With a new and innovative technology, it is now possible to comply with exciting legislation on noise reduction during installation of offshore wind turbines. According to legislation from the EU the sound emissions from the installation of windmills at sea must be reduced so the threat to the marin
DNV has launched a Deepwater Technology Centre in Singapore. The aim is to serve the oil and gas industry in the whole Asia Pacific region and to become a sizeable and complete competence centre for deepwater oil and gas developments. “We will capitalize on DNV’s 40 years of experience in offshore a
Dolphin Geophysical announces the appointment of Paul Tollefson as Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Multi-Client and Processing. Reporting to Ian T. Edwards, Vice President of Global Multi-Client, Paul will be responsible for the development and marketing of new Multi-Client surveys and
Ashtead Technology, Instrument Division, a Houston-based global instrumentation rental, sales and services organization supporting the environmental services, oil and gas, power generation, and industrial production industries announced that Youllonda Driver, CPA, has joined the company as Vice Pres
Poole Tidal Energy Partnership has been generating interest to harness the power of the ocean. Students from the Bournemouth University are promoting the renewable energy scheme in order to help PTEP to get community support for the project. The power produced from tides in Poole Harbour could be us
Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, is driving forward an initiative aimed at developing standard procedures for decommissioning projects. Chief Executive Brian Nixon said: “Many of the North Sea’s near future oil and gas decommissioning projects will be the first to
Communities of species previously unknown to science have been discovered on the seafloor near Antarctica, clustered in the hot, dark environment surrounding hydrothermal vents. The discoveries, made by teams led by the University of Oxford, University of Southampton and British Antarctic Survey (BA
Bluefin Robotics has received ISO 9001:2008 Certification for the design, development, manufacturing, operation, and servicing of their Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related products. The certification was granted by the International Organization for Standardization, TÜV SÜD America Inc
In August 2008 SMD delivered a Quasar vehicle to the Marine Institute. This vehicle (known as Holland 1) has recently been used in a scientific mission, which discovered a previously unknown ecosystem on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Holland 1 was required to operate more than 3km below the surfa
Auditing and assurance plays a crucial part of ensuring the safety and integrity of any diving system as well as ensuring efficient diving operations. Therefore it is essential that all diving systems are audited by a competent auditor, periodically or post mobilisation. The past twelve months have
Sandy Harper has recently joined the National Hyperbaric Centre’s as their new Diving System Technology & Consulting Manager. Sandy, who has an extensive background in diving system auditing and assurance as well as consulting, has joined the NHC to focus on expanding the Consulting & Auditing servi
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and offshore facilities contractor announced today that the Company completed developing its own Hyundai FLNG (Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Plant) model in association with Linde AG, an international industrial gases and engineering company
DeepOcean Group Holding AS, an integrated provider of subsea engineering and trenching services, today appointed Bart H. Heijermans as their new CEO effective February 1, 2012. The announcement represents the next step in DeepOcean Group’s development into a leading global subsea services organizati
Statoil’s drilling of the Skinfaks South well in the North Sea has been completed and the estimated volume is between 1.9 and 6.9 million barrels of oil equivalents. This is the fourth infrastructure-near discovery in the Gullfaks area in a 10 month period. Light oil has been confirmed in Middle Jur
