NOAA will lead a summer research expedition to locate and study World War II shipwrecks sunk in 1942 off North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically the Battle of Convoy KS-520. The shipwrecks are located in an area known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” which includes sunken v
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the bureau is putting in place significant improvements in the oil and gas permit application process. These improvements include the publication of a permit application checklist
Mozambique’s Ports Development Company (MPDC), part-owned by Dubai’s DP World, has announced a $1bn investment over the next 20 years… (arabianbusiness) [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, June 6, 2011
NOAA will lead a summer research expedition to locate and study World War II shipwrecks sunk in 1942 off North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic, specifically the Battle of Convoy KS-520. The shipwrecks are located in an area known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” which includes sunken v
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces the final production well on the Athena field has been drilled and fully cased. The well encountered a considerable section of oil saturated net reservoir, with good porosities. Development drilling has now been successfully concluded and the project remains on schedule
Seadrill has been awarded a new contract by a subsidiary of Santos Ltd. for the jack-up rig Offshore Resolute. The assignment for operations in Bangladesh will have a minimum duration of 130 days under a three firm well plus two optional wells contract. Commencement of operations under the new contr
Almost a mile below the Pacific Ocean’s surface, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, lies evidence of man’s ingenuity… (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, June 6, 2011;
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published its Annual Port State Control (PSC) Report and Annual Class Performance List for 2010. Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is again in the top performing group with a detention ratio of 0%. In over 1,000 distinct vessel arrivals there was no determination of cl
Kosmos Energy announces today that the company’s Banda-1 exploration well has discovered oil offshore the Republic of Ghana on the West Cape Three Points Block. The results of drilling, wireline logs and reservoir fluid samples show the Banda-1 well penetrated net oil-bearing pay of 3 meters (10 fee
OceanServer Technology, Inc. will be launching several new technologies at the Undersea Defense Technology conference held at the London ExCel Centre June 7th-9th. OceanServer has recently introduced an integrated Marine Sonic HDS Sidescan Sonar in the 600/1200 (kHz) range, which will be supported o
Marine scientists of the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel, Germany and the Halifax Marine Research Institute (HMRI) in Halifax, Canada signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen their cooperation in the field of marines sciences. The agreement was signed in connectio
Tritech’s P-Sea is and underwater computer system is fully water-proof for use at up to 200m depth. The P-Sea incorporates all the standard features of a desktop PC, with interfaces to a range of Tritech subsea sensors, (e.g. sonars, modems, cameras) and other third party sensors, such as a compass.
Mr. A. Zagorovskiy (image), Chief Executive Officer of the Shtokman Development AG (SDAG) and Mr. R. Trotsenko, President of the Unified Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) signed the Cooperation Agreement on June 2, 2011 in Moscow. According to the Agreement SDAG and USC acknowledge their intentions to
Thuraya, the international mobile satellite services operator will be one of the key exhibitors at the Maritime Security and Defense (MSD) Exhibition and Conference to be held in Hamburg later this month. At this event which is focused on upgrading maritime security and defense systems, Thuraya will
