The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologically and economically. However, a new study published in Conse… (medicalnewstoday) [mappress] Source: medicalnewstoday, March 30, 2011;
The Company is pleased to announce that it has executed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with OSX 2 Leasing BV, an indirect subsidiary of OSX Brasil S.A. (“OSX”) and part of the EBX Group. This LOI will permit SBM to start project activities, including early engineering and procurement up to 25 million US$,
Leading deepwater rope manufacturer, Lankhorst Ropes, has secured the first-ever, worldwide order for Dyneema synthetic mooring rope for deepwater MODU (Mobile Operating Drilling Unit) projects from Brazilian oil and gas producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras). Gama 98 is a rope construction dev
LIDS 2011 (London International Dive Show) saw the presentation of the first destination diving guide in Europe. Diving Croatia is a new app… (pr) [mappress] Source: pr, March 31, 2011;
Popular Kongsberg Maritime demo boat comes to Southampton. The Kongsberg Maritime stand (N1) and specially equipped demo boat will feature a range of new and leading survey systems during the forthcoming Ocean Business technology exhibition and training forum, which takes place at the National Ocean
Statoil and KazMunayGas have signed the Heads of Agreement (HoA) on the Abay block in the Kazakhstani sector of the Caspian Sea. Under the HoA, the parties plan to conduct evaluation of the hydrocarbon potential of the “Abay” block in the Northern Caspian Sea. Statoil and KazMunayGas will jointly es
Taking place from 18-19 May 2011 at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, this year’s event will welcome over 500 exhibitors, offer a free to attend multi-stream conference, host numerous networking events and exciting show features that will make your attendance valuable, engaging and cost e
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has appointed Ellen Sandra Bratland as new Chief Operating Officer. Bratland has been working for Noreco since 2008 and comes from the position as Asset Manager for Noreco’s field developments in Norway and UK. Bratland holds a M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering f
OceanServer has been awarded a contract from CIDCO (Centre interdisciplinaire de développement en cartographie des océans /Interdisciplinary Centre for the Development of Ocean Mapping) for an Iver2 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). CIDCO has a long history of facilitating new mapping technologie
Farstad Shipping has been awarded the following charter contracts: *Subsea vessel Far Saga (2001, UT 745L, 3.475 DWT) has been awarded a 6 month firm contract by Subsea 7 in Norway. The charter will commence immediately and include an option for further 15 months. *AHTS Far Sabre (2008, UT 712L, 15.
Further to the announcement made on 16 March 2011, Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc, announces it has signed a contract with Polarcus Limited (“Polarcus”) for the acquisition of 3D seismic surveys over the Rosscarbery, Amergin and Midleton Prospects in the North Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland, covering an aggr
Under the charter contract with Centrica Energy Upstream, the charter is automatically extended by six months unless notice is given six months prior to the expiration of the contracted period. The expiration of the currently contracted period was September 28, 2011, and the charter for FPSO Sevan H
Aker Solutions has been awarded a letter of intent (LOI) by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Fossekall-Dompap project on the Norwegian continental shelf. Aker Solutions estimates the contract value to be approximately NOK 1 billion. Scop
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a three-year charter agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) for the vessel “Polarbjørn”. The contract commences medio April 2011 and expires in March 2014. The contract with MoD will in combination with the recently announced charter agreement for the C
