Further to Bahamas Petroleum’s statement of 5 September 2011, the board of Bahamas Petroleum announce the formal appointment of Simon Potter as Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 17 October 2011. The Board also regrets to announce that Alan Burns, Founder and Chairman of Bahamas
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced the sale of the Ocean Legend, a mobile offshore production system, to an undisclosed buyer. Oceaneering’s third quarter 2011 earnings will include an estimated pretax gain in the range of $17 million to $19 million on the sale of this asset in its Subsea Pro
Fugro has been awarded the contract to conduct an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey of the Golf of Lion (France) to be conducted during September 2011. The primary purpose of the survey which will be conducted to IHO order 1b standards is to map the sand reserves from the back of the beach to [
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced the retirement of Scott T. Naughton, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective September 9, 2011. Also, the Company announced that John R. Abadie, Jr., the Company’s current Senior Vice President – Operations – Western Hemisphere, has been promoted to se
The Supervisory Board and Management of N-Sea announce that as of 12 September 2011 Mr Gerard Keser takes office as the new Managing Director of N-Sea. Leen Noordhoek, who has been Managing Director, ad interim, since May of this year, will become a Member of the Supervisory Board. From 2002 to 2011
International oil services company Aker Solutions takes its subsea business to Sweden through establishment of an office in Gothenburg. The objective is to tap into the Swedish engineering market to help further grow Aker Solutions’ subsea business. International oil services company Aker Solutions
The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has announced it has cemented its UK presence in Aberdeen, Scotland, with the opening a new … (bus-ex) [mappress] Source: bus-ex, September 12, 2011;
Iran’s third home-made oceangoing ship named ‘Iran Kashan’ launched in the southern waters of the country on Sunday, deputy director of Iran… (irna) [mappress] Source: irna, September 12, 2011;
Shell is seeking Federal Government environmental approval for a small 2D marine seismic survey off the North West Cape. Subject to approvals the survey is planned to have a duration of around 12 days and to take place during the period from mid-November 2011 to the end of March 2012 – avoiding the
Global Industries, Ltd. announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Technip under which Technip will acquire Global in an all cash merger. Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by Global’s Board of Directors, Global stockholders will receive $8.00
China says it has begun safety inspections on all offshore oil exploration and production facilities, to eliminate concerns spawned by … (voanews) [mappress] Source: voanews, September 12, 2011;
TGS has commenced a new 22,000 km multi-client 2D survey offshore Newfoundland in the Labrador Sea in partnership with PGS. The new seismic data is being acquired by the M/V Sanco Spirit and utilizes the PGS GeoStreamer® technology. Data acquisition will continue through Q3 2011 and the vessel will
A large oceanographic data buoy from Newfoundland has been found off Shetland after it went missing during Hurricane Igor in September 2010. Shetland Coastguard was contacted by the stand by vessel Grampian Frontier reporting that they had recovered the large yellow one tonne bouy which had floated
Aquabotix Technology Corporation is transitioning from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Advanced Technology and Manufacturing … (heraldnews) [mappress] Source: heraldnews, September 11, 2011;
