Worldwide underwater ship maintenance specialists UMC International and Dutch based marine propeller repair specialists… (marinelink) [mappress] Source: marinelink, November 14, 2011
NEC Corporation today announced the completion of its first submarine-cable based integrated ocean observation system for the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan. The system has been deployed in the sea off of eastern coast of Taiwan in order to strengthen seismic and environmental observations in the
Swiber Holdings Limited , a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore oil and gas industry today reported a 98.4% increase in net profit to US$15.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 (“3Q2011”), in tandem with a 12.5% increase in revenue to
Technip was awarded by Lundin Petroleum a lump sum contract, worth approximately €100 million, for the Brynhild field development. This field, previously known as Nemo, is located in the Norwegian North Sea a few kilometers East of the boundary to UK waters at a water depth of around 80 meters. This
Chevron Brazil Petroleo Ltd. is responding to oil seeps and a subsequent sheen that has occurred in the vicinity of the Chevron operated Frade project located 370 kilometers (230 miles) offshore north east of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in water depths of approximately 1200 meters (3800 feet). Based on a
Reef Subsea AS announced that they have acquired from Rotech Group 100% of their Rotech Subsea group of companies headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland. With this friendly and strategic acquisition, Reef Subsea creates a world leader in Seabed Dredging and Mass Flow Excavation services with offices in
The 1,000-megawatt (MW) subsea power cable linking the British and Dutch markets will undergo planned maintenance work for… (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, November 11, 2011; Image: BritNed
Nautilus Minerals Inc continued to make steady progress in the development of its pioneering seafloor copper/gold project in the September quarter of 2011, and remains on track to commence production in the final quarter of 2013. The company completed the quarter with a cash balance of US$155.1 mill
National Grid and RTE are jointly developing an Electrical Interconnector (HVDC) between Great Britain and France. This notice concerns a subsea survey under supervision of a marine consultant. The main activities expected to be included (non exhaustive) will be a marine geophysical, geotechnical an
China’s State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said on Friday that an oil leak by a subsidiary of Houston-based ConocoPhillips in China’s … (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, November 11, 2011; Image: ConocoPhillips
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Lundin for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Brynhild project on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 700 million. The scope of work includes one template-manifold structur
Lundin Petroleum AB through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS announces the approval from the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy of the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Brynhild field in PL148, located in the Norwegian North Sea. First production from the Brynhild
For two major North European utilities ( Fingrid Oyj and Svenska Kraftnät ) LIOS Technology provided its most advanced multimode Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) systems to monitor the HVDC subsea link between the two utility grids. The electricity transmission connection is crossing the Gulf o
The Lebanese offshore is optimistic about the prospect of its first license round, expected in Q1 2012. This summer, the Lebanese Ministry of Energy and Water held a dedicated forum to inform the industry of the process towards the round. New PGS MultiClient data is available in the area. The Lebane
