TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced that it has signed an extended framework agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS to provide pipeline pressure isolation services and equipment for Statoil installations located in the Norwegian North Sea. The agreement specifies that TDW will continue to supply pipe
Nautilus Minerals announces the release by its 100% owned subsidiary, Tonga Offshore Mining Limited (“TOML”), of an independent Technical Report prepared by Golder Associates Pty Ltd in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 in respect of a maiden Mineral Resource estimate for TOML’s Clarion-Cli
Following on from the launch of the Career Development Academy, Osiris Projects today announces their new apprentice scheme. Targeting college leavers with A-Level mathematics, physics, geography, IT, geology, or similar, the scheme aims to attract those interested in a career in hydrographic survey
Incidents in recent years illustrate how pipelines can be vulnerable to different types of flaws— including cracks, corrosion and dents—that interact simultaneously at the same location. This despite the fact that each type of flaw, or feature, has previously been detected by separate in-line inspec
Apache Energy Ltd has signed up to use AGR’s Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR®) system. Apache will use the RMR® solution for the first time during batch drilling of six top holes on its Coniston Development, offshore Western Australia, pending receipt of all necessary Government and other approvals for
The Aker Yards-built vessel Island Vanguard, has had various maintenance work done at Ulstein Verft during the last week. “We are always keen to take on after market missions, and we are well equipped to take on most of this type of work on ships,” says service manager Håkon Langeland. “Ulstein Verf
Power and Water has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tenax Energy to build a 2MW tidal energy plant and tidal energy testing centre. The move brings a tropical tidal energy supply for the Top End a step closer. Power and Water’s Manager Sustainable Energy Trevor Horman said Power and Water
SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird) SeaBird announced that the Hawk Explorer has been extended by Spectrum ASA for a minimum of 2 months and will work under the new Framework Agreement. SeaBird is a global provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, and associated products and servi
Gas production will start in South Pars gas field phases 17 and 18 this winter, an official said, adding that the gas will then be injected to the national gas grid after treatment at gas processing plants of phases 15 and 16 in Assalouyeh, the onshore installations of the South Pars gas field. Mana
The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha commissioned INS Makar into the Indian Navy on Friday. Makar is a Catamaran Hydrographic Survey Vessel and is the first of its kind to be inducted in the Indian Navy. The Vessel is indigenously built by Alcock As
Premier Oil plc (Premier) has awarded Ocean Installer a contract to perform offshore survey operations in support of the development of the Solan oil field. “We are very pleased to have been awarded our first offshore contract with Premier. Adding to our growing client base, this contract illustrate
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced yesterday that the first Armstrong-class Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) ship will be named Neil Armstrong. Mabus named the future R/V Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27) to honor the memory of Neil Armstrong, best known for being the first man to walk
Carbon dioxide released from decaying algal blooms, combined with ongoing increases in atmospheric carbon emissions, leads to increased levels of ocean acidification, and places additional stress on marine resources and the coastal economies that depend on them, according to a new study published ye
As part of Statoil’s plans to increase the recovery rate on the Norwegian continental shelf from 50% to 60%, Statoil has commenced building Norway’s biggest research centre for improved recovery in Trondheim. Norway’s petroleum and energy minister Ola Borten Moe and CEO Helge Lund were present to ce
