CGGVeritas is confirming its commitment to the emerging deepwater node market with an order to manufacture an additional 800 Trilobit four-component (4C) ocean bottom nodes (OBN) to make a total of 1,000 units in its equipment pool. The new nodes are expected to be commercially available by early 20
Fluor Corporation announced that it has been awarded a contract by Chevron Neftegaz–one of three project managers engaged by the Caspian Pipeline Consortium–for its recently announced expansion project. Fluor will provide project services for the marine terminal and supervisory control and data syst
CGGVeritas is confirming its commitment to the emerging deepwater node market with an order to manufacture an additional 800 Trilobit four-component (4C) ocean bottom nodes (OBN) to make a total of 1,000 units in its equipment pool. The new nodes are expected to be commercially available by early 20
Iraq has awarded a $471.7 million contract for an oil export facility expansion and sub-sea pipeline to Italian group Saipem , Iraqi oil… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, August 17, 2011;
Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are sailing on the maiden scientific voyage of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest ice… (sciencedaily) [mappress] Source: sciencedaily, August 17, 2011;
DOF Subsea announces that it has been awarded, in joint venture with Technip, its second flexible pipelay contract by Petrobras. The second ever pipelay vessel built in Brazil, Skandi Niterói has been awarded a four and half year charter and service contract. The vessel will be used for flexible pip
A salvage operation on a ship wreck 3200 meters below the surface of the South Atlantic has been successfully carried out thanks to the use of lightweight ropes made with Dyneema® ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber. Dyneema® fiber, the world’s strongest fiber™, is manufactured by DSM Dyn
On June 6, 2011 the ALOHA Cabled Observatory (ACO) “went live,” returning data from instruments on the deep seafloor, about 60 nautical miles north of Oahu, Hawaii, and 4,800 meters below the ocean surface. Funded by the University of Hawaii and the National Science Foundation (NSF), the ALOHA obser
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has been contracted by Petrobras America Inc., a subsidiary of Petrobras, to provide support maintenance and repair for the Cascade and Chinook
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has been contracted by Petrobras America Inc., a subsidiary of Petrobras, to provide support maintenance and repair for the Cascade and Chinook
Oil and gas production from Forouzan field is due to witness a remarkable rise once the construction of a pipeline connecting the field to… (zawya) [mappress] Source: zawya, August 16, 2011;
Kodiak Kenai Cable Company, LLC (KKCC), a subsidiary of Old Harbor Native Corporation, has deployed Infinera’s Submarine Solution for its optical network upgrade spanning approximately 1,000 km throughout the state of Alaska. KKCC chose Infinera for the ease of use, speed of deployment and cutting e
Politicians and scientists celebrated water on Monday, despite rain showers that canceled a planned tidal power demonstration… (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, August 16, 2011;
Kongsberg Maritime announces an order of over £1 million from Fugro, the largest, world-wide integrated supplier of geoscience, survey, and geotechnical related services. Kongsberg Maritime will supply a range of its latest high resolution cameras and Mesotech scanning sonar systems as part of Fugro
