The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) issued guidance to oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) extending existing guidance on how to conduct archaeological resources surveys and prepare
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has given notice to exercise its purchase option for the remaining 55% of outstanding shares of Schilling Robotics LLC. The transaction is expected to close on or about March 30, 2012. FMC purchased its existing 45% interest in Schilling and obtained the purc
Maine ocean research laboratory is to receive more than $600,000 federal government grant. National Science Foundation has provided the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay Harbor with $603,631 grant to carry out natural oceanography research. The study will be conducted in the area of
The Royal Navy’s former flagship, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, could soon be transformed into a shipwreck for deep sea divers… (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, January 02 , 2012
Waves at The Wedge are legendary for hurling bodysurfers into the air and sweeping tourists off their feet… By Mike Reicher (dailypilot) [mappress] Source: dailypilot , January 02 , 2012; Image: Green Wave Energy Corp
The hedges were given over the objections of the Communications Ministry legal and economics departments. Ministry of Communications director general Eden Bar-Tal instructed the ministry’s legal and economics departments to create hedges for Tamares Telecom Ltd., which is laying a third undersea cab
Bangladesh will be connected to its second submarine cable in 2014… (bdnews24) [mappress] Source: bdnews24 , January 02 , 2012; Image: SEA-ME-WE
Nautilus Minerals Inc. yesterday filed its updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Solwara Project in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea. Details of the updated resource were released to the market on November 25, 2011. About Nautilus Minerals Inc. Nautilus is the first company to explore the oc
A state committee charged with finding offshore sites for wave energy announced last week that it would hold a public meeting in Waldport in… Larry Coonrod (southlincolncountynews) [mappress] Source: southlincolncountynews , December 29, 2011
Following an August board decision Kongsberg announces that Great Yarmouth, U.K. based GeoAcoustics will officially change its name to Kongsberg Geoacoustics Pte on January 03, 2012 and that its Singapore based Asia Pacific sales & support hub will change to Kongsberg Geoacoustics Pte Ltd. These nam
British experts in the first ever expedition to explore and take samples from the “Dragon Vent” in the south-west Indian Ocean have found a remarkable array of creatures, some of them new to science. Dr. Jon Copley, a marine biologist at the University of Southampton who guided the exploration of th
China’s manned submersible Jiaolong, which reached 5,188 meters below the sea during its deepest dive in the Pacific Ocean this year, will… (philstar) [mappress] Source: philstar , December 27, 2011
There are nearly 25,000 hazardous underwater objects containing solid radioactive waste in Russia, an emergencies ministry official said… (ria) [mappress] Source: ria , December 26, 2011; Image: allianz
A joint law enforcement agreement on the protection of underwater cultural heritage was reached by State authorities in early December… (peopledaily) [mappress] Source: peopledaily , December 26, 2011; Image: unesco
