Two years after Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the country is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of a US$16m 200km undersea cable which will link the country to the world via internet connectivity, thanks to Digicel. The project – which is being undertaken in
For almost two months, since early February 2012, the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) has been using airborne laser and imagery systems to conduct cooperative hydrographic surveys in the coastal waters of Belize. The survey work is part of an ongoing, long-term project to survey the western C
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Brazil and Saudi Arabia, worth approximately $700 million. In Brazil, Saipem has been awarded by Petrobras the EPCI contract for the gas export trunkline Rota Cabiúnas, situated in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Region, approximately 300 kilometres of
Following on from the success of the Barrow Ultracube in the Carnarvon Basin, Searcher Seismic and Fugro have now expanded the Ultracube concept of high quality 3D PSTM reprocessing from field tape and contiguous migration into the Bonaparte Basin to offer the industry a fully PSTM reprocessing 3D c
Plexus Holdings plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering announces its interim results for the six months to 31 December 2011. Highlights Financial · 24% increase in sales revenue to £9.3m (2010:
Grandweld Shipyards announces that it has established a new Ship Repair division in Fujairah, in order to expand its ship repair facilities, and service capabilities at Fujairah Port and offshore Fujairah. With its latest expansion, Fujairah port has become the second largest bunkering port in the w
Department of Energy (DOE) grant recipient, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is now licensed to construct, operate, and maintain its 5-unit, 300 kW TidGen Power System in Cobscook Bay, Maine. In 2010, DOE awarded $10 million to ORPC’s $21-million TidGen Power System Commercialization Project. Th
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in products and services for the deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil and gas industry, reported $2.1 million of net income for 2011, an improvement of $20.0 million over the same period in 2010. OPERATING RESULTS For 2011, Deep Down reported n
In 2012 Gazprom will launch gas production from the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field on the Sakhalin shelf as part of the Sakhalin III project. For the first time ever natural gas will be produced by a subsea production system in Russia. By the moment, a gathering manifold to intake gas mixture f
Global leader in subsea and offshore grouting, FoundOcean announces that its expanded Offshore Service Base in Livingston, Scotland will see it doubling the number of employees the company has based there, including offshore personnel. A specialist provider of support services for the energy constru
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Summit had towed pipelay and heavy lift barge Acergy Polaris from Brazil to Gabon. The Acergy Polaris, owned by Subsea 7, is a multipurpose barge for pipelay and heavy lift activities in deepwater fields. The barge, equipped with pipelay tower, heavy lift crane and a
CNOOC Limited announced its annual results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2011. In 2011, the Company’s average realized oil price amounted to US$109.75 per barrel and its average realized natural gas price reached US$5.15 per thousand cubic feet, representing an increase of 40.8% and 14.7% yea
Dolphin Geophysical have signed a further Agreement with the Government of Mauritania to acquire additional 2D Multi-Client survey over certain offshore areas including designated Deep-Water blocks. These additional data of about 9,000km will increase the total for the NWAAM project to around 26,000
ITF, the oil and gas industry technology facilitator today announced new membership agreements with two major global service companies. Through their membership, Petrofac and Siemens will join other high profile energy players in supporting new technologies through the ITF model to tackle global ind
