Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James A. Watson announced the selection of Margaret N. Schneider as BSEE Deputy Director. Bob LaBelle, who has served as the Acting Deputy Director since October 1, 2011, will now become Science Advisor at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Mana
The telecommunications service provider du has reported that one of the two under-sea cable cuts reported earlier this week, was fixed and connection is renewed. “We are happy to report some updates on the cable cuts matter as we received a confirmation from operators of SMW3 that the cut has been r
Endeavour International Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Endeavour Energy UK Limited, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire ConocoPhillips’ interest in three producing U.K. oil fields in the Central North Sea for $330 million, including approximately $94 million of tax
SBSS DPII vessel Bold Maverick successfully completed a diving support work for an E&P project of Total in Sisi Nubi field, Balikpapan, Indonesia in Nov/Dec 2011. In this work, Bold Maverick was chartered by Hallin Marine to support saturation diving operation for offshore platform debris removal. T
Catalist listed, IEV Holdings Limited announced that it commenced a second turnkey decommissioning project for an established oil and gas operator in Malaysia, in an addition to the one secured earlier in June 2011. This is pursuant to the receipt of an award of contract by its 30% associate, IEV (M
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has received a Letter of Award from an undisclosed client for a 3D seismic acquisition project offshore Greenland. The project will commence in July 2012 and is expected to run for approximately 70 days. About Polarcus Polarcus is a pure play marine geophy
China’s manned submersible Jiaolong, which reached 5,188 meters below the sea during its deepest dive in the Pacific Ocean this year, will… (philstar) [mappress] Source: philstar , December 27, 2011
Statoil and its partners are considering developing the Skrugard discovery in the Barents Sea by means of a floating production unit with the additional capacity to process and transport from other prospects in the area. A feasibility study has identified a technical and commercial solution for the
Tamares Telecom Ltd. is installing a third undersea cable connecting Israel and Cyprus. An additional undersea cable that will connect Israel with the world, should significantly improve competition and the telecoms market. With the third undersea cable, if the earnings mainly stay with the communic
INPEX CORPORATION announces that through its wholly owned subsidiary INPEX Alpha, Ltd., it has made the final investment decision on the Coniston oil field. Coniston is located in the Coniston Unit , which is the unitization area of parts of WA-35-L (excluding the Van Gogh Defined Area) and WA-44-R
Residents and businesses using du’s Internet services can expect slower speeds after two international undersea cables carrying… (khaleejtimes) [mappress] Source: khaleejtimes , December 27, 2011
Cairn Lanka Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn India Limited, has successfully completed the first phase of the exploration campaign in Sri Lanka Block SL-2007- 01-001. The exploration programme involved the acquisition, processing and interpretation of 1,753 sq km of 3D seismic data and a
There are nearly 25,000 hazardous underwater objects containing solid radioactive waste in Russia, an emergencies ministry official said… (ria) [mappress] Source: ria , December 26, 2011; Image: allianz
A joint law enforcement agreement on the protection of underwater cultural heritage was reached by State authorities in early December… (peopledaily) [mappress] Source: peopledaily , December 26, 2011; Image: unesco
