Benthic, a global geosciences company, has been awarded a contract by Woodside Energy Ltd to undertake an offshore geotechnical site investigation for the proposed Browse Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Development off the North West coast of Western Australia. The survey will assist with further und
Royal HaskoningDHV and ShoreTension Holding BV have developed innovative simulation software to predict the performance of the ShoreTension® dynamic mooring system for future users. ShoreTension® is a flexible stand-alone system that keeps the mooring lines of ships under continuous tension, thus ke
Swiber Holdings Limited has clinched an Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction contract in Latin America for subsea development work including pipeline tie-in work, with an aggregate value of $80 million. The project will start immediately and is expected to complete in 2015. Earlie
Seadrill Limited has secured a contract with Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd for employment of the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship West Jupiter, in support of the EGINA ultra-deep offshore project in Nigeria. The contract is for a firm period of 5 years and has a total revenue potential for the primar
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA has received a Letter of Award from Statoil Petroleum AS worth $5.3 million for 3D EM data acquisition in the Norwegian Sea. The Company expects to start the survey in September, using the vessel Atlantic Guardian. EMGS uses its proprietary electromagnetic technology
Faroe Petroleum, an independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway, the Atlantic margin and the North Sea, has announced the spudding of the Centrica-operated Butch South West exploration well 8/10-6S (Faroe 15%). Butch South Wes
Dolphin has been awarded a new 3D seismic contract in Mediterranean for an undisclosed smaller independent oil company. The 3D seismic contract with duration of approximately 40 days, will be performed by the vessel Artemis Arctic during Q3 and early Q4 2014. Dolphin Group ASA is the parent company
Halul Offshore Services Co. HOSC) and its parent company, Milaha, have increased their offshore support fleet with state-of-the-art Dive Support Vessel (DSV) “Shaddad”. At a ceremony held under the patronage of HE Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, “Shaddad” was unveile
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced an investment of $7.2 million to support improvement projects at three small craft harbours in New Brunswick. This investment is part of the regular program funding for small craft harbours across Canada in 2014-2015. The major pr
DEME: Solid Order Book Since the beginning of 2014, DEME managed to maintain its order book at a fairly high level of about 3.0 billion EUR thanks to new orders, well spread worldwide across dredging, energy related and environmental activities. Panama Canal Expansion Update – May 2014 (VIDEO) The
Vroon Offshore Services Den Helder has reported that the crane of their subsea-support vessel ‘VOS Sweet’ has been upgraded. The new Fly Jib extends the capabilities and lifting height reach of ‘VOS Sweet’, a DP2/4PM subsea-support vessel. ‘VOS Sweet’ was built in 2012 in Fujian, China. It is a 60.2
Last week, foundation degree Student Jonny Dryden from Newcastle College came in to SMD to test his ROV in the test tank at our i19 ROV Centre Of Excellence facility. The test tank is used for testing and commissioning our work class ROV vehicles before delivery to customers. Dryden is studying to c
A new state of the art digital hydrophone calibration lab, the only one known of its kind, has been commissioned at the Ocean Sonics office in Great Village, NS. The traditional analog approach to calibrating hydrophones is a tricky and demanding task. Digital hydrophone calibration greatly simplifi
BMT SMART Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, an international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, will showcase its performance monitoring portfolio at Posidonia 2014 next week in Athens, Greece. The SMART suite of services works by collecting vessel performance data and p
