Over the last 18 months, Seatronics, an Acteon Company, Technip, Star Net Geomantics and BlueView Technologies have been involved in developing the BlueView 3D system for underwater metrology. This work has included several onshore dry dock trials in Peterhead and Fraserburgh, UK. Seatronics, along
operator Apache Kenya Limited (Apache) has secured the use of the deepwater drilling ship Deepsea Metro 1 to drill the giant Mbawa Prospect.
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, yesterday announced that it has received a Letter of Award for its ultra deepwater drillship “Ocean Rig Olympia”, from a major oil company. The Letter of Award is for a three- year contract for drilling offshore West Afri
It is important that a windfarm support vessel is able to transport personnel and cargo safely, even in rough seas. Thanks to its low water-plane surface, the Austal Tri Swath, the fourth Austal contracted vessel for the Turbine Transfers fleet, has that ability and is less prone to instability. “Be
McMoRan Exploration Co. today provided an update on flow testing activities at the Davy Jones No. 1 well on South Marsh Island Block 230. Technical completion has been achieved successfully and work is ongoing to establish commercial production from the well. The perforation of the Wilcox “D” sand r
On March 30th 2012, China shipping Industry Co., (CIC Jiangsu Shipyard), successfully delivered the leading ship “Tai Hang 118” of the series of 47.500 DWT bulk carriers to Tai Hang Shipping Co., Ltd (THS). The delivery took place at No. 3 berth in the quay of CIC Changxing Shipyard. This new ship m
The University of Guam and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography pen a memorandum of understanding for cooperation to further the development of fundamental scientific and applied research with objectives of advancing research in ocean technology, attaining a more fundamental understanding of the
Kosmos Energy announced today that it has signed three Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) with the Government of Mauritania for Blocks C8, C12, and C13 offshore Mauritania. The contracts will take effect upon formal ratification by the Government of Mauritania. The blocks, which are contiguous, ran
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, headquartered in Cyprus, today announced that it has received a Letter of Award for its ultra deepwater drillship “Ocean Rig Olympia”, from a major oil company. The Letter of Award is for a three- year contract for drilli
Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the international rig count for March 2012 was 1,192, down 12 from the 1,204 counted in February 2012, and up 45 from the 1,147 counted in March 2011. The international offshore rig count for March 2012 was 303, down 17 from the 320 counted in February 2012 a
When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine landscape nearly devoid of life. But a scant few weeks later, the filmmaker and explorer is eager for himself and project scientists to dive again into
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James A. Watson announced that the Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee (OESC) will hold its fourth public meeting on Thursday, April 26, 2012. “The OESC is a valuable body that is able to thoroughly examine a range of issues from offs
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) today announced that its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) has secured a contract worth €534.8m (about S$880m) to design and build four patrol vessels (PVs) and the provision of associated logistic support for the Royal
UK’s Petrofac has decided to extend a contract with Malaysia’s Jasa Merin for the MV JM Intan Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel. The contract which started in July, 2009, had a primary period of 2 years with the extension options of 1+1+1 year, is to be extended for the second extension. The contrac
