MEO Australia Limited has been advised by Eni Australia Ltd (Eni), as Operator of permit NT/P68, that acquisition of the Bathurst 3D seismic survey covering the Blackwood East structure has been completed. The survey vessel M/V Veritas Viking II was released at 0600 (ACST) on 5th January 2012. A tot
Technip was awarded the last option for the Statoil frame contract for diving, pipeline repair, contingency and modification services. The frame contract has been held by Technip since January 2007 and is now extended to the latest possible completion date of December 2014. The yearly revenue under
The C-Tecnics pan and tilt camera is almost 20 years old and has just surfaced after completing another successful season clamped to one of the piles under Swanage Pier. Its real-time output to the internet and to screens on the pier were initially considered to be of novelty value only, but with th
Sercel has confirmed the fifth installation in the past year of its advanced integrated navigation system, SeaPro Nav. CGGVeritas selected SeaPro Nav as its navigation system of choice and is expected to equip more than ten additional vessels in the company’s fleet by the end of 2012. This successfu
Auditing and assurance plays a crucial part of ensuring the safety and integrity of any diving system as well as ensuring efficient diving operations. Therefore it is essential that all diving systems are audited by a competent auditor, periodically or post mobilisation. The past twelve months have
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announced that Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has chosen IFS Applications as its new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. With IFS Applications, SMD will integrate the project-centric business’s processes across a number of locations, delivering be
Sandy Harper has recently joined the National Hyperbaric Centre’s as their new Diving System Technology & Consulting Manager. Sandy, who has an extensive background in diving system auditing and assurance as well as consulting, has joined the NHC to focus on expanding the Consulting & Auditing servi
DONG Energy performed detailed geophysical surveys of the seabed in the Anholt offshore wind farm area. In connection with the surveys, a few objects with magnetic signs, indicating that it might be old bombs, were located. Further surveys confirmed the presumptions; the find turned out to be two ol
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Marathon Oil Norge AS to supply a subsea production system for the operator’s Bøyla project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is approximately NOK 210 million. Scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction and delivery of fou
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has begun assembly and construction of the world’s largest, turntable cable installation system for subsea construction contractor, Blue Offshore NV, at the former Swan Hunter shipyard facilities at Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK). Designe
Dhiraagu, the Maldives business of Cable & Wireless Communications, has commenced laying a new fibre optic submarine cable network system which will run from the north to the south of the island nation. The Dhiraagu Domestic Submarine Cable Network (DDSCN) is a 1253 km length fibre optic submarine c
The Board of Directors of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited announces that COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company’s 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co. Ltd., has secured a contract valued over USD 220 million from an Asian company to build two Self Propelled Pi
North Sea Energy Inc. announces that it has been notified by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that it, together with its partners, has been awarded three new blocks in the UK North Sea in the 26th Seaward Licensing Round, namely the Norfolk prospect – block 12/16b (20% interest)
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that M. Kevin McEvoy, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be a participant on the Oilfield Services Panel, Outlook for Subsea Equipment Market, at the Goldman Sachs Global Energy Conference in Miami, FL on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. The conference
