ANADOLU Shipyard (ADIK) has started on May 28th 2012 Monday Sea Acceptance Tests (SAT) of the Sixth Vessel of Landing Craft Tank (LCT) project undertaken for Turkish Navy. ANADOLU Shiphard has already delivered the first four vessel of the LCT project back in March and April of this year and the Fif
InterAct Activity Management Ltd, an Acteon company, has enhanced its abandonment engineering skills base with the recent appointments of Dave Barclay, Allen Scoging and Juliann Canty. Dave joins InterAct from BP, where he was a well abandonment engineer involved with the subsea abandonment of wells
Leading classification society ClassNK officially announced that its register had surged past the 200 million gross ton mark on 28 May 2012. ClassNK Chairman and President Noboru Ueda announced the historic achievement at a party celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the London of
Rialto Energy Limited provides a weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 ST Well, Offshore Côte D’Ivoire which includes a summary of the operational results following completion of logging operations, and planned next steps. The Gazelle-P3 well was spudded on 12 March 2012 using the T
Aminex PLC, an independent oil company listed on the main market of the London and Irish Stock Exchanges with exploration and development assets in the emerging hydrocarbon province of East Africa, announces commencement of a 335 kilometre 2D seismic survey in the Nyuni Area Licence, offshore Tanzan
Coda Octopus Group, Inc., and their agent in the Netherlands, Nautikaris BV, have recently been involved in a project for Deep BV – Hydrography and Geophysics, providing positioning and survey services for the installation of a power cable from the Thornton Bank Wind Farm off the Belgian coast. This
Aminex PLC (‘Aminex’ or the ‘Company’), an independent oil company listed on the main market of the London and Irish Stock Exchanges with exploration and development assets in the emerging hydrocarbon province of East Africa, today announces commencement of a 335 kilometre 2D seismic survey in the N
Lloyd’s Register has approved new prismatic IMO Type B independent cargo tanks, so called ACTIB (Aluminium Cargo Tank Independent Type B). The initial approval is for use in a DSME-developed 210,000 m3 STD LNG-RV design in accordance with LR’s Guidance notes for liquefied gas carriers and floating o
Emerson Process Management has been awarded a $23 million contract by BP to supply integrated control and safety systems for two new bridge-linked platforms for the Clair Ridge project. Clair Ridge is located in the North Sea to the west of the Shetland Islands, U.K. It is being developed by BP and
A&P Group is determined to continue to deliver growth for its business in the North East. Against the background of a very competitive market place for its services, and to build on the ship repair, fabrication and conversion business, the Group recognises the potential opportunities and challenges
BP has lifted Force Majeure in respect of its Libyan Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) with the National Oil Corporation (NOC) effective 15th May 2012. Force Majeure has been in place since 21st February 2011. Discussions between NOC and BP have agreed how the impact of Force Majeu
Four Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers will receive Navy funding to acquire and deploy instruments in support of studies ranging from coastal oceanography to deep-ocean acoustics. The awards mark the continuation of a partnership between Scripps and the Navy that predat
Damen Shipyards has launched its newly designed ASD Tug 3212 at the International Tug and Salvage Convention (ITS) in Barcelona. This innovative and powerful tug in the 85 t BP range is the result of three years of research and represents a completely new Damen ship type and a milestone in ASD tug d
Saipem has awarded Ocean Installer a subcontract for the installation and recovery of a Pipeline Initiation System at the Scott Field development. Saipem is contracted to undertake pipelay operations at the Scott Field development, and has subcontracted the installation and recovery of a Pipeline In
