Steel removal operation from the Rena wreck is entering the next stage, namely underwater steel cutting. As confirmed by the Salvage Master for Resolve Salvage and Fire, Francis Leckey: ” the positive helicopter progress now allows Resolve to focus on getting divers into the water to begin the next
The deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), will embark on her next mission, IODP Expedition 338: The Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) Stage 3 – from 3 October to 13 January 2014, in the northwestern Paci
Each year, BOURBON’s operational affiliates with a zero-incident rate are rewarded by the Group for their efficient preventive safety management. In 2009, BOURBON launched an incentive program to recognize the outstanding performance and best practices of its affiliates in terms of operational safet
International oil service group Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Statoil to deliver three subsea trees, tubing hangers and a tool package to the Troll field on the Norwegian continental shelf. Estimated contract value is NOK 250 million. The extension is a call-off from a contract signe
Chatham Rock Phosphate (CRP) today achieved another major milestone on the pathway to developing its subsea resource on the Chatham Rise by filing its mining licence application with New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals. The application is the culmination of two and a half years work since the company
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC. announced that one of its subsidiaries had entered into a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (“DSME”) to construct a third ultra-deepwater drillship, to be named the Atwood Admiral, at the DSME yard in South Korea. The Atwood
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, recently announced that it has become a member of the VIVA JIP. The company will partner with existing JIP members Chevron, BP, Petrobras, ABS and Technip to support the innovative Vortex Induced Vibration Analysis software. Engineers at 2H Offshore already use the VI
Noble Energy, Inc. announced that it has entered into a 36 month contract with a subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics Inc. for a new build drillship to support its global new ventures efforts in deepwater exploration and development. The agreement demonstrates the Company’s commitment to global offshore ex
The Netherlands’ Rijkswaterstaat has awarded Tideland Signal the contract to supply, maintain, repair and demobilize racons both on North Sea buoys and in inland waters up to and including 2015. This contract follows a sequence of orders for Tideland SeaBeacon 2 System 6 dual-band racon supplied via
The partnership agreement between Cargotec and Dongnam Marine Crane Co Ltd (DMC) has now been expanded to cover the manufacture of MacGregor offshore cranes. Signed at the end of last year, the partnership agreement originally covered the manufacture of MacGregor cargo handling cranes for South Kore
W&T Offshore, Inc. reports that at about 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning, a fire started on its Ship Shoal 233 B Platform and was subsequently extinguished at 11:35 a.m. This production processing facility, which is operated by the Company, is located approximately 30 miles south of Louisiana in the Gu
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply two production control umbilicals and three umbilical termination assemblies (UTAs) to Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA. The products will be delivered to the Murphy operated Dalmatian field in the De Soto Canyon located in the Gulf of Mexico w
Oregon will soon host the first large scale wave energy research site, OPB writes. Namely, the Department of Energy has granted USD 4 million for the project development. Accordingly, the project will be connected to the on-shore electrical grid thus enabling the researchers to test the amount of po
About 100 years ago, marine biologists hauled the first vampire squid up from the depths of the sea. Since that time, perhaps a dozen scientific papers have been published on this mysterious animal, but no one has been able to figure out exactly what it eats. A new paper by MBARI Postdoctoral Fellow
