As part of the Obama administration’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the oil and gas industry’s ability to respond in the event of a deepwater blowout and ensure that offshore oil and gas production can continue to expand safely and responsibly, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar charged the Marin
Continuing on from the successful grid connection last month, Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd. has forged ahead with their testing plan and have just completed a 4 day deployment of the SR250. Using the locally owned multi-cat ‘MV Orcadia’, the device was towed to site on Thursday morning and connect
Ulstein Group delivers solid results for 2011. The group had an operating income of NOK 2.1 billion and an operating profit of NOK 254 million. “We have competent employees and an organisation that provide for execution and delivery precision. The good collaboration we have with our customers and su
Environmental Drilling Solutions, LLC, (EDS), a leader in solids control, cuttings processing and zero discharge services, has named Jason Knowles Area Operations Manager – Wyoming, announced EDS President Chad Hollier. Knowles rejoins EDS from Performance Fluids Management where he served as a Fiel
Bergen Group Offshore has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Rosenberg AS, been awarded an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract by Subsea 7. The EPC-contract includes delivery of a two slots subsea manifold located at the Alvheim field, operated by Marathon Oil Norge AS. The pl
A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has revealed. An analysis led by Hyukjae Choi, a po
The Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu, operated by Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), has completed the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 343 for Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST). The scientific objective of this expedition was to rev
Daniel Trad, Research Advisor at the CGGVeritas Calgary processing and imaging center, has been distinguished with the inaugural 2011 CSEG Technical Achievement Award Citation for his work on 5D interpolation. This citation is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding technical contributi
Northstar Electronics, Inc. announced that they have completed the acquisition of Echotec Sonar, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. Terms of the deal fall in line with previous announcements and will be fully disclosed in regulatory filings. With Echotec now being the cornerstone
Bluefin Robotics, the leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) solutions for US Navy Programs of Record and SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, announced that Bluefin AUVs will be compatible with SeeByte’s SeeTrack Military software b
IHC Merwede has recently opened a new yard facility in Broussard, Louisiana, USA. The yard at 206 Cummings Road will operate under the name of Hydro-Ram, Inc. With this expansion IHC Merwede now has a regional office in North America. Hydro-Ram, Inc., consisting of IHC Hydrohammer®, IHC Handling Sys
As part of the ongoing ramp-up phase and as preparation for the operation of Nord Stream as a twin-pipeline gas transportation system, Nord Stream AG is conducting load tests for Line 1. Over the past three days Line 1 has been operating at full capacity of app. 75 million cubic meters per day which
Eco Wave Power has successfully installed a medium-scale wave energy power plant, in the Black Sea, during the month of April, 2012. The installation of EWP’s system, took place during that month in recognition of the international Mother Earth Day, celebrated in more than 175 countries every year.
CNOOC Limited today announced that the Company has successfully made a new discovery Luda(LD)21-2 in Bohai. LD 21-2 is located in the inverted structure belt of LD 22-27 in south Liaodong Bay, with its south part adjacent to LD 27-2 oilfield. The average water depth is 20 meters. The discovery well
