John-Paul Guerrero has been appointed as Manager, Business Development for the America’s region. He will lead the regions sales, marketing, and key account strategy targeting the Oil & Gas majors, independents, pipeline operators and NOC’s (National Oil Companies) from our Houston, TX regional headq
Infinera and Pacific Crossing, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation and operator of the transpacific submarine cable system PC-1, announced the successful completion of a 100 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) subsea trial. The subsea trial spanned more than 9,500 kilometers on Pacifi
On Sunday 09th October 2011 Jumbo’s Fairpartner successfully loaded the former French submarine ‘Quessant’ bound for Malaysia. There the submarine will be displayed in a museum. Transporting the submarine from France to Malaysia was a challenging operation, because of the fragile outer skin and the
CTC Marine Projects, Ltd., , a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS , has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by SBM France SA for transportation, installation and burial works in the Anguille Field, Gabon. Working in West Africa for only the second time, CTC will utilise the Maersk Reco
Aker Solutions is currently finalising revised execution plans for delivery of subsea production systems in Brazil. Delivery schedules for all major subsea production systems currently on order from Petrobras has been substantially further delayed and additional costs will accrue, mainly due to the
The Board of Directors of Polarcus Limited announces that it has resolved to issue 57,500,000 new shares through a private placement to Sabaro Investments Limited. The new shares were subscribed for at a price of NOK 4.00 per share. Total gross proceeds from the Private Placement will amount to NOK
BIRNS, Inc., an ISO 9001:2008-certified global leader in the design and manufacture of unique lines of high performance lights, connectors, penetrators and custom cable assemblies, has appointed Catalin Kreis as its new Marketing Communications Executive. In her new position Kreis will be responsibl
Swiber Holdings Limited a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has secured yet two more order wins totaling approximately US$102.0 million for offshore construction projects involving pipeline and subsea installation works in S
GENIVAR Inc. one of Canada’s leading consulting services companies, announced that it has acquired Le Groupe GIROUX , a Quebec-based geomatics and surveying firm. GIROUX has a workforce of 85 employees. “GIROUX’s expertise will enable us to building a solid platform in Quebec in the fields of both l
The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences has felt the need to perform detailed mapping of sea bed within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to… Islamic Republic News Agency [mappress] Source: IRNA, October 11 , 2011;
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has supplied a diving bell handling system to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 11 , 2011;
Wood Group Kenny has been appointed by National Grid to perform study work in relation to development options National Grid is investigating to transport and inject carbon dioxide (CO2) into a prospective offshore saline aquifer storage location in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea. Wood Group
ABB and SPT Group have been selected to deliver the Flow Assurance System (FAS) and the subsea part of the Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for the Goliat field. Using OLGA as the core tool for monitoring the subsea production system and critical production parameters will allow Eni Norge AS, as th
Fortum and DCNS have today signed a Letter of Intent on cooperation in the field of wave power research and development in France. A joint feasibility study for a wave power demonstration project located in France is planned to be starting by the end of 2011. The project is in line with Fortum’s and
