FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has given notice to exercise its purchase option for the remaining 55% of outstanding shares of Schilling Robotics LLC. The transaction is expected to close on or about March 30, 2012. FMC purchased its existing 45% interest in Schilling and obtained the purc
Aquaterra has successfully installed a ‘world first’ 10,000psi rated, 20” I.D. full bore drilling riser for Apache North Sea. The unique High Pressure Riser System was designed specifically for Apache North Sea to drill three subsea wells on the Bacchus field from the Rowan Gorilla VII. The installa
KV Ventus B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Ltd. (Keppel) has entered into a share purchase and subscription agreement and shareholders’ agreement to acquire a 49.9% stake in offshore wind turbine foundation designer OWEC Tower (AS) for about NOK 61 million. OWEC Tower, headquar
Technip Norge AS have declared an option to the existing contract for the 2012-season on the OCV “NORTH SEA GIANT” and will now retain the vessel until end 2013. The vessel will be employed on a number of large subsea construction projects in the North Sea during 2012, including flex-lay duties on G
BlueView Technologies, the world leader in compact acoustic imaging and measurement technology, and Deep Ocean Engineering, a well established brand with over 600 sophisticated Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in the field, worldwide signed a Systems Integrator Agreement that enables Deep Ocean Eng
Maine ocean research laboratory is to receive more than $600,000 federal government grant. National Science Foundation has provided the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay Harbor with $603,631 grant to carry out natural oceanography research. The study will be conducted in the area of
GSP Prince provides survey services & support for the South Stream project. The operations performed from GSP Prince covered by now about a half of the 900-kilometer long route with most of the South Stream pipeline route lying at depths of over 2 kilometers. A record reduction in time has been achi
Authorities have formally taken over the Cornwall’s Wave Hub. The £42m project is designed to test wave energy devices off the seacoast of Hayle. Department for Business Innovation and Skills has adopted the wave energy scheme. It is hoped the first businesses will connect their energy-from-wave dev
Energy Minister Charles Hendry set out his hopes for a “prosperous 2012” in the oil and gas sector, as he awarded 46 new licences to explore for hydrocarbons in the North Sea. These awards were made as part of the 26th offshore oil and gas licensing round, which was originally announced in October 2
The Royal Navy’s former flagship, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, could soon be transformed into a shipwreck for deep sea divers… (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, January 02 , 2012
Waves at The Wedge are legendary for hurling bodysurfers into the air and sweeping tourists off their feet… By Mike Reicher (dailypilot) [mappress] Source: dailypilot , January 02 , 2012; Image: Green Wave Energy Corp
Yantar Shipyard (PCZ) is planning to conduct mooring trials, ordered by the Russian Ministry of Defense, for Research & Survey Vessel Seliger in January 2012. ‘Seliger’ is a heading vessel of Project 11982 elaborated by the Central Marine Design Bureau ‘Almaz’. Shipyard ‘Yantar’ has signed the Shipb
The hedges were given over the objections of the Communications Ministry legal and economics departments. Ministry of Communications director general Eden Bar-Tal instructed the ministry’s legal and economics departments to create hedges for Tamares Telecom Ltd., which is laying a third undersea cab
Iran plans to increase production at the Forouzan oilfield, which is shared with Saudi Arabia, by 40 percent by the end of the… (tehrantimes) [mappress] Source: tehrantimes , January 02 , 2012; Image: EU
