A British team of scientists and engineers has headed off to Antarctica for an ambitious scientific mission to collect water and sediment samples from Lake Ellsworth which is buried beneath three kilometers of solid ice. Using groundbreaking technology developed at the National Oceanography Centre,
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a small business contract to Baton Rouge, La.-based Quaternary Resource Investigations LLC in the estimated amount of $3 million for geotechnical services including soils investigations (core borings, soils sampling) and lab testing. Acco
FoundOcean, a global leader in subsea and offshore grouting, today announced the opening of its new office in Bremen, Germany. Following exceptional growth in the last two years, the company is now expanding to maintain its presence in one of the key markets for the offshore wind industry. “Germany’
Bibby Remote Intervention Limited (BRIL) has successfully completed a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) intervention project for Centrica Energy, worth around £900,000. BRIL is the latest division of Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor, Bibby Offshore, and was established in late 2011 with t
Siem Offshore has entered into a charter agreement for one of its Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV). The agreement is with an international subsea contractor, it’s made at market terms and is for a firm period of five years with two yearly options. The charter shall commence in third quarte
From providing scientific expertise aboard this year’s historic plunge to the world’s deepest point to sounding the alarm about rising threats to the deep sea, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego are exploring the mysteries and challenges of the deep sea as never before
Eni announces new natural gas discoveries within the Mamba Complex, in Area 4, offshore Mozambique, at the Mamba South 2 and Coral 2 delineation wells, which are respectively the sixth and seventh wells drilled back to back in Area 4. The new discoveries add 6 tcf of gas in place to Area 4, confirmi
Aker Solutions announced at the company’s capital markets day that it is on track to meet its 2015 growth targets – and that it expects growth in revenues and margins to continue into at least 2017. Key focus will be on exerting discipline and prioritising resources. In 2010, Aker Solutions set an a
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract by Cameron to develop a new deployment and overboarding system for the MARS (Multiple Application Re-injection System) for deepwater scale squeeze applications. The modular handling system will allow the MARS hardw
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has appointed Mark Nolet as Principal Engineer of its Houston office. Mark transferred from Acteon company, Intermoor, where he was Engineering Manager, and brings with him 18 years of offshore industry experience. He has worked in a variety of structural engineering
Neptune announces the signing of a framework agreement with BP in the UK to provide subsea engineering services and support. This contract is a significant milestone for Neptune in the UK, signifying the first agreement of this kind with a major subsea operator in the region. The agreement provides
Dolphin Geophysical has signed a framework agreement for Offshore Marine Services with OMV Petrom SA in Romania. It was declared and acknowledged by both parties recently, that following awards elsewhere, the Dolphin vessels offered for the work in Romania were unavailable for OMV Petrom surveys thi
Allseas, a global leader in offshore pipeline installation and subsea construction, has awarded Veripos a further three-year contract for continuing provision of specialist GNSS positioning services for its entire fleet of vessels headed by the world’s largest pipelaying vessel, the 300m Solitaire.
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces the commencement of a four-month project at the Zawtika gas field off the coast of Myanmar. Working in partnership with a major offshore construction contractor, Hallin is providing its Penrith DP2 offshore support vessel complete with a t
