Attendees from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand successfully completed an International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) capacity building workshop on Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI), hosted by the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration (KH
After the announcement that EOC has secured a Letter Of Award (“LOA”) from Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia B.V. (“Hess E&P Malaysia”) via its Malaysian agent Larizz Petroleum Services Sdn Bhd (“Larizz”), for the charter of the FPSO Lewek Arunothai (the “FPSO”) for a three year period with a
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) summoned shipowners, drilling contractors and drilling service contractors to a joint meeting on Wednesday last week. The topic was the responsibilities and roles of the contractors in connection with risk of well control incidents on the Norwegian shelf.
Marine Scotland Science invites tenders for the supply of a sonar altimeter range, depth and distance run system. The system will be used for measuring the height a towed camera platform is above the seabed, the depth of the towed camera platform is below the surface and the distance the towed camer
Oljedirektoratet (OD) is seeking seismic data collection services offshore Norway. In 2012 OD collected a considerable amount of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea. As a continuation of this, OD is now planning further collection of seismic data in these waters. OD therefore invites companies to a t
Sudan and Saudi Arabia announced plans to start deep-water mining in the Red Sea basin in 2014, reports AFP. The licence to explore the area of about 115 kilometres (71 miles) west of Jeddah has been awarded in 2010 to Manafa International Trade Company of Saudi Arabia and Diamond Fields Internation
The Statfjord field was yesterday inaugurated as a cultural monument at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger. The Directorate for Cultural Heritage has chosen the field as one of several symbols significant in the development of modern Norway. Eirin Sund, member of the Storting and deputy cha
Investigation of the BP Macondo wellhead and Deepwater Horizon drillship has been approved by the Coast Guard, to determine whether they are the source of the sheen at the site in Gulf of Mexico. BP and Transocean submitted the plan for investigation after the sheen was reported to the Coast Guard’s
IKM Testing has been awarded a contract by Dragados Offshore, a company that services to the Oil and Gas industry from the three main business centres: the headquarters’s office in Puerto Real and the Yard in Algeciras, in Spain, and the Yard of Tampico in México. The company has earlier been involv
Dolphin Geophysical announces that they have received a Letter of Intent (LOI) for 2.5 months 3D project in North West Africa, with an undisclosed client. The survey will be acquired by the Artemis Arctic, in direct continuation of the current project. Dolphin Geophysical operates a fleet of new gen
Recently HMS Enterprise found the wreck of a dhow in the waters around one of the world’s busiest harbours using her new hi-tech motor launch. Two sunken vessels were discovered by the Devonport-based survey ship as she worked in Port Rashid – one of the main ports serving Dubai – as her nine-month
The research cooperation MIMAS, a project in collaboration between the University of Greifswald, the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and eight further partners with scientific and industrial backgrounds, came third in competition for the first North German Research Award. The
Petrobras has cancelled the process of contracting five drilling rigs, capable of drilling in up to 3,000 meters of water, with the Ocean Rig Group. This decision is based on the reduction of future needs for drilling, due to a fewer number of wells expected to be drilled in the pre-salt Santos Basi
Germany’s Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler, visited the submarine cable manufacturer Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) in Nordenham. During the minister’s guided tour of the company’s facilities and factory, NSW’s Managing Director Rudolf Stahl showed him t
