BP announced it has once again confirmed the integrity of the Macondo well and its associated relief wells following an extensive subsea survey this week to identify potential sources of a surface sheen near Mississippi Canyon block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico. The latest survey marks the third time s
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced that it has recently commenced a two-year charter of the DP saturation diving vessel Kestrel to a major contractor in Mexico to perform repair and maintenance work for Pemex. The charter started in mid-October and has a fixed term of two years with an additiona
Together with its partners, Statoil is recovering approx. 10 million barrels of oil equivalent through the construction of a seabed template on the Fram H North structure. The seabed template is connected to the A2 template on Fram West, which transports production on to the Troll C platform. Fram H
IPC/WHMA-A-620 is the first industry consensus standard that describes acceptability criteria for crimped, mechanically secured and soldered interconnections and the corresponding lacing/restraining criteria associated with cable and harness assemblies. This credential is recognised and valued throu
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to use the West Elara mobile drilling facility for drilling and well operations on the Valemon field. The consent covers drilling and completion of 11 production wells and two injection wells on the Valemon field. The drilling activity is scheduled
Fugro OSAE GmbH has been awarded a EUR 2.7 million hydrographic survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS). This survey, planned for 2013, is part of the on-going MAREANO project and will encompass an area over 11,000km² in the Barents Sea. The area is located offshore the northern-
High level representatives of oil and gas companies operating on the North Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico will disclose their outlook on energy production in the respective regions as part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference on 23 and 24 October in the Amsterdam RAI. Several hundreds of offsho
Wood Group Integrity Management (WGIM), part of Wood Group Kenny, has been awarded a significant contract by CNR International (UK) Limited (CNRI) to provide Pipeline Integrity Management and Support Services for CNRI’s UKCS assets which include Ninian, Lyell, Tiffany, Toni, Thelma and Murchison. Th
The Marine Department of Florida has over 300 unidentified sonar hits that appear to be man made off their eastern coast. Recently Virgin Oceanic was invited to join Oceangate in diving their 5 man research sub Antipodes to recon survey “hits”. Florida, like California, does not have the money for t
From 17 to 19 October, in Dublin, DCNS will participate in the 4th International Conference on Ocean Energy. This conference will gather global industry and academic experts in marine renewable energy. They will share on this growing new industry. DCNS, a world leader in naval defence and an innovat
Chatham Rock Phosphate is centre stage at the Underwater Mining Institute conference being held at Shanghai this week. CRP principal scientist Dr Robin Falconer updated the conference on recent corporate milestones and presented the findings of the four cruises conducted in the Chatham Rise licence
The University of Houston has received the state’s approval to offer the nation’s first subsea engineering graduate program, which will teach the scientific and technical skills necessary to create the first generation of formally trained subsea engineering specialists. The Texas Higher Education Co
EOC Limited (EOC or the Group) has been awarded a contract in relation to the FPSO Lewek EMAS from the vessel’s charterer Premier Oil Vietnam Offshore BV. Under the contract, worth up to US$15 million, EOC will provide project management as well as engineering and procurement services for the modifi
Project 21300 rescue ship Igor Belousov being built at JSC Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard in St. Petersburg will be launched on Oct 30, an insider at the yard told Central Navy Portal. Works on the new-generation seagoing rescue ship started at the Almaz Design Bureau early in 2003. Technical project
