Total E&P Norge AS has received consent to use the subsea facility and the associated new process and control equipment at Heimdal Gas Centre. Heimdal Gas Centre belongs to production licence 102C in Block 25/5 and is situated approximately 24 km north-east of the Heimdal facility and between 7 and
New Zealanders will be $1.3 billion better off as a result of developing the Chatham Rock Phosphate resource, a study by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research says. The highly respected economic research agency was commissioned by CRP to study the economic impacts of its project to develop
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company provided a further update on the resource potential of Barryroe in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Providence (80%) operates Barryroe on behalf of its partner Lansdowne Oil and Gas plc
Yesterday, Underwater Construction Team TWO teamed up with the U.S. Coast Guard to locate sounding cables in Coos Bay, reports DVIDS. Divers first used an ROV to locate the cable and record the GPS coordinates. Divers followed the ROV’ umbilical to the cable. They’ve conducted 13 dives with total of
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of the Varg Gas Export Contract from Talisman Energy Norge AS for the development of a gas export pipeline at the Varg field, located 200 km off the Norwegian coastline, West of Stavanger. The contract is valued at approximately $60 million. The contract is for the
When WHOI geologist Liviu Giosan first reconstructed the history of how the Danube River built its delta, he was presented with a puzzle. In the delta’s early stages of development, the river deposited its sediment within a protected bay. As the delta expanded onto the Black Sea shelf in the late Ho
German-based subsea specialist, SubCtech, is attending the SMM in Hamburg. SubCtech is exhibiting at InWaterTech booth B6 / 233 in cooperation with Maritimes Cluster Norddeutschland and Subsea-Monitoring-Network. SMM in Hamburg is the international platform and the leading forum for the maritime ind
Fugro Seabed Seismic Systems has reached agreement with a major oil and gas company for an Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) program in various regions. This is an extension to the previously announced program in the Gulf of Guinea. With this agreement, the seismic Ocean Bottom Node activity has approximately
In Europe, many offshore projects are planned for deeper waters further from the shore, which requires sailing speeds of up to 13 knots and jacking capabilities for water depths of up to 60 m. Most of the specialised vessels now in operation are classed by GL. GL has accumulated an unrivaled pool of
Rock has been used for ports and coastal protection purposes for centuries – for dikes and breakwaters, groins and scour protection. Yet in the past several decades the uses of rock have taken on new dimensions in the execution of maritime infrastructure construction. Previously referred to as rock
Dundee-based Caledonian Geotech (CG), a provider of near shore hyrdographic, geophysical and geotechnical services in the oil and gas, civil engineering and ports industries, has announced the appointment of a new general manager. James Hailstones, , takes up the role at the company, which is a subs
With worldwide demand for oil, natural gas and minerals rising, and recent discoveries of sources located in the deep sea, new machinery will be needed to harvest these resources from increasingly harsh environments. Rexroth is the first to adapt numerous standard components to fit the special requi
Liebherr-Components has developed a gear ring rope winch for the RL-K 7500 offshore crane, which is specially designed for heavy lifting tasks at sea. With a tare weight of 180 tonnes the ZSW 2400 is the largest and heaviest rope winch offered by Liebherr. It is particularly noted for its high avail
Polarcus has selected Marlink’s Sealink customized VSAT services to provide high levels of connectivity aboard two advanced new X-bow design seismic vessels – Amani and Adira, which are currently under construction at Ulstein Verft in Norway. The Dubai-based marine geophysical company with a pioneer
