Damen Shipyards has unveiled a completely new Wind Farm Service Vessel (WSV) to support and accommodate turbine maintenance crews at sea and allow them to ‘Walk-to-Work’. After industry-wide consultation, the vessel has been designed from first principles to provide on-site work facilities and accom
Bumi Armada Berhad announced today that EnQuest Heather Limited together with EnQuest ENS Limited, First Oil and Gas Limited, Nautical Petroleum Limited and Nautical Petroleum AG have via a Letter of Interim Agreement (“LOIA”), confirmed their intention to award a contract for the supply and operati
EnQuest PLC, the largest UK independent oil company in the UK North Sea, has given its go-ahead for a £4 billion investment in the c.140 million barrel oil field Kraken development, set to generate billions of revenue for taxpayers and to support an estimated 20,000 jobs during the project’s constru
The Gazprom Management Committee took note of the information concerning the progress with the South Stream gas pipeline construction. It was pointed out that the project was advancing steadily. Intensive efforts are being made in all of the countries to be crossed by the gas pipeline. For instance,
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has concluded an exceptionally good third quarter. Revenue, adjusted for the sale of the 40% stake in Archirodon, and earnings were higher than in the first and second quarter of 2013 against stable market conditions. The order book increased compared to th
Global supplier of fluid transfer systems, FES International, has completed a major £2.4M swivel refurbishment contract for Houston-based oil and gas company, Talos ERT. The swivels form part of a Disconnectable Transfer System (DTS)/Turret, which FES supplied to Helix ERT in 2008 for a vessel opera
Set in a sheer-sided bowl of rock, accessible by climbing gear alone, the Red Lake in Croatia has never revealed the secret of its depths. Now, mountaineering skills and a Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV will offer the first ever insight into the third largest sinkhole lake in the world. Many attempts to sur
Statoil has made a call-off for the framework contract Technip has with Statoil for diving services. The work will be performed in connection with the future Edvard Grieg Oil Pipeline as well as Utsira high gas pipeline. The project will help connect the oil pipeline from the Edvard Grieg platform t
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) announces the TRITON GeoStreamer® Full Azimuth survey, a new solution to complex imaging problems in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. PGS offer this survey as the next important advance in tailored acquisition design and state-of-the-art depth imaging which are critical to
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “Nautilus”) announces the release of its unaudited consolidated Financial Statements for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013, together with Management’s Discussion and Analysis. Q3 2013 Significant Events: – Received a favorable decision on arbitration
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. GeoSpatial Services (GS) business line is using remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to map shoreline sensitivity to oil spills in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) is a widely used system for ranking and cla
Dolphin Geophysical AS, a global full-range, asset light supplier of marine geophysical services announced revenues of USD 70.1 million in Q3 2013, compared to USD 61.2 million in Q3 2012. Quarterly highlights – Q3 2013: – EBITDA of USD 26.4 million (38%), compared to USD 28.9 million in Q3 2012 – E
Arklow Marine Services has delivered an offshore wind farm service vessel (WFSV) to Alicat, which intends to operate the vessel across the UK’s offshore wind farms, according to Irish media. Irish shipbuilder has built the vessel called Gardian 18 in 30 weeks ‒ on schedule and on budget. The vessel,
The Australian Marine Conservation Society has welcomed a Senate Bill introduced by Queensland Greens MP Larissa Waters that calls on the Government to acknowledge community views and scientific evidence and to reject the Abbot Point dredging plan. The Bill seeks Senate recognition of concerns from
