A contract for a 3D seismic survey in Pancontinental’s licence area L6 offshore Kenya has been awarded to Fugro-Geoteam AS. Pancontinental’s interest in the L6 licence is 40%. The survey will cover 680 sq| km and is budgeted to cost $13.67 Million (Pancontinental share $5.5 Million). Licence area L6
CTC Marine Projects Ltd., Trico Offshore Ltd. and Deep Ocean AS, all subsidiaries of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, announced that they are rebranding and changing name to DeepOcean. “The move is more than a name change,” says DeepOcean Group CEO Bart Heijermans. “We will operate as one company offerin
Dhiraagu announces that the submarine cable repair work is progressing as planned. On 28 April the submarine cable ship ASEAN Explorer removed the damaged part and replaced it with a new cable section. Joining the new section to Sri Lanka and Maldives ends of the cable was completed successfully. Ye
Norwegian-based specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea Norway has secured a contract with ConocoPhillips under the current frame agreement for Diverless Marine and Subsea Services. The contract is for debris removal utilising DOF Subsea’s construction support vessel the Skandi Skolten. The wor
The Arctic has large oil and gas resources and operations in this sensitive and harsh area will require efficient oil-spill preparedness solutions. “The acquisition of Norwegian Petro Services (NPS) in Norway and its recognised expertise will play an important role in our activities in this field,”
CNOOC Limited stated that according to the news of its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (“CNOOC”), the compensation for marine ecological damage caused by Penglai 19-3 oil spill accident was in significant progress with the great effort made by the State Oceanic Administration
A new rule prohibiting killing, injuring, touching or disturbing whale sharks and rays is part of the final management plan… [mappress] Source: NOAA , April 30, 2012; Image: NOAA
Wood Group Mustang has been awarded the topsides detailed engineering and procurement support for the semi-submersible central processing facility (CPF) in the Ichthys field development. The contract was awarded by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., the EPC contractor for the CPF. The project, locat
OceanWorks International has been awarded phases 1 and 2 of a 3 phase contract by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to assist with the re-certification of life support systems on the Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin (DSV Alvin). Certification for manned diving operations will be provided und
Nord Stream completed the process of adapting the control system to integrate the two lines into a single automated twin-pipeline gas transport system. Following the two-week process that included adapting and testing the integrated control system for the twin pipelines, the required certifications
TGS has commenced acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey covering 2,400 km2 in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The survey, Finnmark Platform 2012 (FP12), covers five blocks in the Southwestern Barents Sea of which four are located in quad 7017 and one is in quad 7018. All blocks are proposed by the Mini
Technip was awarded a front end engineering design (FEED) contract by BP Exploration & Production Inc. This contract covers the design of a Spar hull and mooring systems for the Mad Dog Phase 2 Project, located near Green Canyon Block 825 in the Gulf of Mexico. This first award comes under the frame
Checking for residual fuel in a 70 year-old sunken wreck without opening the tanks and risking an environmental catastrophe needed a clever solution. The ingenious answer came from Global Diving and Salvage who created a unique sampling system that is mounted on a Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV and can p
Pulse Tidal, the Sheffield based tidal power provider, has been awarded an Agreement for Lease by the Crown Estate for an area of seabed near to Lynmouth in Devon. The company plans to deploy a 1.2MW tidal power generating machine – England’s largest – in 2014, following consultation, environmental
