In the early morning hours of 10 August, the vessel Nordic Explorer concluded the acquisition of 2D seismic around Jan Mayen. The operation has been underway since 5 June. A total of 9 470 kilometres (64 linjes) have been acquired in this area. The vessel has now completed its assignment for the NPD
Rosneft has begun exploration work at the East Prinovozemelsky 1 and 2 license blocks in the Kara Sea. Geological surveying has been started one year ahead of the license schedule. Work will run through October 2012. The surveying programme was devised together with ExxonMobil, Rosneft’s strategic p
A third major operator will use AGR’s Managed Pressure Drilling system EC-Drill® following its success off Cuba. The move follows successful operations for Petronas and another client using EC-Drill®. Petronas has now assigned its contract for the system to the third operator. EC-Drill® is a step-ch
Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (Emec) will provide consultancy support to Incheon Metropolitan City in building a tidal testing facility. Incheon, one of South Korea’s main cities is looking to harness the power of the sea off its west coast. According to BBC, Emec will provide the desig
A third major operator will use AGR’s Managed Pressure Drilling system EC-Drill® following its success off Cuba. The move follows successful operations for Petronas and another client using EC-Drill®. Petronas has now assigned its contract for the system to the third operator. EC-Drill® is a step-ch
Rosneft has begun exploration work at the East Prinovozemelsky 1 and 2 license blocks in the Kara Sea. Geological surveying has been started one year ahead of the license schedule. Work will run through October 2012. The surveying programme was devised together with ExxonMobil, Rosneft’s strategic p
SeaBird Exploration PLC announced an expansion of the existing Frame Agreement with Spectrum ASA (“SPU”) for the acquisition of 2D seismic data. The previous agreement was that SPU committed to acquire 2D data for a minimum value of USD 23 million over a period of 36 months with commencement 20 May
Rosneft has begun offshore exploration at the South Russky license block in the Pechora Sea. A 3D CDP seismic survey covering 1,200 square kilometres is being carried out by three field exploration parties from Yuzhmorgeologiya. Yuzhmorgeologiya, Iskatel 5, Vyborgsky and Petrogradsky research vessel
The Coast Guard is responding Wednesday to a 1,000-foot freighter that is hard aground in the downbound channel of the St. Marys River. Initial reports indicate there is no resultant pollution and no injuries were reported, but there is some damage to the ship. The freighter’s stability is currently
STX OSV’s newbuilding projects HN 793 and 794 – being large Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels under construction for Siem Offshore – are being equipped with the proven PG-Sondex FWG 25 Fresh Water Generators. Producing 25 tons/day of evaporated fresh water, these units will be delivered with othe
STX OSV’s newbuilding projects HN 793 and 794 – being large Offshore Subsea Construction Vessels under construction for Siem Offshore – are being equipped with the proven PG-Sondex FWG 25 Fresh Water Generators. Producing 25 tons/day of evaporated fresh water, these units will be delivered with our
PetroSA and Cairn India Group today signed a farm-in agreement for exploring for crude oil and natural gas in the offshore Block 1 in the Orange Basin on the west coast of South Africa. The closure of the transaction is subject to South African regulatory approvals. Block 1 covers a large area of 19
Huntington Ingalls Industries, its AMSEC LLC subsidiary, has been awarded a task order under a previously awarded contract to provide engineering and technical services to support efforts to improve U.S. Navy shipboard technical data environments. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-p
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), a subsidiary of General Cable Corporation, has been awarded a contract by E.ON to supply 82km of medium-voltage submarine array cables for its Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. Delivery of cables is scheduled for 2013. Thorsten Schwarz, Managing Director NSW:
