Offshore Installation Services (OIS), an Acteon company, has successfully completed its sixteenth rigless suspended well abandonment campaign involving multiple operators in the Southern North Sea. The multi-operator model for programmes of this kind can deliver significant customer benefits in term
Jasper Offshore announces that the Jasper Explorer drillship has arrived at Pointe Noire in the Republic of Congo and is currently preparing for commencement of drilling operations. In January Jasper signed a contract with CNOOC Congo SA for the deployment of the Pelican Class self propelled drillsh
MMT (Sweden) has just completed a site clearance survey in connection to the planned Kårehamn wind farm. E.ON Vind Sverige AB contracted MMT for a Site Clearance Survey at the new Kårehamn wind farm outside the island of Öland. MMT conducted a geophysical survey followed by target an inspection, usi
Buccaneer Energy Limited (Buccaneer) announced that the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) has approved the revised C-Plan, also referred to as the oil spill plan, for the Cosmopolitan (“Cosmo”) project. Additionally the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“AOGCC”) has a
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Technip to deliver umbilicals for the Girassol Resources Initiative (GirRI) phase 2 development off the coast of Angola. Contract value is undisclosed. Aker Solutions will deliver two dynamic power and control steel tube umbilicals, one dynamic power c
A key facility in an international observing network to detect increasing ocean acidification is monitoring carbon cycling in the Tasman Sea from a site near Maria Island. The A$150,000 mooring with its suite of environmental sensors is one of three in Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System
Leading UK consultancy, KGAL, has been appointed as the M&E design specialist for the proposed £650m state-of –the-art Swansea Bay tidal lagoon – the first of its kind in the world. KGAL will provide the detailed design and coordinate all the mechanical and electrical works, forming an integral part
Saudi Aramco announced the first phase production start-up at the Manifa field commenced on April 10th, 3 months ahead of schedule and well under the program’s approved budget. The Manifa field’s production capacity is expected to reach 500,000 bpd by July 2013, and is planned to reach its full desi
Rapidly growing international energy services company Proserv has officially launched a global research and development (R&D) hub in Norway to design innovative subsea controls and communications technologies. This new group strengthens Proserv’s evolving international infrastructure in support of i
This year Ocean’s Business got off to a dramatic start when Sonardyne International Ltd.’s trials vessel, Sound Surveyor, was involved in the rescue of a yacht drifting perilously close to the rocks off Portland. Sound Surveyor, which is hosting technical demonstration throughout the show, was en ro
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (the “Company” or “Nautilus”) has filed a final short form prospectus in each province of Canada, other than Quebec, in respect of its previously announced fully backstopped rights offering to raise gross proceeds of C$40,000,000 through the issuance of rights to subscribe for
DeepOcean UK, Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, today announced an award from leading contractor Technip for trenching services on the Stella Field Development, Operated by Ithaca Energy. The contract includes project management, engineering and associated trenching and backfilling w
FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands provided the following operations update with respect to the ongoing 3D seismic operations. 3D seismic survey over the Diomedea Fan completed The PGS M/V Ramform Sterling has co
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has reported a successful start to a 10-week boulder clearing and trenching campaign on the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project. Mobilised onboard the Siem Topaz anchor handling vessel, Ecosse Subsea’s SCAR subsea plough system is engaged on route clearing and pre-lay tre
