NOAA and EPA supported scientists have mapped the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, an area with low oxygen water, measuring 5,052 square miles this summer, approximately the size of Connecticut. The measurements were taken during the 30th annual hypoxia survey cruise from July 27 to August 2. This area fal
Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04) announced his town hall schedule for the August 2014 recess. DeFazio will travel the district to meet with constituents to discuss jobs and transportation legislation, the federal budget, Social Security, Medicare, port dredging and other issues relevant to Oregon’s
Norway’s Aibel has been awarded a framework agreement by Marathon Oil Norge AS for the supply of FEED and study assignments.
Brazilian state-run oil giant Petrobras has decided to keep the ‘Skandi Yare’ platform supply vessel for four more years.
The Ministry of Defence through the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and in partnership with a number of associations and industry bodies is making funding available through four initiatives each addressing different areas of maritime autonomy. Autonomy in Maritime Unmanned Vehicles offers
The Michigan Coastal Zone Management Program recently received $2.5 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide technical and financial support to coastal communities and to improve the administration of existing shoreline statutes. The Coastal Zone Management Program
Subsea Engineering, Inc. has announced that Houston based oil and gas investor Lance Patrick has joined the company as President. In this role, he will oversee all company operations effective immediately, and will report directly to the Board of Directors. “Mr. Patrick’s family has been highly succ
Leaders of the Somerset Levels and Moors Flood Action Plan (FAP) met new Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss recently, as part of her first visit to Somerset to receive an update on flooding. The Somerset Levels and Moors Flood Action Plan (FAP) is being delivered by a range of agencies coordinate
UTEC StarNet, part of the Houston-based UTEC group of companies, has announced an expansion to its partnership with Sky Futures for 3D inspection and onshore and offshore asset management. The company says that the collaborative approach is fundamental in enhancing both companies’ positions as leade
TDW has developed a custom solution that provides the dive specialist with a safe, reliable method of isolating the riser and platform from the section that was to be prepared for the wye installation. When a commercial diving and marine services company began planning the installation of a piggable
Chatham Rock Phosphate has announced that it has advised the Environmental Protection Authority that it will remove the eastern end of application area covered by prospecting permit 55967, comprising 4,985 km2 and representing about half the total, so the area for which marine consent is being appli
Songa Offshore SE, an international offshore drilling contractor, has delivered its operational update. Songa Dee achieved an operational efficiency of 100% and an earnings efficiency of 99% during the month working for Statoil in Norway. Songa Delta achieved an operational efficiency of 100% and an
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Congressman Gregory Meeks announced the first phase of federal approval for a comprehensive flood protection system in Breezy Point, Queens. As part of the federal government’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), the undertaking – proposed by th
The Mississippi River Commission will conduct its annual low-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River on August 15-22, 2014. Four public meetings have been scheduled aboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI in selected towns along the river so commission members have the opportunity to meet with lo
