STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that it has secured a new contract for the design and construction of a Platform Supply Vessel with NorSea Group AS. The vessel will be of STX OSV’s ow
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is again teaming with French authorities to renew the international search for the deep-sea wreck site of Air France Flight 447 and to retrieve the flight recorders from the Airbus A 330. WHOI will lead the search from late March to July 2011 under the
The rhetoric about domestic oil drilling reached a fever pitch in Washington this week with the Obama administration touting the approval of more Gulf deepwater drilling permits and Republicans countering that the pace of permitting is still too slow. The stakes are high for both sides of the issue,
After the biggest mass extinction in Earth’s history – 250 million years ago – algae and bacteria in the ocean rebounded so fast that they consumed virtually all the oxygen in the sea, slowing the recovery of the rest of marine animals for several million years. A mass extinction is hard enough for
Iceland is moving forward with plans to construct what would be the world’s longest undersea electricity cable, albeit at glacial pace… (icis) [mappress] Source: icis, March 28, 2011
Investigations are being launched into how three dolphins died earlier this month during a Navy training exercise along the San Diego coast… (kdvr) [mappress] Source:kdvr , March 28, 2011;
The long-awaited drillship Deepwater Champion finally passed through the Bosporus on Friday en route to the Black Sea province of Samsun… (todayszaman) [mappress] Source: todayszaman, March 28, 2011;
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) approved a sixth deepwater drilling permit on March 25 that… (marinelink) [mappress] Source: marinelink, March 28, 2011;
NOAA continues to re-test seafood from the Gulf of Mexico to demonstrate to American and worldwide consumers that it is safe to eat, and… [mappress] Source: noaanews, March 28, 2011;
Technip’s “Document de Référence 2010” was filed with the French “Autorité des Marchés Financiers” (AMF) on March 24, 2011. The document is available on the Company’s website: www.technip.com. Copies are also available at Technip’s registered office: 89 avenue de la Grande Armée 75116 Paris, France.
Dominion Diving Ltd has recently been awarded a contract for the remaining subsea work which is scheduled this summer to complete the natural gas development led by Encana –The Deep Panuke Project. For the duration of approximately two weeks, Dominion Diving will be working with Tideway- a Dutch off
Shell and KROHNE signed an agreement to commercialize a new multiphase flowmeter based on the Magnetic Resonance principle for oil and gas field installations. The agreement comprises the manufacturing, marketing and sales of the new meter which was developed through an R&D collaboration between She
The 109th President of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology’s (IMarEST) year in office got off to a flying start at the Institute’s 108TH Annual Dinner on 11 March, which saw a trio of fascinating speeches; the presentation of an Honorary Fellowship; and over £3000 raised for
Plains Exploration & Production Company announces it continues to evaluate alternatives to separate its deepwater and onshore businesses, which include separately capitalizing its deepwater business through a joint venture or outside capital and then either spinning-off or divesting these assets. Ja
