Following the tragic Costa Concordia accident, Carnival Corporation & plc, parent company of Costa Cruises and nine leading cruise lines around the world, announced a comprehensive audit and review of all safety and emergency response procedures across all of the company’s cruise lines. Carnival Cor
ASSC-1 Communications Group Pty Ltd (ASSC-1), a private Australian submarine cable developer, today announced the development of a new Perth to Singapore submarine cable system. ASSC-1 will deliver a four-fibre pair cable system which will span a distance of 4,600 kilometres with an initial design c
Bluestream Offshore has kicked off 2012 early in the season with the award of an air diving project in Block L in the Southern North Sea part of the Dutch Continental Shelf. Bluestream will be using the high spec DPII DSV Seabed Worker for its diving operations. After a careful selection process, Bl
Arklow Marine completed construction of the first 20-meter Wind Farm Service Vessel “Gardian 8″. New Vessel is undergoing sea trials in Arklow. “Gardian 8″ has been commissioned to service the offshore renewable industry in the U.K. Official launch of the vessel will be on Tuesday 24th January, 2012
Statoil has resumed production at the LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest following a temporary shutdown due to rupture of a firewater line last Wednesday. The facility can revert to full production without any production limitations. “We have a good overview of the extent of the damages and we
Wave Hub Limited has awarded a contract for the marine operational management and electrical engineering services in order to ensure a safe and efficient facility, Wave Hub. Red Penguin Associates Limited was chosen for this contract on January 11, 2012, thus it is most likely that the company will
Wave Hub Limited has awarded a contract for the marine operational management and electrical engineering services in order to ensure a safe and efficient facility, Wave Hub. Red Penguin Associates Limited was chosen for this contract on January 11, 2012, thus it is most likely that the company will
North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded an 18 month contract extension for the drillship West Navigator by A/S Norske Shell. This contract extension will secure employment for West Navigator until end of June 2014. The estimated revenue value for the contract extension is US$320 million. Alf C Thor
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces the successful testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/163 development well, located offshore Turkmenistan. The Dzheitune (Lam) 13/163 well was completed with a single string to a depth of 2,703 metres
Intellocorp LLC a Maritime Technology Company focused on business and process optimization in the Maritime industry, launched their latest software product, IntelloShip. IntelloShip is a new state-of-the-art maritime business intelligence software that provides an in depth overview of the daily oper
Petrobras’ average oil and natural gas output in Brazil reached a record volume of 2,376,359 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2011, 1.6% up on the 2010 output. Oil production alone also set an annual record with a daily average of 2,021,779 barrels, exceeding the 2010 production by 17,60
Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, mysterious honeycomb material was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico and along coastal beaches. Using state-of-the-art chemical forensics and a bit of old-fashioned detective work, a research team led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Instituti
The Norwegian energy ministry has awarded Wintershall Norge A.S.A. working interests in seven new exploration licenses in the current licensing round, APA 2011. Wintershall will be the operator in 4 of the licenses. The awards comprise 4 new licenses in the Norwegian North Sea and 3 licenses in the
CNOOC Limited announced on Thursday that it has resumed a limited production at its Zhuhai gas terminal after repairing a leak in subsea pipe. According to Reuters CNOOC is delivering 2 million cubic meters per day of natural gas from the project, a bit less than 50 percent of its capability. The co
