inApril, the Norwegian offshore technology company, has struck a deal, potentially worth $25-30 million, for Venator, its node-based seabed seismic acquisition system. The company has signed the letter of intent (LOI) with the Kazakhstan company Geo Energy Group (GEG) to supply a Venator system, sta
Norwegian seismic player, PGS, has kicked off the Bréanann 3D seismic programme for Woodside on Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/14 in the Porcupine Basin, Irish Atlantic. The survey programme will cover over 2,400 square kilometers, of which circa 40 percent relates to FEL 3/14, Petrel, which h
Tokyo University has engaged Kaiyo Engineering, a specialist marine science company, to undertake seabed research using two Saab Seaeye robotic systems, the Leopard and the Falcon, to explore the feasibility of mining the gold, cobalt and the copper-rich manganese crust, offshore Japan. Alongside mi
National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is leading a research cruise this summer which will address technical challenges in exploring for seafloor mineral deposits. This expedition will take place on board the RRS James Cook, marking a decade of service that has seen this ship travel 218,972 miles in pur
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has extended rig integrity support for the Deepwater Invictus drillship. According to LR, its expertise in blowout preventers (BOPs) and rig integrity will be used to provide confidence in risk management for deepwater drilling and well exploration. “We have had a team supporti
Financial and Environmental Management frameworks have been released with aim to build knowledge of deep sea minerals and their governance, and support informed decision-making by Pacific Island countries. They are the latest information resources developed for stakeholders interested in this sector
US-based wave energy developer, Ocean Power Technologies (OPT), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to advance wildlife monitoring in OPT’s PB3 PowerBuoy.
Ocean Installer has recently completed a mooring recovery and re-installation project for a Gulf of Mexico production facility. The work was conducted in ultra-deep water (>2500 meters) and represents Ocean Installer’s first mooring job at such water depths, the company informed. Ocean Installer’s o
Nautilus Minerals continues to seek and consider various alternative sources of financing in order to maintain the development of the Solwara 1 Project and the company’s operations. As previously disclosed, Nautilus requires significant additional funding in order to complete the build and deploymen
Faster, a consortium of six international companies, together with its supplier NEC Corporation, informed that the construction and end-to-end testing of a new trans-Pacific submarine cable system, the ‘Faster Cable System’, has been completed and will start service on June 30, 2016. The 9,000 km Fa
Fugro has deployed multi-purpose offshore survey vessel Fugro Gauss to join the Fugro Brasilis offshore Mexico, to help complete the seep-hunting survey for multi-client geoscience data company, TGS. Both Fugro vessels are using hull-mounted multibeam echosounders and sub-bottom profiler systems to
Sabella, a French tidal energy company, plans to retrieve its D10 tidal turbine early in July, subject to metocean conditions.
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with BGP, has acquired new surveys offshore Norway and offshore Western Australia. Phase 2 of the Silver-Eye 3D seismic survey in the Barents Sea expands existing Phase 1 3D coverage of the Hammerfest Basin to further highlight the potential of this area in the Barent
Wave monitoring device, aiming to explore the prospects of developing wave energy for the Republic of Mauritius and harness the potential of ocean energy, was deployed during a launching ceremony in Souillac.
