Uruguay confirmed a second round of offshore lease bidding for hydrocarbons exploration next September. The country’s state run oil refining… (mercopress) [mappress] Source: mercopress, July 04, 2011;
Interfax-China reported that Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co Ltd one of the largest wind turbine manufacturers in China plans… (steelguru) [mappress] Source: steelguru, July 04, 2011;
The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) has launched a bid to help find “game-changing” oil and gas technologies… (pressandjournal) [mappress] Source: press and journal , July 04, 2011;
In addition to the popular subsea Contracts and Projects Databases, Subsea UK announces two new databases, cataloguing subsea vessels globally, as well as FPSOs & FPUs. The FPSO & FPU Database contains information on 175+ Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels and around 100 Floating Pro
Drilling for natural gas by Israel in the eastern Mediterranean has already resulted in undersea territorial disputes between Israel and… (greenprophet) [mappress] Source: greenprophet, July 03, 2011;
Bahamas Petroleum, the oil and gas exploration company with offshore licence permits in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, announces the appointment of Laurence Keenan to act as an Alternate Director to Alan Burns, the Non-Executive Chairman. Laurence (Larry) Keenan, age 56, will be working alongside
Gallatin County Search and rescue team gets help in their underwater search operations from a robot developed by the students of the Montana… (azorobotics) [mappress] Source: azorobotics, July 01, 2011;
Fugro has reached agreement with AOA Geophysics to acquire 100% of the shares in the company. AOA Geophysics is based in Houston and provides geoscience consultancy and contracting services to the offshore oil and gas sectors, with particular expertise in marine oil seep exploration and the interpre
Schlumberger inaugurated the WesternGeco Penang Product Centre (WPPC) dedicated to the manufacturing and support of state-of-the-art marine and land seismic equipment designed to illuminate complex geologies, improve operational efficiencies and deliver superior data quality. Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yak
Following the completion of the restructuring activities of Cecon this winter, focus has been marketing the company’s services using modular spreads on third party vessels. With the 1600t Sampson DPIII pipelay / heavy lift vessel being part of the company’s marketed portfolio, focus has shifted to a
The Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced that Parks Canada will be working with other Canadian researchers to deploy highly sophisticated underwater technology in the continuing search for polar explorer Sir John Franklin’s lost ship
McDermott International, Inc. , announced that John T. McCormack has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of McDermott International, Inc. effective June 30, 2011. “Jack has been instrumental in leading our Asia Pacific and Middle East operations to exceptional performanc
The growing importance of deepwater exploration and production developments offshore China led classification societies ABS and CCS (China Classification Society) to conduct a joint “Deepsea Developments in the China Offshore Industry” meeting on 17 June 2011. The meeting, which was held in Beijing,
Baker Hughes has introduced a wellbore clean-up and displacement system designed to improve efficiency and reduce operational risks in high-cost environments such as deepwater applications; horizontal, extended-reach, and deviated wells; deep wells; and wells with high dogleg severity. The X-Treme C
