Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announces that it has received industry funding for a joint project to accelerate the use of 3D EM data in exploration and production. The EDDA project involves acquiring state-of-the-art 3D EM data over known fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Data acq
Damen Shipyards Group announced the sale of its first-ever Twin Axe Catamaran, the Damen High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) 2610, which is particularly suited for the offshore wind industry. Marineco UK, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently signed for the new HSSV 2610 with an option for a second. T
Hamworthy Svanehøj has launched the first of what will become an entirely new range of combined sea water lift and fire pumps that meet the requirements of the offshore market. The new deepwell seawater lifting pumps and fire pumps ’DWS’ will be available ranging in capacity from 700 m3/hr to 1700 m
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted A/S Norske Shell a drilling permit for wellbore 6603/5-1 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6603/5-1 S will be drilled from the Aker Barents drilling facility at position 66°34’33.20” north and 3°32’46.10” east afte
Statoil received 400 more applications compared with last year and the company is taking on 181 new apprentices, compared with 168 last year. “With apprentices we are building future competencies, not just for us, but for society at large. Statoil is an attractive workplace for apprentices and the y
Expro announces that it has completed the acquisition of the Production Testers International business (“PTI”) from Production Testers International HK Ltd and Production Testers International Ltd. PTI is a leading well services business providing fast track production systems to the upstream oil an
Tap Oil Limited provides the following information on the Mawar-1 exploration well, onshore Brunei Darussalam, the Zola 1 well in permit WA-290-P offshore Western Australia and the Craigow-1 well in the offshore Bass Strait T47P permit. Mawar-1 and Markisa-1 – Block M, Brunei Tap 39%, Operator Maw
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. BP continues to work with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander and the leadership and direction of the federal government. Subsea Source Control The MC252 well ha
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Petro-Canada Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 34/4-13 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 34/4-13 S will be drilled from the West Alpha drilling facility at position 61º 38’ 43” North and 02º 05’ 59’ East, aft
Germanischer Lloyd certified the new alarm-, monitoring- and control system developed by Imtech Marine Germany and Free Technics, two companies of Imtech Marine group. This new System will be presented at the Imtech Marine stand at SMM in Hamburg (7-10 September) at stand 210 in hall B6. Imtech AMCS
Samsung Heavy Industries , has standardized on the Intergraph® SmartMarine® 3D engineering and design solution for all marine projects, both offshore and shipbuilding. SHI has already built the world’s largest number of drill ships and has successfully delivered the world’s largest marine platforms
Cal Dive International announced that it has been awarded a contract for removal of a large jetty and installation of a new platform and eleven pipelines in Freeport, Bahamas. The contract is expected to generate total revenue of approximately $56 million and will utilize the Company’s pipelay barge
Global Marine Systems has announced the successful completion of the Gjøa power cable installation. Gjøa is the first ever floating platform to have power supplied by a direct link from shore, and will contribute to a greener source of energy, reducing carbon emissions by an estimated 210,000 tonnes
Four Greenpeace activists who halted drilling by a British-owned oil exploration rig off Greenland have been arrested after they abandoned… by Severin Carrel (Guardian) [mappress] Source: Guardian,September 2, 2010,
