Kraken Sonar has added Larry Puddister to the company’s board of directors. Puddister is co- chairman of Pennecon Limited, and also a majority shareholder and CEO of Newcrete. Karl Kenny, Kraken’s president and CEO, said: “We are delighted to welcome Larry to the Kraken Board of Directors. His exten
TE SubCom has released Ocean Spectrum bandwidth manager software, which should in conjunction with TE SubCom’s Ocean Gateway products, enable cable operators to select their preferred submarine line terminating equipment (SLTE) line card supplier and create an interoperable and complementary dry and
Matecs BV, a Roosendaal based developer and producer of metal industrial parts for heavy duty usage, is currently producing high pressure (up to 40 bars) dredge valves for DEME’s newbuilding trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River. These valves have been equipped with wear-resistant liners and a
Swan Hunter has awarded Motive Offshore Group a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the design and build of a basket carousel loading tower. Swan Hunter expects its modular basket carousel and tower lay spread to be available for cable, umbilical and flexible pipeline installations for the 2017 summer season
Maersk Oil has awarded a long-term contract to Lloyd’s Register for asset integrity services to support the development of Maersk Oil’s offshore operations. Lloyd’s Register will provide support in areas of operational risk – change management, contractor management, inspection plans and reporting,
TE SubCom, along with Facebook, Google, and PLDC (Pacific Light Data Communication), announced that they will co-build the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN), a 12,800 km transpacific submarine cable system that will provide the first direct undersea route between Hong Kong and Los Angeles, Californ
AGR has appointed Tore Øian to lead the company’s well management business in Norway. Øian has over 20 years experience in the oil and gas industry and has managed drilling projects for operators including Statoil and Det norske. Svein Sollund, AGR’s chief executive, said: “We have been providing we
Norwegian geophysical services company, EMGS, has entered into a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed client for the provision of 3D CSEM data from the multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. The Oslo-listed company said that this new deal has generated net revenue of USD 1 million, wh
Mexican firm Corporativo Cemza, a consortium of nine oil services companies, is seeking an operating partner to participate in Mexico’s Round 2.1 auction for shallow water fields. The first Round 2.1 auction comprises 15 contractual areas in the Tampico-Misantla basin, and offshore Veracruz, Tabasco
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has announced a reduction in the company’s cost base in line with a reduced level of activity. The company said it will seek a global reduction in employee expenses of approximately 20% by using both temporary and permanent layoffs among others. The cost reduction
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) and Nokia Bell Labs said they have achieved a record transmission capacity over a 6,600 km single mode fiber. Namely, the breakthrough lab trial demonstrated a total 65 terabit-per-second (Tb/s) transmission using submarine grade dual band erbium doped fiber a
Huawei Marine said it will help Papua New Guinea to build a national broadband transmission network to meet the increasing demand for internet connectivity and foster social and economic development across the country. Located in the South Pacific, Papua New Guinea is an island nation with numerous
A team of international scientists drilled into the site of the asteroid impact, known as the Chicxulub impact crater, which occurred 66 million years ago. The crater is buried several hundred meters below the surface in the Yucatán region of México. Until that time, dinosaurs and marine reptiles do
EofE Ultrasonics informed it has delivered ten sets of scanning sonar Echologger MRS900 to Tetis Group. The 2000m rated scanning sonar will be installed on Tetis’ ROVs. Echologger MRS900 is optimally design for underwater vehicles with high scanning speed and high resolution images. “It is expected
