Borders & Southern announces that it has signed a contract with Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) for the acquisition and processing of a new 3D seismic survey. The survey, measuring approximately 1100 sq.km, will be located in Quad 61 adjacent to the northern margin of the Company’s existing 3D area. Th
Sonardyne International Ltd. will be attending its first Sea Tech Week exhibition in Brest, France, taking place from 8th-12th October at the Congress Centre Le Quartz. Located on Stand 9, Sonardyne will be demonstrating Scout a portable acoustic positioning system designed for tracking divers, ROV
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA ) carried out an audit of operation and inspection of flexible risers on Njord A, as well as in Statoil during the period 19 – 22 June 2012. The objective of the activity was to follow up how flexible risers are operated in Statoil and on Njord A, as [&hell
“The Australian Government should reduce coal exports and take urgent action on the Great Barrier Reef if we are to save it for future generations”, the Australian Greens said today. A shocking new report released by the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences shows the Great Barrier Reef has lost h
Scana Industrier ASA has through it’s daughter company Scana Subsea AB entered into a contract for delivery of riser components with a total value of 26 million SEK. The riser components with lengths up to 18 meters will be delivered to the Gulf of Mexico. Production will start in 4(th) quarter 2012
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Pure Energy Services Ltd. for C$11.00 per share in cash, or approximately C$282 million (US$285 million). Based in Calgary, Canada, and operating in multiple field locations in both Canada and the United States, Pure Ene
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited advises that the first milestone payment under its Federal Government grant for its Perth Wave Energy Project has been approved. The payment of $248,561 plus GST is expected to be received by Carnegie in the coming days after approval from the Austr
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Dong Energy to provide well intervention services for the oil company’s assets offshore Norway and Denmark. Under the contract Aker Solutions will deliver electrical wireline logging services and wireline tractor services at the oil and gas fields where Dong
GE Oil & Gas, in conjunction with Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, has announced plans for an $11 million expansion project of its Scotland-based Center of Excellence that will create 40 new jobs by 2013. The announcement comes as the First Minister hosted a round table discussion with key p
The owners in the Snøhvit license have decided to stop the work on a possible capacity increase on Melkøya. The license has concluded that the current gas discoveries do not provide a sufficient basis for further capacity expansion. The license has not determined whether LNG or a pipeline solution i
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announced that it has acquired Syntech Technology, Inc. (Syntech). Located in Lorton, VA, Syntech is a manufacturer of syntactic foam buoyancy materials used for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and other deepwater flotation applications. Details of the transaction w
Bowtech Products Ltd., a market leader in underwater and harsh environment vision systems, has announced that they will be exhibiting for the first time at the SUBSEA Asia 2012 exhibition, on the Scottish Development International Pavilion, Stand 4402, 3rd to the 5th of October at the Kuala Lumpur C
Technip was awarded by Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA a lump sum contract for the development of the Dalmatian field, located in the Gulf of Mexico, at a water depth ranging from 530 to 1,800 meters. This field, jointly owned by Murphy and Ecopetrol America Inc., is comprised of the D
Today Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dana Petroleum plc (Dana) takes over the operatorship of the Triton floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) from Hess and Dana acquires Hess’ 28.28% stake in the Bittern field, increasing Dana’s share in the field to 3
