A US oil exploration ship has arrived in Taranaki to be greeted by environmentalists protesting against the government’s “blinkered obsession” with deep water oil drilling. The vessel Polarcus Alima arrived at New Plymouth’s port early on Monday and will leave shortly to start exploring for oil off
A specialist mine-discovery team is using underwater sonar to comb Tauranga’s harbour for shipping containers which may have sunk to the sea floor. The navy’s mine counter-measures team has been charged with making sure the harbour, particularly the “choke point” at its entrance, remains clear of de
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by BP and its partners, Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron, to deliver the engineering and project management services (EPMS) for the main platform design for Clair Ridge, the second phase of the giant Clair oil fi
TGS has commenced acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey covering 1,500 km2 between the Finnmark Platform and Nordkapp Basin in the Barents Sea. The 150 km long survey follows the bended strike direction of the inverted margin between the two major structural elements in the region. “We believe the
CNOOC Limited announced that, on October 14, an oil sheen was discovered near Jinzhou 9-3 West oilfield in Bohai Bay. Until now, the company has been effectively cleaning up the oil sheen on the sea surface. According to investigation, the oil spill was caused by the leak from a subsea connecting pi
Giant undersea power cables allowing Britain to import and export electricity to mainland Europe could be run from Kent’s coastline. By Marijke Cox (kentnews) [mappress] Source: kentnews,October 16 , 2011;
Bibby Remote Intervention Limited, a subsidiary company of Aberdeen-based subsea construction and IRM firm, Bibby Offshore, has announced the appointment of Mike Arnold. Mike will take up the post of Managing Director of Bibby Offshore’s new subsidiary, Bibby Remote Intervention Limited but will als
Following an increase in offshore projects, The Underwater Centre has seen an increase in requests from the oil and gas and renewables sectors to understand more about the diving and ROV professions. The Underwater Centre in Fort William has delivered training to companies who will now be hiring div
Wood Mackenzie says the pipeline of new projects and developments likely to go ahead offshore UK is looking healthy. Fifty fields, containing over two billion barrels of oil equivalent, are making significant progress towards development sanction. However, maintaining this pipeline at current levels
The feasibility study on the Black Sea submarine project that will connect Romania and Turkey in the electricity sector has been finalized, … (business-review) [mappress] Source: Business-Review, October 14 , 2011;
Sailors from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 assisted Chilean officials Sept. 28 to locate a Chilean military plane that disappeared off the coast of Chile Sept. 3. The four-man MDSU 2 team provided underwater vehicle remote environmental monitoring units (REMUs) 100, side scan and video sys
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth about $36 million from oil services company Aker Solutions to provide drives and transformers to their subsea power distribution system for the Asgard subsea oil and gas field operated by Norway’s Statoil. The order was b
Fleet Survey Team (FST) is conducting a hydrographic survey in the harbor of Durres, Albania, its approaches and anchorages in a cooperative survey with the Albanian government. FST deployed a seven-person survey team, comprised of both military and civilian surveyors, and a nine-meter survey vessel
Another significant contract is scheduled to be awarded on the Sydney harbour dredging project later this month. The work will involve the… (capebretonpost) [mappress] Source: capebretonpost, October 14 , 2011;
