The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has purchased two Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) from Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of AUVs. The REMUS 100 AUVs will be used to support Sweden’s mine countermeasures program, especially in harbo
Russian Navy’s ensign – St. Andrew’s flag – was triumphantly hoisted on the autonomous deep-sea submersible Consul at JSC Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center, reported Russian Defense Ministry Press Service. Deputy defense minister Gen. Nikolai Makarov endorsed the submersible’s acceptance certificate in
nkt cables has entered a contract with E.ON Climate & Renewables Central Europe GmbH at a value of around € 20 million for the offshore wind farm Amrumbank West. For nkt cables, Amrumbank West will be another project with armoured 33 kV submarine cables. The cable will be manufactured at the product
The 15 December 2011 marked delivery by Aker Wirth of the 250th mud pump in the TPK 2200 series. Following its successful trial run, the jubilee pump is now on its way to Korea. It will be installed there as one of four pumps in the “Tungsten Explorer” deep sea drilling vessel project from Vantage [
A wave power conversion device, designed by Resolute Marine Energy, has been recently deployed offshore Jennette’s Pier. The UNC Coastal Studies Institute assisted in coordination of the project and will deploy ocean-monitoring equipment and evaluate data in partnership with Jennette’s Pier. The dev
Oil and Gas industry solutions provider AGR is celebrating a milestone achievement for its drilling technology. Its Riserless Mud Recovery system (RMR™) and Cutting Transportation System (CTS™) have now been deployed on more than 500 wells. This achievement is not only an indication of AGR’s experie
Huisman, the specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured a new contract with Subsea 7 to supply and install a 550mt Flex-lay system and a 400mt Offshore Mast Crane onboard their newest vessel. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled for 2014, installation will take place at Huis
Bright Computing announced that the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University has selected Bright Cluster Manager® to manage its AMD Opteron-based HPC Cluster. This system, installed by Bright partner Advanced HPC, is being used to study the environmental impact of oil spills and poisonous
Statoil is cutting the costs of increased recovery from fields in operation by hiring in light well intervention vessels. As of December Statoil has three light well intervention vessels in operation. Statoil awarded Island Offshore a framework agreement earlier this year for light well intervention
Maersk Supply Service has signed a contract with Chilean shipyard Asenav for two innovative new offshore vessels with an option for – up to – four additional vessels. The project value for the two vessels is close to USD 200 million. The vessels will replace existing vessels operating in the Canadia
Wood Group, the international energy services company, issues the following pre-close trading update for the year to 31 December 2011. Full year results for the year will be announced on 6 March 2012. Overall, the Group expects to deliver good growth, with performance for the year in line with expec
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited provides shareholders with the following update covering its interests in the Bedout sub-basin, offshore Western Australia. Carnarvon’s interests comprise 50% in exploration permits WA-435-P, WA-436-P, WA-437-P and WA-438-P and 100% in exploration permit WA-443-P. Farm-ou
Nido Petroleum Philippines Pty Limited , as Operator of Service Contract 54A (‘SC 54A’) and Service Contract 54B (‘SC 54B’), announces the successful completion of the combined SC 54A Lawaan/Libas and SC 54B Pawikan 2D seismic surveys on 10 December 2011. Nido’s partners in SC 54A are Yilgarn Petrol
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has approved the repurchase of 15 million shares of its issued and outstanding common stock. This program is in addition to the Company’s existing share repurchase program, which had 3.3 million shares available for purchase as of Septembe