The Nord Stream Pipeline takes another important step towards its target of starting to deliver gas directly from Russia to the European Union by the end of 2011. Preparations for welding together two of the three sections of the 1,224 kilometre pipeline through the Baltic Sea have now started. They
Following an open competition, the UKHO announces the appointment of Sandra Rogers as new Non-Executive Chair. Sandra, who has been on the UKHO’s board for more than eight years having joined in July 2002, has been Interim Chair since October 2009 and she takes up her new position for an initial ter
VERIPOS has extended its Asia Pacific operations with the opening of a branch office in Australia, in April. The facility is based in Perth and will provide sales and support for both Australia and New Zealand. Bernard He has been appointed as VERIPOS Country Manager – Australia. With the establishm
After taking part in a competitive tender process, CARIS announces that it has been awarded the National Survey Storage System project from Rijkswaterstaat. Rijkswaterstaat, the executive body of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment in the Netherlands: ensures safe and smooth flow of traff
Bahamas Petroleum, the oil and gas exploration company with offshore licence permits in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, announces that it has finalised an agreement with CGGVeritas to undertake a 3D seismic survey over the Company’s southern licence areas, starting in May 2011. The survey will cove
Subsea 7 S.A. (formerly Acergy S.A.) announced results for the first quarter 2011 which ended on March 31, 2011. The combination between Acergy S.A. and Subsea 7 Inc. completed on January 7, 2011. Upon completion, Acergy S.A. was renamed Subsea 7 S.A. As a result of the combination and the change in
Intertek METOC has completed its involvement in the BritNed Interconnector project, which went into operation on 1st April 2011. Intertek METOC were marine project managers during the feasibility and planning stages for the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC 1000MW) cable, connecting the electricity
Gazprom accomplished connection of the Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi gas pipeline offshore and onshore sections. The Bigfoot 1 pipe-laying vessel performed a tie-in operation (welding two sections of the pipeline) near the Kudepsta settlement. The same operations were previously performed near th
Demonstrating its commitment to expanding its state of the art U.K. manufacturing presence, GE’s Oil & Gas business has officially opened a new wireline manufacturing and headquarters facility in Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom. The facility brings the GE Oil & Gas—Downhole Technology platfor
Based on preliminary calculations the size of the discovery is between 12.5 and 56.5 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. ”Statoil has had great exploration success in mature areas during the last years,” says Gro Gunleiksrud Haatvedt, Statoil’s head of exploration on the Norwegian contine
The growth in revenue that commenced in the second half of 2010 continued, as expected, in the first months of 2011. This was despite somewhat lower utilisation of the vessel fleet due to such factors as a higher number of planned dry dockings for regular maintenance and the unexpected cancellation
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, announced that its REMUS 100 AUV aided in the discovery of the World War I German submarine U-106, which had been missing since October 1917. The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN), which used t
NOAA Corps Cmdr. Lawrence Krepp has assumed command of NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson, one of the world’s most technologically advanced hydrographic survey vessels. At a May 6 change-of-command ceremony in Norfolk, Krepp relieved Cmdr. Shepard Smith, who will serve as senior advisor to Kathryn D. Sulliv
L&N will manufacture and supply 110 subsea control products to be deployed on various North Sea subsea projects. The award reinforces L&N’s decision to focus on the subsea sector while maintaining its traditional business lines in valve supply and maintenance and welding and cladding services. L&N (
