Schlumberger, Chevron and Microsoft have announced the industry’s first three-party collaboration to accelerate creation of innovative petrotechnical and digital technologies. As part of the collaboration, the three companies will work together to build Azure-native applications in the DELFI cogniti
Magseis Fairfield has signed a 2-3 months contract for the lease of a MASS I node crew to a client in the Asia Pacific region. The contract includes nodes, containerized automated handling system and service personnel. It is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter 2019 when the nodes are released f
SeaBird Exploration has received resignation letter of Heidar Engebret as the member of the board. The nomination committee recommended Ståle Rodahl to replace Engebret. The board intends to call for an extraordinary general meeting in the near future to propose that Rodahl to be elected as a board
Falmouth-based UK company Feritech Global has welcomed Dave Hampshire to the newly-created role of sales executive. Hampshire joins the team with over 40 years of international experience gained in the UK and abroad, encompassing fieldwork, managing sales, distributor management, and business develo
Members of the GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team have met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Wednesday, to explain the concept that won them the $4 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE for seafloor mapping and to talk about their shared vision to map the entire seafloor by 2030. T
MacArtney has supplied an integrated system solution for the new Swedish research vessel, the R/V Svea. MacArtney has provided a range of technology, from camera and light systems, to co-design and upgrade of a Lobster Sledge with fibre optic multiplexer and interfaces for the Swedish University of
Norwegian shipowner Frøy Rederi has chosen PG Flow Solutions’ company Cflow Fish Handling (Cflow) to deliver a complete fish handling system for a new wellboat. The wellboat is being constructed at Sefine Shipyard in Turkey, which is also Cflow’s contracting party. Together with Frøy Rederi and Møre
TGS has fired first shot to start a new survey in the MSGBC Basin, offshore north-west Africa. The Senegal Ultra-Deep offshore 3D survey covers over 4500 km2, with a modern broadband acquisition set-up. It is being undertaken in partnership with GeoPartners using the vessel, BGP Prospector, and has
Artelia Group, European engineering firm specializing in building construction, infrastructure, water, industry and the environment, has acquired Open Ocean. Open Ocean, composed of a team of oceanographers, in 2015 it launched a web platform, called Metocean Analytics, which provides an analysis of
Cenergy Holdings’ subsidiary Hellenic Cables, a provider of turnkey cable solutions for the offshore wind industry, has secured a contract to supply 23 km of subsea cable to Ørsted. Hellenic Cables Cablel will undertake the design, manufacture and testing of the 33kV inter–array submarine cable and
DRASSM, iXblue Shipyard and MAURIC have teamed up to develop a 46 meters research vessel under NESSIE – Novel Efficient Survey Ship InitiativE research & development project. Within the scope of the R&D program, iXblue and MAURIC have developed a multi-purpose research vessel capable of handling sev
SeaBird Exploration has signed a contract to acquire a 2D seismic survey for an international oil & gas company in the Africa region. The survey is due to start towards the end of September and is estimated to run for approximately three weeks. The company will be using the Nordic Explorer for the w
Oceaneering International has received subsea umbilical control systems supply contracts by Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), and partner in the consortium for the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation of India’s (ONGC) KG‑DWN 98/2 deepwater field development in the Bay of Bengal. Oceaneering’s scope compr
First Subsea has delivered beach landing Cable Protection System for three export cables on the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm in Taiwan for Jan De Nul Group, EPCI contractor for delivering and installation of cables and foundations. The protection system was designed to suit an export cable diam
