The Kaikoura Canyon will be the subject of an in-depth presentation by Niwa tomorrow evening when visiting specialists come to town… (stuff) [mappress] Source: stuff, March 30, 2011; Image: travel
Today both, AFS Transport (Rotterdam) BV & AFS Transport (Airfreight) BV, obtained the AEO status. The AEO certificate was handed over by Dutch customs AEO means Authorized Economic Operator and in order to obtain the status, the company needs to meet the following standards: – To be a solvent compa
Converteam announces today the signing of an agreement with GE pursuant to which the financial Converteam shareholders commit to sell their shares to GE. Pierre Bastid and Florent Battistella will retain a significant shareholding in Converteam after the closing of the transaction. This agreement is
Aker Solutions has completed loading eight subsea templates destined for Eni Norge’s Goliat project in the Barents Sea… (offshore) [mappress] Source: offshore , March 30, 2011;
Siem Offshore Inc. announces that it will enter into the business for submarine cable installation, repair and maintenance projects. The Company has identified the installation of submarine cables and associated services to be an emerging growing market, both with respect to field and landfall cable
TGS announces that it will conduct extensive reprocessing of over 13,550 km of 2D multi-client seismic data located in waters off the Faroe Islands. This project, designated Offshore Faroe Reprocessing 2011, will extend to the UK/Faroe border. The data for the reprocessing has been made available by
This will be the year Statoil is planning and realising several fast-track developments on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Two new projects are being launched these days, namely Gamma/Harepus and Snorre B template. A plan for development and operation (PDO) of Gamma/Harepus is to be submitted
Discover the endless underwater world of the Dominican Republic (DR), a diver’s paradise with nearly 1,000 miles of breathtaking coastline that features colorful marine life and intriguing shipwrecks from when pirates sailed the Caribbean. Located roughly 800 miles south of Miami, the DR boasts nume
New Zealand marine electronics company, Electronic Navigation Ltd (ENL) has been named as a finalist at the New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards in the Dell Innovative Hardware Product category for their Wide Angle Sonar Seafloor Profiler (WASSP). Originally established in 1993 the New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards
Contango Oil & Gas Company announced that it has drilled a successful exploratory well at its Swimmy prospect located Offshore Gulf of Mexico on Vermilion block 170. The Company’s independent third party engineer estimates this well to have 8/8ths proved reserves of 48 billion cubic feet of natural
Technip was awarded an engineering services contract by ZADCO* for the UZ 750 project, one of the major offshore field development projects in the United Arab Emirates. The project aims at increasing by 2015 the oil production of the Upper Zakum field (located in the Gulf, 84 kilometers offshore Abu
Dril-Quip, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to supply drilling equipment for the Big Foot Tension Leg Platform (TLP) to be installed in the Big Foot field located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico. Dril-Quip will provide subsea wellhead equipment
Cameron will record a first quarter charge of approximately $0.15 per share associated with delays on a subsea systems project in Nigeria. Cameron President and Chief Executive Officer Jack B. Moore said, “Large subsea projects in emerging countries carry varying levels of risk, especially with resp
Zarubezhneft, Bashneft and Rosneft are considering building a pipeline to ship oil from their fields in the Nenets Autonomous Distict… (rzd-partner) [mappress] Source: rzd-partner , March 29, 2011;
