Rescuers are continuing the search for the survivors of the accident that occured when a cargo ship carrying around 700 tons of gold ore sank last month in the Russia’s Okhotsk Sea. The wreck of the Amurskaya freighter was discovered by divers on the seafloor around 25 meters deep, but they didn’t f
Dolphin Geophysical AS has signed an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, for the acquisition of approximately 6250 kms, 2D survey offshore South Africa, where Anadarko is partnered with PetroSA. The survey will be acquired by Artemis Atlantic commencing in December 2012. VP Marketing & Sa
Onomichi Dockyard delivered, October 26th, the 50.000 DWT Product Tanker named “PACIFIC TOPAZ”. The vessel, build for the IMABARI SENPAKU CO., is a newly developed Medium Range ONOMICHI MARK III type tanker fully complied with the latest IMO as well as MARPOL regulations. The vessel has the Onomichi
Russia’s oil company Lukoil has bought a 25% stake in the geological exploration, development and production project at the SL-4B-10 offshore block in the waters of the Republic of Sierra Leone in the Gulf of Guinea. Lukoil acquired this stake from Canada’s Talisman Energy, the project operator. The
FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, announces that the necessary repairs were carried out on the blow-out preventer (BOP), which revealed a malfunction during a routine test in October. The BOP on the Scotia
Recently, a team of operations specialists and maintainers from Richards Bay Minerals successfully completed a Dredging Process Training at the Training Institute for Dredging (TID), The Netherlands. During the one week training programme, several key aspects of the dredging process were addressed i
The 1st AWTEC (Asia Wave and Tidal Energy Conference) will be held in Jeju, Korea from Nov. 27 to Nov. 30, 2012. AWTEC is an international technical and scientific conference under EWTEC organization, focused on ocean wave and tidal renewable energies and widely respected for its commitment to maint
Since 1987, RWE Dea AG as operator and Wintershall Holding GmbH as a consortium partner have ensured safe oil production from Mittelplate – one of Germany’s largest oil reservoirs. The 25-year anniversary of Mittelplate oil production was celebrated today, in the company of about 200 guests, from po
The UK boat builder Blyth Workcats has extended its model range with a new design for the recently launched 17-metre workboat. By relocating the wheel house onto a second upper deck, the company is expecting that the 17-metre High Bridge will be recognised as a practical and economical option for wi
Ship management company Empire Navigation Inc. announced that the company has taken over the management of two oil/chemical tankers, those being M/T FR8 ENDURANCE and M/T FR8 Fortitude. Both tankers are double hulled and built in November 2007. Owner of the vessels is FR8 Endurance Shipping Corp. Em
With support from Flemish Government, a newly launched joint venture, FLiDAR nv, starts product trials in North Sea with aim to deliver tools to drastically reduce costs of offshore wind developments. 3E and OWA (DEME Group) have announced the official launch of FLiDAR N.V. Based in Oostende, FLiDAR
On Wednesday at 03:40 damage to a ballast tank on Floatel Superior in the Norwegian Sea was discovered. The personnel on board the rig have been evacuated to adjacent installations. There are 374 people on board the accommodation rig, which is located right next to the Njord A platform. Personnel ha
Dolphin Geophysical AS has signed an agreement with Anadarko South Africa (Pty) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, for the acquisition of approximately 6250 kms, 2D survey offshore South Africa, where Anadarko is partnered with PetroSA. The survey will be acquired by A
Renewable energy company, Renetec Co., plans to raise around thirty per cent of funds for USD 917 million tidal energy project from their equity partners, said Chief Executive Officer Park Jong Seon to Bloomberg. “For the debt portion, we’ll start fundraising in May 2014”, Seon added. The total capa
