Leif-Arne Langøy has been elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of DNV (Det Norske Veritas). Walter Qvam has been elected as the new Chairman of the DNV Council. In addition, Morten Ulstein has been elected Vice Chairman of the DNV Board. The elections took place at the Council meeti
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London and Dublin , announces that it has, on behalf of itself and its partners, commenced its 3D seismic acquisition project in the north Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. The survey, which
Technical seminar on subsea Positioning Solutions in Abu Dhabi on June 20th. iXBlue will hold a technical seminar on subsea positioning solutions on June 20th in Abu Dhabi Golf Club. The seminars will be structured to facilitate an understanding of innovative subsea positioning solutions through pre
Sanco Shipping AS has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime for one seismic ship with an option for additionally one. With this contract, the order reserve stands at 11 ships with a combined value of about 4.2 billion NOK. Kleven Maritime, Norway’s biggest Norwegian-owned shipbuilding group, has si
In late 2011, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) intends to launch a three-dimensional geophysical study on Babak prospective struc… (today.az) [mappress] Source: today.az,June 09, 2011;
Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Ocea
Shell has chosen Jee as its training partner of choice with the award of a 3 year contract extension for subsea engineering training. Jee will deliver courses to Shell employees worldwide. Jee has worked with Shell for the past 4 years, providing high-quality training globally to engineers as part o
In four years, Carrollton High School went from not having an ROV team to being confident enough in their underwater robot they feel they… (times-georgian) [mappress] Source: .times-georgian,June 09, 2011;
Atlantis, The Palm, is planning to create 25 to 30 artificial reefs from recycled plastic to help habitat and protect local marine life and… (emirates247) [mappress] Source: emirates247,June 09, 2011;
Environmental lobby group Greenpeace has raised concerns that deep-seabed mining in the Pacific ocean may cause irreparable damage to the… (australianetworknews) [mappress] Source: australianetworknews,June 09, 2011;
“How can you be sure your seabed equipment won’t be damaged by overtrawling? There’s only one sure way”, claims Martin East, Head of Analysis at Jee, “…and that’s by tank testing.” A recent project commissioned by Allseas drew Martin away from his office base and took him to Denmark where he could s
Shell announced a significant, multi-billion dollar investment to develop its major Cardamom oil and gas field in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Cardamom project is expected to produce 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) a day at peak production and more than 140 million boe ove
Viva Wyndham Resorts is sponsoring the Living Museum in the Sea, a one-of-a-kind, underwater historic site featuring the shipwreck, Quedagh Merchant, abandoned by the scandalous 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd, located in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. The Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach and th
Far more oil and gas is now being produced from subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf than from platform wells. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has collated production from the fields in 2010 and found that subsea wells dominat the picture. Last year, almost 131.3 million standard cubi
