SMD has been formally presented with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise by His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent. His Royal Highness presented the Award in the innovation category as part of a visit to SMD’s head office and manufacturing facility in Wallsend, North East England. During
RXT announces that the final contract with Afren Energy Services Ltd for acquisition of 4C seismic data outside the coast of Nigeria is now signed. Estimated value of the contract is approximately USD 41 million and duration is estimated to four and half month and the survey will be acquired by the
Dolphin Geophysical has signed a contract with ION’s GX Technology group (GXT) for a three month 2D SPANS seismic acquisition survey in Eastern Greenland. The project will be acquired by Polar Explorer, the Company’s first 2D vessel, with acquisition commencing mid-July 2011. The vessel will transit
It has now been determined that there will be seismic acquisition in the eastern part of the Barents Sea from 7 July. The necessary formalities surrounding the Treaty on Maritime Delimitation and Cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean between Norway and Russia are now in place. The acti
CARIS, the world’s leading marine GIS organization, announces the appointment of Daniel Kruimel as CARIS Asia Pacific’s Technical Solutions Provider. This new position will enable CARIS to offer additional technical expertise to CARIS’ expanding client base in the Asia Pacific region. Daniel Kruimel
Leif-Arne Langøy has been elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of DNV (Det Norske Veritas). Walter Qvam has been elected as the new Chairman of the DNV Council. In addition, Morten Ulstein has been elected Vice Chairman of the DNV Board. The elections took place at the Council meeti
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London and Dublin , announces that it has, on behalf of itself and its partners, commenced its 3D seismic acquisition project in the north Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. The survey, which
In late 2011, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) intends to launch a three-dimensional geophysical study on Babak prospective struc… (today.az) [mappress] Source: today.az,June 09, 2011;
Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Ocea
Shell has chosen Jee as its training partner of choice with the award of a 3 year contract extension for subsea engineering training. Jee will deliver courses to Shell employees worldwide. Jee has worked with Shell for the past 4 years, providing high-quality training globally to engineers as part o
Environmental lobby group Greenpeace has raised concerns that deep-seabed mining in the Pacific ocean may cause irreparable damage to the… (australianetworknews) [mappress] Source: australianetworknews,June 09, 2011;
Shell announced a significant, multi-billion dollar investment to develop its major Cardamom oil and gas field in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Cardamom project is expected to produce 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) a day at peak production and more than 140 million boe ove
Viva Wyndham Resorts is sponsoring the Living Museum in the Sea, a one-of-a-kind, underwater historic site featuring the shipwreck, Quedagh Merchant, abandoned by the scandalous 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd, located in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. The Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach and th
Far more oil and gas is now being produced from subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf than from platform wells. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has collated production from the fields in 2010 and found that subsea wells dominat the picture. Last year, almost 131.3 million standard cubi
