DeepOcean has been awarded a 18 months extension on Arbol Grande with offshore contractor Constructora Subacuatica Diavaz, S.A. de C.V. (Diavaz), in Mexico. The new contract is valid until end 2014. Included is an option for Diavaz to declare an additional year under same contract. DeepOcean was awa
Bergen University College announces the start-up of the “Subsea Technology – operation and maintenance” Bachelor’s degree in Florø from the autumn of 2013. “Bergen University College is proud to be able to start up an engineering programme in Florø. Such an initiative matches our objective of supply
RESON provides its advanced multibeam sonar system, the SeaBat 7125, to a new breakwater mapping system called GEOSUB 3DTM developed by the company MESURIS in France. The system is a high resolution 3D real time bathymetric and topographic system designed to provide marine engineering data both abov
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SCS Corporation Ltd, has entered into an agreement with Tullow Guinea Ltd., a subsidiary of Tullow Oil plc, for the sale of a 40% gross interest in Hyperdynamics’ oil and gas exploration concession offshore Guinea and the transfer
Deltares is performing scale test with a coral reef in the Scheldt Flume in Delft. The tests, commissioned by the University of Western Australia in Perth, are to be completed at the end of November. Aim of the tests is to find out to what extent the disintegration of the coral reef affects wave exp
Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S.A.E. (OTMT) announced the completion of the negotiations with Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. (OTH) to sell 100% stake in its fully owned subsidiary Med Cable. The acquisition of UK-based Med Cable by OTH has a value of Euro 12.3 million. The Med Cable L
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (ConocoPhillips) has received consent to use the Ekofisk 2/4-VB subsea facility for water injection on the Ekofisk field. ConocoPhillips has received consent to use the Ekofisk 2/4-VB subsea facility. The facility will inject water into the reservoir to stimulate oil pr
Leading international subsea equipment solutions specialist Ashtead Technology Offshore today announced that it has appointed an agent in the Middle East to support its continuing global expansion. The Aberdeen-headquartered company has completed an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based Technical Equipment
Nautronix specialists in through water communications and positioning technologies, announces the appointment of 3 Vice Presidents to their sales team. Experienced subsea development manager, Dan Williams, is serving as the company’s VP Sales, Commercial Acoustics. In his new role, Dan will assume d
Aalberts Industries N.V. has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of BSM Valves B.V. in the Netherlands. BSM Valves specialises in high performance valves, mainly for the oil and gas market. The acquisition will take effect after all the formalities for the acquisition have been comple
During the past months several reports regarding the deep sea mining campaign in Papua New Guinea were released, Swakopmund Matters informed. The campaign coordinator for the Australian-based organization “Deep Sea Mining”, Dr. Helen Rosenbaum, has authored a significant report on marine mining in P
OrcaLab, a whale research station on Hanson Island, B.C., and SRM Projects Ltd., a renewable energy engineering firm from Nanaimo, B.C., jointly announced that they have found common ground after SRM Project’s tidal energy investigative license application for Blackney Passage raised concerns with O
The ACE Winches Graduate Scheme has been fully accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, meeting the standard for the development of Chartered Engineers and Incorporated Engineers. ACE Winches currently has eight graduates enrolled in the Graduate Scheme which was initiated in 2011. The
SBSS will be exhibiting at OSEA 2012 held from 27th to 30th November at Marina Bay Sands Singapore. The company will be displaying advanced cable laying vessels and subsea installation technologies together with joint venture partner Global Marine Systems Ltd. With more subsea power cables and telec
