Trevor Uptain, Adam Simko, Michael Filimon and Zachary Miller have been selected as recipients of the Marine Technology Society’s 2011 ROV Committee Scholarships. In addition Russell Ives, Houston Fortney, Kip Hacking and Sebastian Baca received MTS ROV Committee MATE Center Scholarships. Trevor Upt
Forum Energy Technologies (FET) announced the sale of two of its high performance Perry Triton® XLX ROV systems to global seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services company, Subsea 7. The systems will be mobilized on-board the Grant Candies construction vessel at the end of June, in su
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) announced Teledyne Webb Research, of East Falmouth, Mass., will provide open ocean gliders supporting the Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). WHOI, an
Financiers have warned that there may not be enough experienced pensions funds to meet simultaneous renewables build-outs across the EU… (utilityweek) [mappress] Source: utilityweek, June 22, 2011;
Effective from midnight May 20th 2011, Spectrum has secured a significant 2D seismic acquisition capacity with Seabird for expansion of their Multi-Client library, together with a re-let agreement for Spectrum’s vessel, the GGS Atlantic. As part of the continued growth of Spectrum’s Multi-Client lib
Atwood Oceanics’, INC., a Houston-based international drilling contractor , yesterday announced the untimely death of its Board member Mr. Robert W. “Bob” Burgess, who passed away this past weekend in Massachusetts at the age of 69. Bob joined Atwood’s Board of Directors in 1990 and has served as Ch
ENI NORGE has chosen technology from AGR Drilling Services for multi-well projects in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The Cutting Transportation System (CTSTM) from AGR will be used on 24 wells drilled by the Norwegian arm of Italian energy company Eni. The system will mainly be deployed on t
ENI NORGE has chosen technology from AGR Drilling Services for multi-well projects in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The Cutting Transportation System (CTSTM) from AGR will be used on 24 wells drilled by the Norwegian arm of Italian energy company Eni. The system will mainly be deployed on t
ISE Ltd. announces that Fukada Salvage and Marine Works Co. Ltd. has placed an order for an Explorer autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The vehicle will be used for commercial survey operations and is equipped with an EdgeTech 2200M sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler, an R2Sonics 2022 multibea
Siem Meling Offshore DA has entered into a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for the large-size PSV ‘Siem Sailor’. The term of the contract is 2 years with 2 yearly options. The contract shall commence during January – March 2012. The contract is done at market conditions. The ‘Siem Sailor’ is owne
ISE Ltd. announces that Fukada Salvage and Marine Works Co. Ltd. has placed an order for an Explorer autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The vehicle will be used for commercial survey operations and is equipped with an EdgeTech 2200M sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profiler, an R2Sonics 2022 multibea
Effective from midnight May 20th 2011, Spectrum has secured a significant 2D seismic acquisition capacity with Seabird for expansion of their Multi-Client library, together with a re-let agreement for Spectrum’s vessel, the GGS Atlantic. As part of the continued growth of Spectrum’s Multi-Client lib
Siem Meling Offshore DA has entered into a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for the large-size PSV ‘Siem Sailor’. The term of the contract is 2 years with 2 yearly options. The contract shall commence during January – March 2012. The contract is done at market conditions. The ‘Siem Sailor’ is owne
W3G Marine (W3GM) and IHC Merwede have agreed to collaborate on the development of W3GM’s patented design for an offshore wind turbine installation ship (OWTIS). The OWTIS concept has major advantages over existing assets, not least in its ability to improve offshore safety by necessitating fewer ta
