GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a major contract from OGX Petróleo e Gás Ltda. to supply drilling and production equipment for three offshore fixed production platforms to be deployed in the Waimea and Waikiki oil and gas fields of the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil, where OGX plans to drill a signific
GE Oil & Gas has entered into an agreement with Technip to supply two steam turbine-driven compressors for the Shell Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. The facility, which is to be based offshore Australia, will be the largest floating offshore facility in the world. Technip and
Bolt Technology Corporation announced that it has commenced joint efforts with WesternGeco, a product line of Schlumberger, to develop the E-Source* air gun, an environmentally sensitive energy source for marine seismic surveys. The E-Source air gun is a bandwidth-controlled source of acoustic waves
Sercel has launched the SeaRay® 428, the latest generation of its SeaRay system, designed to deliver competitive, redeployable 4-C seabed seismic acquisition. With nine systems in operation worldwide, the current SeaRay system has already become the industry’s system of choice, delivering unrivalled
Sercel has launched the SeaRay® 428, the latest generation of its SeaRay system, designed to deliver competitive, redeployable 4-C seabed seismic acquisition. With nine systems in operation worldwide, the current SeaRay system has already become the industry’s system of choice, delivering unrivalled
In the year since its launch, the BroadSeisTM solution has been deployed in various locations around the world, in different water depths and over different geologies. Building on early 2D results, 3D and elastic inversion data also show significant improvements over conventional data. CGGVeritas is
The Kongsberg Maritime owned AIS and position reference specialist Kongsberg Seatex has developed a solution to display the size and shape of seismic streamers over standard AIS. With this information available to all vessels in the survey area, this new development has the potential to enhance safe
The sophisticated eBird® system for lateral, vertical and roll streamer control in marine seismic acquisition has received an advanced functionality upgrade that enables the simple replacement of wings for different operational applications. By utilizing Kongsberg Maritime’s world leading technology
The sophisticated eBird® system for lateral, vertical and roll streamer control in marine seismic acquisition has received an advanced functionality upgrade that enables the simple replacement of wings for different operational applications. By utilizing Kongsberg Maritime’s world leading technology
Nortek has collaborated with iRobot Corp. to develop a modified compact acoustic Doppler current profiler for the iRobot 1KA Seaglider Unmanned Underwater Vehicle. The development, which took place over the course of the past year, has resulted in the testing of a small, light weight and low-power c
US Seismic Systems Inc. (USSI) , a subsidiary company of Acorn Energy, Inc. is expanding its offering of Ultra High Sensitivity (UHS) fiber optic sensors to include Ocean Bottom Cables (OBC) which are a critical component for the rapidly emerging market for Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM). USSI
Subsea connector specialist SECC Oil & Gas has delivered a “weak link” pipeline disconnect system to Repsol designed to protect subsea … SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, September 16, 2011;
Approval of plans for development and operation (PDO) of the Stjerne and Vigdis North-East fields means that all four of Statoil’s first fast-track projects have secured the go-ahead. The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has given the nod for the two fields today, 16 September, after approving Hyme
Lloyd’s Register is working with leading owners and operators from the oil and gas sector to improve current methods of monitoring the performance of blow-out preventers (BOP) and reduce the risks for one of the industry’s most safety-critical pieces of equipment. ModuSpec BV and Scandpower AS, memb
