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3D Shoot Confirms Colibri Prospect Off Jamaica for Tullow and UOG
Tullow has delivered the fast track version of the recently acquired 3D seismic dataset over the Walton-Morant licence offshore Jamaica. According to Tullow’s licence partner United Oil & Gas (UOG), the high-grade Colibri target, which had previously been mapped on 2D seismic, has been clearly ident
Fugro Collects Data for MAREANO Seabed Mapping Programme
Fugro has been awarded a hydrographic survey contract, valued at NOK 44.7 million (approximately €4.7 million), by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. The survey is part of the MAREANO seabed mapping programme, which is financed by Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, and the Ministry
NSF Grant for TCarta Satellite-Derived Bathymetry Tech
TCarta Marine, a provider of marine geospatial products, has been awarded a research and development grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enhance and automate multiple techniques for deriving seafloor depth measurements from optical satellite imagery. The ‘Project Trident’ research seek
EMEC Metocean Data for Scottish Open Innovation Competition
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has provided a series of metocean data sets to be used in a new Scottish open innovation competition aiming to stimulate creative thinking and data science to design new data products for the benefit of the marine environment, communities and economy. Organis
Port of Antwerp Rolls Out Its Autonomous Sounding Boat
The Port of Antwerp has introduced a fully autonomous sounding boat – a prototype that is currently being developed to supplement the other operational sounding boat. Both of these carry out measurements of the water depth everywhere in the port so as to guarantee safe passage for shipping. The clou
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 06 – August 12). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/08/09/van-oord-lays-borkum-riffgrund-2-cables/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/08/07/dof-scoops-up-subsea-contracts/ https://subseaworldnews.c
Polarcus Wins West Africa Shoot
Polarcus said it has received an award for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project in West Africa. The project duration is approximately three months and is expected to start in September 2018. Following this award, the Polarcus fleet is 100% booked for Q3 2018 and 85% booked for Q4 2018. The survey
Polarcus Wrapping Up Work on Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa
Polarcus’ technical and operational support service agreement with Turkish Petroleum will come to an end on October 3, 2018, the Oslo-listed seismic player said on Friday. The deal, last extended in February this year, covered seismic data acquisition management, maritime management and crewing supp
JFD Kits Out DSCV Andy Warhol with Two Hyperbaric Lifeboats
JFD has delivered the latest pair of next generation self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats (SPHLs) to Singaporean diving engineering firm Flash Tekk. The SPHLs are being delivered to Flash Tekk’s parent company Ultra Deep Solutions, the builder and operator of ultra-deep diving heavy construction vess
Fugro Rolls Out New Mapping System
Fugro has introduced a new bathymetric lidar system that reportedly delivers industry-leading depth penetration and point densities for nearshore and coastal mapping. Known as RAMMS (Rapid Airborne Multibeam Mapping System), the promises to deliver an efficient and cost-effective solution, dramatica
NPD Kicks Off Deep Sea Minerals Survey
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is starting data acquisition expedition for mineral deposits in the deeper areas of the continental shelf in western parts of the Norwegian Sea. The NPD has engaged Swire Seabed, who partners with Ocean Floor Geophysics, to carry out mapping of potential sul
Saipem Orders Balltec SCPs for Dolphin’s North Field EPRS
Balltec has secured a contract from Saipem for the supply of two sheave connection points (SCPs) for Dolphin Energy’s emergency pipeline repair system (EPRS). The EPRS supports the Dolphin gas project where natural gas from Qatar’s North Field is transported via two 36” diameter sealines to the comp
Scottish Government Boosts Decom Fund
The Scottish Government has made available an additional £5 million to the supply chain in Scotland to help maximise the economic benefit to Scotland of decommissioning of North Sea infrastructure. Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Paul Wheelhouse, announced that the Decommissioning
Inch Cape Project Advances with Site Investigations
Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) has taken a step forward in its efforts to bring an offshore wind farm to the East of Scotland after embarking on a three-month site investigation utilising local ports. The geophysical and geotechnical surveys will be undertaken by up to four vessels on the 150km2