DSPComm (Thailand) recently delivered several Aquacomm underwater acoustic wireless modems and Aquatrans high performance oil filled transducers to the Seaformatics Group in Canada. The Seaformatics Group is a research arm of the Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (MUN), Canada, carryi
Vallourec, a provider of premium tubular solutions, has announced an update of its 2014 guidance, following a significant temporary reduction in demand for its Oil & Gas operations in Brazil and in EAMEA. In Brazil, Petrobras has decided to eliminate most of its tube inventories by year end, while m
ADPC, the master developer of ports and industrial zones, has awarded an AED 20 million contract to “Alba Tec Construction and Development”, a construction company specialized in pre-engineered building, to manage the second phase development of Marfa Port in the Al Gharbia Region of the Abu Dhabi e
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss., made the following statements after the President Obama’s signing of the Water Resources and Reform Development Act (WRRDA) into law. “Many Mississippi industries rely on a navigable and cost-effective transportation network
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator is joining forces with Statoil, Statkraft, EON, DONG Energy and Universal Foundation, in close co-operation with Aalborg University, to undertake installation trials of the Universal Foundation ‘suction bucket’ offshore wind foundation. Such innovative fo
Ross Offshore AS today announces a contract award with Rocksource Exploration Norway AS (REN). The frame contract is for well management and Consultancy Services. The contract term is 7 years; 3 years firm and with two possible extensions of two years each. The contract was effective as of June the
Hamilton Australia said that the company’s workers are currently working on the laboratory fume cupboards at all 3 separately owned liquefied natural gas projects on Curtis Island, near Gladstone. By the end of this year, QGC will become the first of three LNG plants to start exporting to Asia, clos
New high-tech equipment that can be deployed anywhere in the UK to clean up oil spills is today (Wednesday 11 June) being put to the test in Belfast Harbour. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has recently purchased two new pieces of equipment known as the NOFI Current Buster 6. This is the very lat
Norwegian contractor Dolphin Drilling has achieved international accreditation of a maintenance management system onboard its latest deepwater drillship, following a rigorous assessment from one of the largest classification bodies in ship and offshore certification. Dolphin Drilling, an independent
Scotrenewables Tidal Power, the world leader in the development of floating tidal turbines based in Orkney (in Scotland), have awarded a key fabrication contract for the superstructure of the SR2000 tidal turbine to Gray Fabrication based in Cupar, Fife. The 2MW turbine, the SR2000, will be the culm
Norway is to build one of the most advanced research vessels in the world as part of an ongoing project with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support developing countries improve the management of their fisheries. The new $80 million research vessel Dr Fridtjof Na
The future of delta cities such as Jakarta, Bangkok and Tokio is threatened by sea-level rise, but even more by land subsidence of up to several metres a century. Raising dikes fails to solve the underlying problem: falling groundwater levels. The only sustainable remedy is to combine urban function
Decom North Sea (DNS), the oil and gas decommissioning forum, will host a lunch and learn event to give supply chain companies the opportunity to learn more about a variety of pertinent topics; from crisis communications, to the new developments at Aberdeen harbour. The event will take place on Tues
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed an extensive three-year services supply agreement with the Norwegian DOF Group at the end of April 2014. The agreement covers services for all Wärtsilä equipment, including engines and propulsion as well as electrica
