The Brazilian National Oil Company, Petrobras has approved delivery of READ’s new and innovative Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) System, the PerForM™. An audit and Final Acceptance Test (FAT) of the system was completed by Petrobras representatives at READ’s facilities in Houston, Texas, in Apr
OSD-IMT, the UK arm of Offshore Ship Designers, has been chosen by Samsung and Boskalis-SMIT Engineering to develop the basic design, detailed design and production drawings for a 99 m cable laying vessel. Neil Patterson, managing director of OSD-IMT, says, “This project illustrates perfectly the st
Marine Simulation LLC announced the release of ROVsim2 O&G and ROVsim2 Pro – their new family of next generation undersea robotics training simulator systems. ROVsim2 reflects an important step in the development of 3D simulation and integrates a number of important new features and enhancements, in
Researchers who discovered a sunken Navy submarine in which 42 sailors drowned off Key West more than 60 years ago are beginning the next… (keysnews) [mappress] Source: keysnews, June 20 , 2011;
Aker Solutions has secured a contract for subsea compression topside modifications of the Åsgard A and B platforms with Statoil. The contract value is approximately NOK 650 million. The purpose of the modification is to supply electricity to the Åsgard subsea compressor units, which will be installe
Parker Energy Products Division (EPD), a division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion control technology, is introducing their subsea metrology and dimensional control services to the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas market. EPD has demonstrated their success with photogrammetry, s
Jason Bennett has joined TITAN Salvage as commercial director, reporting to company Vice President Rich Habib. He is domiciled in TITAN’s United Kingdom (UK) facility at Newhaven, East Sussex. As a member of the company’s senior management team, Bennett will help shape strategic, operational and com
Dolphin Geophysical AS has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS for the acquisition of more than 600 km2 of 3D seismic data in the Barents Sea. The survey will be acquired by the Artemis Arctic and is estimated to commence in early August. “We are very pleased to be the chosen contractor by Lundi
Oil States International, Inc. announced that its Oil States Industries subsidiary has been awarded a contract from Subsea 7 to supply 27 FlexJoint(R) Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) terminations and 40 receptacle assemblies for the Guara and Lula NE oilfields in Brazil. This order represents part of one
In line with Tritech’s policy of continuous product development the Eclipse Multibeam Sonar system has undergone major software and partial hardware redevelopment, which encompasses the following updates: * The standard depth rating is now 1000m * Eclipse no longer has Profiling/ bathymetry capabili
Kongsberg Maritime’s next generation multibeam echosounder the EM 2040 is now available with the HUGIN 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – AUV. With improved resolution and depth rating of 6000 metres, this provides a substantial improvement from the EM 2000 used in deep-water HUGIN versions up to
An offshore subsea trenching specialist is hoping to expand its footprint in the green energy market with a new owner… (nebusiness) [mappress] Source: nebusiness , June 17, 2011;
Statoil wants to compress gas on the seabed to boost recovery. Subsea compression was recently selected as the preferred concept for Gullfaks. “Gas compression on the seabed represents an important advance in technology, and once again, Statoil is leading the way for development of new technology. T
Ocean scientist, geographer, and geographic information system (GIS) author Dawn J. Wright will join Esri as its chief scientist on October 3, 2011. She will help formulate and advance the intellectual agenda for the environmental, conservation, climate, and ocean sciences aspect of Esri’s work whil
