Nautilus Minerals has been advised by GE Oil and Gas, that it will recommence assembly of the Subsea Slurry and Lift Pump (SSLP) in July this year. Mike Johnston, Nautilus’ CEO, commented: “we are delighted to have been advised that the SSLP will be coming out of storage shortly and its assembly wil
Swiber Holdings has secured a total of US$405.6 million for a series of contracts, including its latest US$333 million contract for Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Construction (EPIC) services in India. The contract in India is the second awarded to Swiber by the same national oil company
NOAA has proposed a rule for expanding the size and the focus of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary to include multiple marine species. Members of the public are invited to submit comments to the agency on the proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement now through
Benthic, a global geosciences company, has been awarded a contract by Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd (CHPL) for an offshore geotechnical investigation in the Sea Lion Field off the coast of South Eastern Australia in the Bass Strait. Operating from a client issued vessel, Benthic’s PROD1 (Portable Remot
Plexus Holdings has entered into a Framework Agreement with Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co., Ltd. (‘Jereh’) to work together to formalise a binding license agreement to enable Jereh to manufacture and sell Plexus’ wellhead equipment to the Chinese and wider Asian oil and gas markets. Jereh,
Cap Energy, a company focused on the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the results of an independent re-assessment of 2D seismic data by Gas Mediterraneo & Petrolio relating to the Company’s two Guinea-Bissau licences. Block 5B (Ca
The video published by SAL Offshore shows the installation of the Voith tidal turbine at EMEC’s tidal test site at the Fall of Warness. The MV Lone vessel, Equipped with Kongsberg Dynamic Positioning II System, was required for the installation process in order to lift the tidal turbine from its tra
Dolphin has just mobilised the ‘world’s largest floating object’ by deploying a seismic spread of 12 streamers, 7,050 meters in length with 150 meters streamer separation, off the coast of Myanmar for Ophir Energy. This configuration of equipment has a moving width of 1.850 meters and the seismic sp
ION Geophysical Corporation announced completion of the seismic acquisition of the company’s NamibiaSPAN™ program, which extends the full length of Namibia’s offshore continental margin. Acquisition was conducted in cooperation with BGP (China National Petroleum Corporation). With an estimated 100 b
Nordsee One GmbH of Hamburg has contracted AMBAU GmbH to design and produce 54 monopiles and transition pieces for „Nordsee One“ project. Starting in June 2015, 54 monopiles and transition pieces for the “Nordsee One”project will be produced in the AMBAU facilities in Bremen and Cuxhaven on behalf o
Sandia National Laboratories’ water power technologies group, together with ORPC, has performed high fidelity evaluation of ORPC’s RivGen turbine. The Sandia-ORPC team applied high fidelity modeling to evaluate the performance of the RivGen prototype turbine generation unit, a cross-flow turbine, wh
Just weeks after Calecore Ltd had reached agreement with its major creditors, Fugro BV petitioned for winding up of Calecore last week after having denied several creditor restructuring proposals. According to Calecore, experts are of the opinion that the current filing must be seen as a very aggres
Bibby Offshore’s Asian Division, Bibby Offshore Singapore (‘BOS’), has secured a contract with the Moattama Gas Transportation Company (‘MGTC’). MGTC, a joint venture between Total (Operator), Unocal, PTT-EP and Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, has appointed BOS to provide ROV pipeline inspection, re
ECN specialists Masoud Asgarpour and Ashish Dewan were awarded the prize at EWEA Offshore 2015 under the category “winner in supply chain, logistics and O&M”. The award was in the context of an analysis of three innovative scenarios for the installation of an offshore wind farm: Breakwaters: in orde
