Shell Oil Company is now producing oil from the world’s deepest subsea well at its Perdido Development, utilizing advanced technology to lead the way in increasing the company’s ability to produce more domestic oil and gas resources. The well, at 9,627 feet below the water’s surface, is located in t
On November 16, a cornerstone was placed at the Püssi substation in Lüganuse where one of the converter stations for the… Kristopher Rikken (err) [mappress] Source: err, November 16, 2011
EMGS will in the fourth quarter of 2011 perform a multi-client 3D magnetotelluric (MT) survey covering approximately 3000 km2 in the Møre basin, Norwegian Sea. The project is pre-funded by a major international oil and gas company. EMGS will rig EM Express (formerly the OHM Express) to undertake thi
The dredger boat, ‘Blue In’, which had anchored in the sea off Sasihitlu coast for conducting dredging activity to facilitate laying… (daijiworld) [mappress] Source: daijiworld, November 16, 2011
Astronauts and oil field workers will share a training facility at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston thanks to a new agreement that takes advantage of excess capacity at the agency’s underwater training pool. Raytheon Technical Services Co. of Dulles, Va., NASA’s contractor for operations at th
The Thousand Islands regency under the Jakarta Provincial Government has been a major tourist destination for the region, attracting … Anuradha Shukla (biztechreport) [mappress] Source: biztechreport, November 16, 2011
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) on Wednesday said it has started the construction for a local landing station of a… (bworldonline) [mappress] Source: bworldonline, November 16, 2011
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS for an ultra harsh environment jack-up rig to carry out subsea field development of the Brynhild Field in Norway. The contract will be for MAERSK GUARDIAN or MÆRSK GIANT to be declared by 1 January 2013. The firm contract duration is for t
Chevron Corporation reiterated that its efforts to respond to oil seeps and a subsequent sheen in the vicinity of its Chevron- operated Frade project have been successful. Since receiving approval from the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum (ANP) late Sunday, Chevron Brazil immediately commence
Neptune Marine Services Ltd announced that it has been contracted by Hess Exploration Australia Pty Limited for the provision of geotechnical and geophysical surveys for the Equus Gas Fields Development Project, located 180km north of Exmouth on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Neptune has
Irish tidal technology specialist OpenHydro and the leading French utility company EDF joined forces on this project. It is a “gigantic” project off the coastline of Paimpol-Bréhat in Brittany, France. OpenHydro will supply four 2-MW tital turbines for the project. The turbines are being installed 3
Kenya is ready for the fourth undersea fibre optic cable connection wich is scheduled to land in upcoming year. France Telecom, is spending 14 million euros to boost the “Lower Indian Network 2” (LION 2) submarine cable to the LION cable to Kenya via Mayotte. Along with the LION and LION2 cables, Fr
Tata Communications, a global communications service provider that owns and operates the world’s largest subsea cable network, and Nawras, Oman’s customer-friendly communications provider, today announce the launch of the Oman to India TGN-Gulf cable. The undersea cable will be used to instantaneous
Careful monitoring before, during and after the impending deep seabed mineral mining off the shores of Papua New Guinea will provide the hard data that will guide the responsible deep seabed mining practices of the future. This is the view of Dr Charles (Chuck) Fisher, Professor of Biology, Penn Sta
