Skandi Carla is capable of conducting ROV operations down to 2,500m and it has excellent work platform for intervention, repair and mai
MMT (Sweden) has been awarded parts of two separate hydrographic survey contracts for the EU financed project MONALISA for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA). MONALISA is a Motorways of the Sea project which aims at giving a concrete contribution to effi
Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract to provide a range of conductor installation services to Weatherford Colombia, on behalf of Equion Energia Ltd. The contract is a breakthrough for CIS, as it will be one of just a handful of projects to take pl
Aker Solutions’ geo business has signed a six-year frame agreement with TGS to co-operate in supplying regional sub-surface velocity cubes – hiQbe(TM) – for the UK Central North Sea area. The agreement is valid for a period of six years, with optional extensions, from 29 May 2012. In addition, TGS h
ClerkMaxwell has secured framework agreements with four major North Sea operators with the potential value of up to £15m over the next three years. Since Costain completed the acquisition of the Aberdeen-based upstream oil and gas consultancy in April of last year, the company has gone from strength
The Norwegian subsea entrepreneur Ocean Installer has opened a UK office in Aberdeen, Scotland. The new office will become a full-blown regional branch of Ocean Installer. “Less than one and a half year after Ocean Installer was established, they are at a place where the only natural development is
“I found the Congress to be a great learning and networking opportunity. It was very well attended and I had no second thoughts about being a part of it again this year.” explained Jerry Joynson, Director, Proposals and Technology department from SBM Offshore. Apart from presenting at the 13th Annua
CryoSat was launched in 2010 to measure sea-ice thickness in the Arctic, but data from the Earth-observing satellite have also been exploited for other studies. High-resolution mapping of the topography of the ocean floor is now being added to the ice mission’s repertoire. The main objective of the
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo Metals) and Sumitomo Corporation have signed a contract on 10th February, 2012 with Ichthys joint venture (INPEX 76% the Operator, Total 24%) for the supply of high strength large diameter welded (UOE) line pipes for the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia and
Two Roman shipwrecks were found in the deepwater off the coast of a western Greek island, according to Zeenews.com. The shipwrecks were discovered in the sea between Corfu and Italy during a survey that covered 200 square kilometers, at a depth of 1.2 – 1.4 kilometers where a Greek-Italian gas pipel
