A recently launched initiative aiming to coordinate research and development activities within the UK’s subsea oil and gas sector has appointed a chairman and project director. Well-known industry figure, Peter Blake, has taken up the role of chairman of the National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI
AKOFS Offshore, a part of Akastor ASA, has been notified of a five-year contract extension from Petrobras to use the Skandi Santos, a Subsea Equipment Support Vessel in Brazil. The extension, worth about $387 million (NOK 2.5 billion), will start March 1, 2015 in direct continuation of the current c
TGS announces the first two ocean bottom projects in the shelf region of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico under its collaboration agreement with FairfieldNodal. The Calypso Full Azimuthal Nodal (FAN) survey is located in the Eugene Island protraction area and will cover 136 shelf blocks. Historical productio
University of Victoria (UVic) mechanical engineer Alison Proctor and her department’s 3.5-metre long, Bluefin Robotics AUV, and supported by a Parks Canada research vessel and crew, may have made one of the oldest archeological finds in Canada. Dr. Quentin Mackie and Alison Proctor just returned thi
Qatar Petroleum (QP), a state-owned corporation established in 1974, responsible for all phases of the oil and gas industry in Qatar, has issued a tender for the provision of diving services at the Ports of Mesaieed and Ras Laffan. The tenders are expected to carry out routine under-water checkup of
Operator Statoil has together with PL713 partners made a gas discovery in the Pingvin prospect in the Barents Sea. The discovery is a play opener in a frontier unexplored area of the Barents Sea northwest of Johan Castberg. The discovery well 7319/12-1, drilled by the drilling rig Transocean Spitsbe
Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix) has been contracted by DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (DEFTECH) to provide deep-water towed side scan sonar services in support of continuing underwater search operations for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370). DEFTECH and Phoenix are working
Forum Energy Technologies has begun Construction of the new European Operations centre for global oilfield equipment and products. This multi million pound investment in the new Westhill facility will initially house 120 employees and will bring together five Forum businesses that are currently spre
Whitby Harbour Board and Scarborough Borough Council have given their backing to making local company, Dalby Offshore Services Ltd, the preferred tenderer to develop proposals for a new offshore business to be located at Endeavour Wharf, Whitby. Following an open market tender process held during th
According to a notice to mariners for Strangford Narrows area issued yesterday, 24th September, planned operations on the SeaGen tidal turbine system are currently being undertaken and may impact navigation. SeaGen is a tidal turbine comprising of a central pile and crossbeam that holds the turbines
According to a notice to mariners for Strangford Narrows area issued yesterday, 24th September, planned operations on the SeaGen tidal turbine system are currently being undertaken and may impact navigation. SeaGen is a tidal turbine comprising of a central pile and crossbeam that holds the turbines
Cairn has entered into a farm out agreement for the sale of a 10% interest in the Catcher development and adjacent acreage in the UK North Sea. With effect from 1 January 2014 Dyas UK Limited (Dyas) shall acquire 10% in each of the following UK Continental Shelf licences P1430, P2040, P2070, P2077 a
Eni was the successful bidder of new exploration licenses in Egypt as a result of the competitive 2013 EGAS bid round. The new licenses will be formally awarded soon, after the ratification and finalization of the Concession Agreements. As a result of the EGAS bid round, Eni will become the operator
Petrobras announced gas discovery in the extension well 3-BRSA-1022-SES (3-SES-181), located in the Poço Verde Discovery Evaluation Plan area (concession BM-SEAL-4) in the ultra-deep waters of Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. It is called Poço Verde 1, and lies 58 km off the coast of Aracaju at a depth of 2,1
