San Leon and its partner, Beach Energy Limited, announced they have commenced an 840 square kilometre 3D seismic survey on their Durresi Block, offshore Albania. Petroleum Geo-Physical AS (“PGS”) has been contracted to carry out the survey using the M/V Ramform Vanguard seismic vessel. The 3D seismi
The Vega field in the North Sea was officially opened during a ceremony in Bergen yesterday, 17 March. The subsea field adds important natural gas and condensate to Statoil´s production on the Norwegian continental shelf. Regardless of a challenging development, the partners on the Vega field have c
Cabot Corp. confirmed the safety of all its employees in Japan and said that its facilities have sustained only minimal physical damage. “We have a strong presence in Japan,” said Patrick Prevost, Cabot’s president and chief executive officer. “We are deeply concerned for the people of the region an
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) announced Teledyne Webb Research, of East Falmouth, Mass., will provide coastal gliders supporting the Pioneer and Endurance Arrays of the Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) for the Ocean Observatories In
Nemo Engineering, the subsea unit in Apply, has been awarded a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for the delivery of two 12’’ Hot Tap Gooseneck Spools on the Åsgard Subsea Compression Project, with the purpose to ensure an extended lifetime and increased exploitation for the Åsgard field in the Nor
Aker Solutions has entered into a contract with Intergraph using Intergraph’s Smart 3D technology. A multiyear contract, which includes SmartMarine® 3D, was signed in Oslo, Norway, this month with the first project deployment expected during the second half of 2011. “Intergraph’s Smart 3D Technology
The powerful Japan earthquake last week damaged some communication cables that link many countries in the Asia-Pacific region and to the… (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes ,March 17, 2011;
Siemens is conducting an international fundraising campaign to help the victims of the earthquake and its aftermath in Japan. Through March 31, 2011, Siemens will match every euro that employees around the world donate to a special bank account opened for that purpose. The company itself will set as
Construction of offshore wind farms off Germany’s northern coast in the North and Baltic Seas has faced significant delays, even as the … By Frank Dohmen and Christian Schwägerl (spiegel) [mappress] Source: spiegel, March 17, 2011
In the second half of 2010 Hydrex carried out a full inspection and removed all fouling from three drilling vessels in the Gulf of Mexico owned by Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling company.This was done to reduce the weight and drag of the vessels and increase their available deck lo
Despite challenging conditions, the resilience shown by a 2010 EBITDA of 240.9 million euros, validates the pertinence of BOURBON’s strategy. -Net income, group share of 39.2 million euros. “”The 2010 results obtained, despite an unusually sluggish market, illustrate the merits of a strategy aimed a
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully completed the installation of two subsea trees for LLOG Exploration Company in the Gulf of Mexico, announced InterMoor President Tom Fulton. The subsea trees were installed at the Mississippi Canyon (MC) Block 199 in a water depth of 2,460 ft. The trees
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has received a Letter of Intent from Lansdowne Oil & Gas PLC for a 300 square kilometer 3D seismic acquisition project in the Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. The survey will commence immediately following completion of the Company’s first 3D seismic acquisit
Alto Group Holdings, Inc., an innovative mining and commodities trade company headquartered in New York, announces its newly purchased Nessie N8DX cutter head dredge is being transported for servicing to prepare for the anticipated production planned on Bogue River Dredge Concession in Mali, West Af
