NOAA and its fellow Natural Resource Damage Assessment trustees in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have signed a formal Record of Decision to implement a Gulf restoration plan. The 44 projects, totaling an estimated $627 million, will restore barrier islands, shorelines, dunes, underwater grasses an
Atlantic Petroleum has started drilling of the Ivory well (6707/10-3 S) in PL 528B located in the Norwegian Sea. Atlantic Petroleum Norge has a 9% working interest in PL 528B. The licence is located adjacent to the Statoil-operated Aasta Hansteen field development which is due to come on stream in 2
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a letter of intent worth $6.8 million from an International Oil Company for 3D EM data acquisition in Malaysia. “We are pleased to announce the first of several new projects in Asia. Due to increased demand for our EM services among new and existin
Benthic, a geosciences company, has relocated to its new Technology Center in Houston, Texas. The new facility, located in Hammerly Business Park at 1805 Brittmoore Road houses Benthic’s Research and Development, Training Center, US maintenance facility and the Company’s headquarters. The facility c
Spectrum and OMNIS (Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Stratégiques) in Madagascar have signed an agreement where Spectrum assumes exclusive brokerage rights to the majority of the vintage seismic data located both offshore and onshore Madagascar. The various datasets total over 69,000 km
Petrobras has discovered a new gas accumulation in the Espírito Santo Basin post-salt cluster. The discovery was made when drilling well 3-BRSA-1259-ESS (ANP nomenclature)/ 3-ESS-222 (Petrobras nomenclature), known as Tanganika, at a water depth of 1,043 meters, within the Malombe Discovery Evaluati
Endurance Exploration Group, Inc. announces the successful completion of Phase 1 of “Project Sailfish” with the identification of the wreck believed to be that of the S.S. Connaught, a mid-19th century steamship reportedly lost with a cargo of gold coins. The S.S. Connaught Built in Ireland and laun
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has completed substantial works in China on the Liwan 3-1 Project. Liwan 3-1 is part of the Liwan gas project, 300 km southeast of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, that also includes Liuhua 34-2 and Liuhua 29-1 fields. All three f
1. EMAS Offshore Launches Singapore IPO EMAS Offshore, formerly known as EOC, has launched public offering of shares following the registration of its prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in conjunction with the proposed listing on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange Secur
Cape plc, an international leader in the provision of critical industrial services to the energy and natural resources sectors, announces the award of a contract with BP to supply its services within the Magnus Life Extension project, MLXP. MLXP is a project being undertaken by BP as part of its Nor
Oceanographic research ship of the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet (BF) “Admiral Vladimirsky” left the port of Pevek and is heading for the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The vessel is expected to arrive at its destination in about 10 days. During the visit to Pevek the crew met with local of
Continuing the work of Pelamis Wave Power on wave farm project development in parallel with technology demonstration and development, two wave measurement buoys have now been redeployed off the north coast of Scotland, at the location of the Farr Point wave farm site. The wave buoys, which were firs
Eolien Maritime France, a subsidiary of EDF EN France and Dong Energy Power Holding, has issued a tender for seabed surveys to be carried out at a number of locations offshore France. The company requires side-scan sonar and multi-beam echo-sounder survey services to execute seabed clearance on appr
Mubadala Petroleum, Operator of the Manora Oil Development joint venture, has advised that the Atwood Orca jackup drilling unit has spudded the fourth and fifth of 15 planned development wells, MNA-04 and MNA-05. They have also advised that MNA-03 has been drilled to the final target depth. The MNA-
