Ocean Shield will today (May 05) return to Fleet Base West to replenish its supplies and conduct routine maintenance and software modifications to Phoenix Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ‘Artemis’ Bluefin-21. On completion of the short port visit, Ocean Shield will return immediately to the search are
Expro announces $2 billion order book at the end of its 40th anniversary year, thanks to a number of contract wins, including almost $500million in the last quarter alone. Expro attributes this success due to its market-leading position in deep water well testing and subsea landing string services,
The Kleven group delivered a strong financial performance in 2013, with an operating profit of NOK 172 million. ‘An operating profit of NOK 172 million is a solid result in the current market situation,’ said Ståle Rasmussen, CEO of Kleven. Turnover in 2013 was NOK 4.2 billion, a record high for the
Wood Group has delivered engineering services to the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP), a joint industry project to further improve the prevention of, and response to, subsea well-control incidents. Contracted by Shell, on behalf of the SWRP team, Wood Group Kenny led the way and drew on the exper
Chevron Corporation reported earnings of $4.5 billion ($2.3 6 per share – diluted) for the first quarter 2014 , compared with $ 6.2 billion ($3. 18 per share – diluted) in the 2013 first quarter. Sales and other operating revenues in the first quarter 2014 were $51 billion, compared to $54 billion i
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: The JB 117 self-elevating platform, owned by Jack-Up Barge B.V., doing its job on the BorWin beta platform. The BorWin beta platform will transform the alternating current (AC) supplied by wind turbines from two offshore wind farms, Veja Mate and Global Tech 1, befo
HMS Echo has joined HMS Tireless in standing down from the search for the signal from the black box of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The move comes after the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that the search for the missing Malaysian aircraft is now moving into a new phase. Survey s
VIDEO: Alstom’s 6MW Turbine Spinning at Belwind Site Last year in November, Alsom installed 6-MW Haliade™ 150, off Ostend harbour at the Belwind site in Belgium. 40th AREVA Wind Turbine Installed at Global Tech I The construction of towers and nacelles in the North Sea wind farm Global Tech I is run
Fundy Tidal is seeking public input on potential locations for tidal turbines in Grand Passage. Turbine locations will be selected based on many factors, including community input, flow speeds, depth, seabed, waves, marine life, fishing zones, and acceptable infringement on navigation. Fundy Tidal i
The National Oceanography Centre has signed contracts to participate in a project commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to develop a specialised monitoring system incorporating marine robotics to ensure the integrity of carbon capture and storage sites deep below the sea
ShawCor Ltd., a global energy services company specializing in products and services for the pipelines and petrochemical segments of the oil and gas industry, has released results for first quarter 2014. First quarter revenue of $479.1 million increased by $24.4 million, or 5%, from $454.7 million r
Ocean Installer has been awarded a subsea installation job in the Gulf of Mexico with one of the world’s leading international oil and gas companies on its largest deepwater producing field which sits in over 1800m water depth. This is Ocean Installer’s first SURF contract in the Gulf of Mexico and
This summer, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) will map the subsurface on the Mørerand High and Gjallar Ridge South in the Norwegian Sea, which is in the western part of the continental shelf. The objective is to acquire knowledge about unexplored acreage. The so-called shallow drilling will
Sonardyne International Ltd. has announced its participation in a new Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) project within the Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) programme to develop a Carbon Dioxide (CO2) marine and shallow subsurface monitoring system for underground CCS sites in the North Sea. The system
