On 10 July, at 06.00 hours, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) started acquiring seismic data in the Nordland IV and V areas. The work is planned to last for one month. The Storting (Norwegian Parliament) has tasked the NPD with mapping the seabed to gain knowledge regarding potential petrole
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) today started seismic data acquisition in the Nordland IV and V areas in the northeastern Norwegian sea. The work is planned to last for one month. The Norwegian Parliament has tasked the NPD with mapping the seabed to gain knowledge regarding potential petr
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has put in place a completely new IT-based certification and ship status system. It is aimed at reducing the workload of shipowners and operators and simplifying access to ship information and status. “In a world where so much is now done o
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a $3.4 million, two-year contract working on the Who Dat project, in the Gulf of Mexico, for LLOG Exploration. Expro will provide subsea test trees for the project on the Mississippi Canyon (Block 547). Expro and LLOG have had a
A UK based international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a $3.4 million, two-year contract working on the Who Dat project, in the Gulf of Mexico, for LLOG Exploration. Expro will provide subsea test trees for the project on the Mississippi Canyon (Block 547). “Expro and LLOG have ha
Norwegian Mapping Authority Hydrographic Service (NHS) has announced that they are seeking for a company to execute hydrographic services. The project includes seabed surveying services in the Barents Sea, under the direction of the MOREANO programme. The total value of the tender is estimated betwe
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced Robert D. “Doug” Lawler, formerly Vice President, Operations, has been promoted to Sr. Vice President, International and Deepwater Operations, and will join the company’s Executive Committee. “The promotion of Doug Lawler to Sr. Vice President, Internat
The engineering company NavConsult AWSS GmbH & Co. KG from Brunsbüttel/Germany, completed a comprehensive transport project for offshore wind turbines. Since the foundation in 2006, the planning, consulting and engineering company NavConsult offers high specialized, individual advices for the mariti
Trelleborg Marine Systems, part of Trelleborg Engineered Systems, has been awarded the contract to supply the largest marine fender solution project in history for the state-of-the-art New Port Project (NPP) in Qatar. After five years spent working closely with the construction company, Trelleborg h
At SMM 2012, which takes place from 4 – 7 September, 2012, in Hamburg, Danfoss will be exhibiting its marine portfolio, including the frequency converter-family that holds eight marine approvals. Visitors will also be introduced to a variety of sensors, such as the cylinder pressure sensor that redu
DP World Sokhna, the Red Sea commercial gateway to Egypt’s capital Cairo, has received two new STS (ship-to-shore) gantry cranes in a further boost to productivity at the container facility operated by global marine terminal operator DP World. The two cranes, manufactured by ZPMC of China, were brou
Ifremer announced a tender for ROV engineering services in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. The tender encompasses the study, engineering and testing of the new HROV winch assembly. These would afterwards be installed on Ifremer’s vessels. The project should last about 9 months from the date of the cont
Atwood Oceanics has been awarded a drilling services contract by Glencore Exploration Cameroon Ltd. for the jack-up rig Atwood Aurora. The contract for three wells with a minimum total duration of 200 days will be performed in Cameroon at a dayrate of approximately $155,000. The contract is expected
ClassNK (Chairman and President: Noboru Ueda) has released the world’s first software package for use with the new IACS Harmonized Common Structural Rules (CSR) for bulk carriers and oil tankers, which were released at the beginning of July 2012. The release makes ClassNK the first classification so
