The Batam-Dumai-Melaka (BDM) high bandwidth optical fibre submarine cable system, directly connecting Malaysia and Indonesia, has been compl… (Bernama) [mappress] Source: Bernama , December 30, 2011
CNOOC reported that the leak in its natural gas pipeline in Zhuhai terminal was caused by the mechanical sand dredging. The broken part of the pipeline identified by divers revealed that it had been damaged by machinery, stated Gao Guangsheng, vice general manager of CNOOC’s Shenzhen branch. “Sand d
On 7 and 8 December 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Statoil in connection with the engineering of load-bearing structures on Valemon’s jacket. Objective The objective was, through spot checks, to ensure the engineering of the load-bearing structures is takin
Providence Resources P.l.c. confirms that it has closed its transaction to divest its Nigerian subsidiary, which holds its interest in OML 113 offshore Nigeria to Jacka Resources Limited. Under the terms of the transaction, the total consideration payable by Jacka is $16 million, $10 million of whic
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, celebrates five years of working in Kuala Lumpur last month. The employees of the Kuala Lumpur office marked their milestone anniversary with a special teambuilding event at Taman Negara National Park in Pahang, where they took part in activities from canopy walking t
Nautilus Minerals Inc. yesterday filed its updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Solwara Project in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea. Details of the updated resource were released to the market on November 25, 2011. About Nautilus Minerals Inc. Nautilus is the first company to explore the oc
CNOOC Limited announced that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, has officially submitted a registration application to Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China for establishment of “CNOOC Marine Environmental and Ecological Protection Public Welfare Found
A state committee charged with finding offshore sites for wave energy announced last week that it would hold a public meeting in Waldport in… Larry Coonrod (southlincolncountynews) [mappress] Source: southlincolncountynews , December 29, 2011
Following an August board decision Kongsberg announces that Great Yarmouth, U.K. based GeoAcoustics will officially change its name to Kongsberg Geoacoustics Pte on January 03, 2012 and that its Singapore based Asia Pacific sales & support hub will change to Kongsberg Geoacoustics Pte Ltd. These nam
British experts in the first ever expedition to explore and take samples from the “Dragon Vent” in the south-west Indian Ocean have found a remarkable array of creatures, some of them new to science. Dr. Jon Copley, a marine biologist at the University of Southampton who guided the exploration of th
Marintec China 2011, organised by UBM and the Shanghai Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, was a tremendous success over the four days of the show (29 November – 2 December 2011). The exhibition was 40% larger than in 2009, and took up six exhibition halls (W1 – W5 and N1) in Shanghai
Yesterday in Moscow the Turkish party officially handed a note by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the South Stream project at a meeting between Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tur
Aker Solutions has been awarded a job by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Svalin project on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 400 million. Scope of work includes two subsea trees, one four-slot inte
Antrim, an international oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, today announced that the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) has approved the Field Development Plan (“FDP”) for the Causeway Field in the UK North Sea Block 211/23d. Antrim hold
