2015 was very successful for Damen’s Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) range with 12 CSDs sold and delivered to clients around the world. Most of the deliveries were stock built vessels, a number of which were being built on speculation when an order was placed for them prior to completion. A feature of
Norwegian marine geophysical company PGS has completed the acquisition of the 7 300 sq. km Ceará Basin “Fortaleza” MultiClient 3D survey on the Equatorial Margin of Brazil. The survey is industry pre-funded and marks the first use of a Ramform Titan-class vessel, the Ramform Atlas, in Brazil. Accord
Seismic player Polarcus informed it is setting new acquisition performance records in its 3D marine seismic project offshore Myanmar. Namely, the company’s seismic vessel, Polarcus Amani, is towing an in-sea configuration that measures 1.8 kilometers wide across the front ends. With each of the ten
Perth-based Geo Oceans has completed a six-week contract for 24/7 ROV support over 40 days of subsea pipeline decommissioning operations for Vale in New Caledonia. The project involved operating from a construction barge ROV visual guidance for crane operators using a pipe grab to remove a subsea pi
Lawrence Livermore scientists, working with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and university colleagues, have found that half of the global ocean heat content increase since 1865 has occurred over the past two decades. “In recent decades the ocean has continued to warm substantially, a
The first tidal turbine for the Paimpol-Brehat tidal project has been installed by DCNS off the coast of Brittany, France. The Paimpol-Brehat project, jointly developed by EDF and DCNS, will see another tidal turbine installed at the project site in the following months. The first turbine was deploy
Multiple amphibious, multi-function dredgers from Mud Cat are operating in Iraq to clean various dams and barrages that are positioned along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) purchased the MFDs to remove accumulated silt, sand and vegetation at each dam’s basi
Wood Group has established a collaborative agreement with international engineering consultancy, Magma Products, to extend its existing commissioning service. Headquartered in Aberdeen and specialising in the field of commissioning and start-up, Magma’s services and software system will complement W
UK-based geoscience and engineering services provider, Next Geosolutions, has resumed operations on CWA Project with its SV Kommandor Iona permanently fitted with a comprehensive survey spread. The Cluster West of Adlergrund (CWA) project consist of multiple 220kV AC grid connections of the two offs
A platform jacket will be built and set up over the Main Pass Block 270 #3 BP 1 well, offshore Louisiana on the Hummer exploration prospect, ASX-listed Petsec Energy said Wednesday. The Hummer exploration prospect is operated by Castex Energy with Petsec having 12.5 percent working interest in the w
FAB Link interconnector, between France, the Channel Islands and the UK has come a step closer with new surveys taking place off East Devon and Alderney. The team behind the FAB Link is planning to lay two pairs of electricity cables between the Cherbourg peninsula in Normandy in northern France, an
Norway’s Badger Explorer (BXPL) has appointed Øystein Larsen as the new chief executive officer effective from January 20, 2016. Larsen has previously held the position as chief technical officer of BXPL and has been working for the company since 2009. He succeeds Steinar Bakke, who after having lea
UK’s Plexus has been awarded a contract with Masirah Oil, the Oman branch of the BVI-based oil and gas company REX International Holdings. The new contract will see Plexus supply its POS-GRIP Tersus Mudline equipment and 10,000psi adjustable rental exploration wellhead to Masirah for oil exploration
Plexus Holdings, an oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has been awarded a contract with new customer, Masirah Oil Limited. Masirah is the Oman branch of an oil and gas company REX International Holdings Limited. The new c
