Navy Sailors and Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, embarked aboard the Navy’s rescue and salvage ship USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51), found and salvaged a downed F-16 aircraft off the coast of Virginia, Aug. 6-20. The downed aircraft was one of two F-16 fighter jets from the 113th Wing, D.
The Lithuanian Coastal Research and Planning Institute (CORPI) has recently completed the first ever 100% coverage survey of Klaipeda Harbour using the Kongsberg GeoAcoustics GeoSwath Plus COMPACT multibeam echo sounder system. This EU funded project was carried out during the implementation of the
CNOOC Limited (the “Company”) announced its interim results ended June 30, 2013. For the first half of the year, the Company’s total net oil and gas production rose 23.1% year-on-year (YOY) to 198.1 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), in which Nexen contributed 24.8 million BOE. Without Nexen’s
Edge have just announced the launch of an exciting new addition to their metal detector range. The Edge Metal Detector EMD-2 is the world’s first metal detector capable of differentiating between ferrous and non-ferrous metals underwater. Pulse induction technology combined with ‘smart’ programming
The construction of the second offshore wind farm of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has entered its late stage: the “Goliath” installation platform left Rostock port in the early hours of August 16th. The destination of the “Goliath” was EnBW’s Baltic 2 construction area, which is located 32 kilo
John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group” or the “Group”), an international energy services company employing around 43,000 people worldwide and operating in over 50 countries has released half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2013. The Group has three businesses – Wood Group Engineering, Wood
The Royal Naval Southern Dive Unit from HM Naval Base, Devonport, was tasked to the remote wood on Guernsey on Friday after the bomb containing 375kg of explosive and measuring 3metres by 45cm in diameter was uncovered buried where it was dropped. Petty Officer Nick Frost led the team of five includ
With wind energy capacity growing at a rapid pace, the value of the operations and maintenance (O&M) market is expected to increase from $3 billion in 2008 to $19 billion by 2020, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. According to the company’s latest report, more than 191 GW of wind power c
With wind energy capacity growing at a rapid pace, the value of the operations and maintenance (O&M) market is expected to increase from $3 billion in 2008 to $19 billion by 2020, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. According to the company’s latest report, more than 191 GW of wind power c
The Kara-Summer 2013 expedition organized by Rosneft in partnership with the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute completed its voyage on August 16, 2013. Experts spent 30 days at sea aboard the Akademik Fyodorov survey vessel owned by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. They conducted a
Oslo-headquartered oil services firm AGR has expanded its TRACS Training offer to cover the Norwegian market. The news was launched at ONS Norway today (Monday 19 August 2013). The expansion will seek to repeat the success of AGR’s TRACS Training in Aberdeen, recognised as one of the world’s top tra
RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has safely and successfully completed offshore drilling for 30 development wells for the $10.3bn Barzan Gas Project, paving the way for subsequent phases of the project to proceed with connecting the wells to subsea pipelines that will take gas to shore. The 30 develo
Total E&P UK Limited has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for the recovery of casing at the Tomintoul location, west of the Shetland Islands. The scope of the work involves the cutting and recovery of 472 meters of 20” downhole casing from the seabed, at approximately 580m water depth. The onshore
Statoil ASA has signed an agreement to divest minority interests in the Gullfaks and Gudrun fields offshore Norway and exit the non-core, non-operated Schiehallion and Rosebank fields, West of Shetlands. In addition to the cash consideration of USD 2.65 billion, the transaction with Austrian oil and
