Soon after the BP gusher was plugged last summer, the oil seemed to vanish as if entirely eaten by bacteria, evaporated by hot sun and sea… (orlandosentinel) [mappress] Source: orlandosentinel,May 31, 2011;
McDermott International, Inc, announced that one of its subsidiaries was awarded a contract by PEMEX Exploración y Producción for procurement, construction and installation of three oil and gas pipelines ranging from 8 to 20 inches in diameter, in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche. The contract is valued at
Statoil and Sintef have signed a new framework agreement – one which likely to be the most comprehensive individual research agreement ever signed in Norway. With a potential value of NOK 1 billion, the agreement is valid for four years with an option for an additional two plus two years. “Sintef ha
SeaBird Exploration PLC has over the last few months worked with a Norwegian shipyard to develop and plan the construction of a second vessel in addition to the Hugin Explorer for deploying, retrieving and servicing Ocean Bottom Nodes (OBN). Through a mutual understanding between the yard and SeaBir
Reef Subsea AS announced that one of its Norwegian operating companies has signed a significant integrated contract to provide engineering and installation services associated to inter array cable installation inside the Greater Gabbard wind farm. The principal contractor for the Project, Fluor, is
A task force from the Russian Black Sea Fleet, led by diesel submarine Alrosa, is taking part in NATO naval drills off the coast of Spain… (newkerala) [mappress] Source: newkerala ,May 31, 2011;
Scottish engineering company Wood Group Kenny and Perth firms Fastwave Communications, Matrix Composites & Engineering and Atteris were winn… (wabusinessnews) [mappress] Source: wabusinessnews,May 30, 2011;
Pacific rights groups have called for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in the region until individual nations have decided where they stand… (smh) [mappress] Source: smh,May 30, 2011;
Climate and marine researchers in La Jolla are retooling to remain at the forefront of oceanography, powered by nearly $250 million in new… (signonsandiego) [mappress] Source: signonsandiego, May 30 , 2011;
Australian oil and gas company Woodside will use the Riserless Mud Recovery system (RMR®) from AGR Drilling Services to ensure top-hole drilling goes as smoothly as possible. AGR’s Asia Pacific teamhas signed a deal worth an estimated NOK 4.5m (USD 800,000) to supplyRMR® for use on Australia’s North
ConocoPhillips has awarded Aibel a frame agreement for maintenance and modifications in the Greater Ekofisk Area. The agreement is valid for five years, with an option of three plus three years. ‘This is a great day for Aibel, and everyone working in the company. The agreement is one of the largest
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Italian firm Alberto ALBERT was awarded a project to design for Logistic firm MGM Lines s.r.l. the transport of eight items for USAN Deepwater development project belonging from SAIPEM S.A USAN UFR & OLT Project. The transport, using M/V MPP SHIELD, was done
According to the Public Relations Department of IOEC, the company has started pipe-laying operation for South Pars (SP) project phase 16 on 17 May, 2011. The Project Manager for SP phase 15&16, Abass Haj Ghasemi said that 6 barges are responsible for the loading operation of the pipes for which one
Zurich (Switzerland) hosted a working meeting of Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Dr. Johannes Teyssen, Chairman of the E.ON AG Management Board and Klaus Schaefer, Chairman of the E.ON Ruhrgas AG Management Board. The meeting participants considered the current status an
