Ecopetrol S.A., through its affiliate Ecopetrol America Inc., provided the results of the Parmer Prospect, deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Parmer prospect #1 is located on Green Canyon 867, at a depth of 18,900 ft (5,760 meters), which allowed for several pressure readings and the collection of severa
Research from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals. Corals are made up of many polyps that jointly form a layer of living tissue covering the ca
East and West Africa focused oil and gas explorer, FAR Ltd, has appointed Peter Thiessen as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Mr Thiessen was previously CFO and company secretary of Flow Energy Limited, prior to the merger with FAR Ltd. His appointment coincides with the closure of FAR
According to The Times of India, a new 7,800 km undersea cable has been launched in Asia. This Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) optical fibre cable is three milliseconds faster than any other cable between Singapore and Tokyo. Making the laying route of the cable as straight as possible, the trans
SOPAC (Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Applied Geoscience and Technology Division) has been organizing workshops in deep sea mining in the Pacific Island region. According to Radio New Zaeland Internation, the workshop will prepare the mentioned communities for seabed mining. SOPAC’s director
HARBOUR Master Rob Brown thinks Ramsgate could benefit from marine energy. “This is the most exciting place for Thanet right now. Already this port is serving three of the biggest wind farms in the world and we have the facilities companies need to expand into wave and tidal energy,” he said. There
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track to deliver Seafox 5, one of the largest and most advanced multi-purpose offshore wind turbine installers of its kind to the Seafox Group, ahead of time and with an impressive safety record. The vessel was named on 18 August 2012 at Keppel FELS with Singa
TGS announces a 3D multi-client seismic survey, Honeycombs, which covers 2,500 km2 over the Exmouth Plateau in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore NW Australia. This survey is located over acreage with 50% relinquishment due in February 2013 and is adjacent to the previously announced NW Australi
Searcher Seismic together with project partner Dolphin Geophysical have completed acquisition of the Gulspurv 3D high resolution seismic data. The Fast Track Cube (FTC) preliminary processed data from the survey shows excellent resolution with good shallow structure illustrating the exciting new pro
ABS, one of the world’s leading classification societies, has signed a letter of intent for cooperative research and development projects with the South China University of Technology (SCUT) through the ABS China Offshore Technology Center (COTC) in Shanghai. ABS Vice President of Offshore Technolog
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has, as partner in PL 265 (20 percent) made an oil discovery on the Geitungen prospect, were Statoil ASA is the operator. Oil has been encountered and a core sample has been recovered. Drilling operations are ongoing and the final results from the well are thus not yet ava
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), a company that manufactures a vast array of products that demonstrate technological mastery of the land, sea, air and outer space, has announced that they will be joining the tidal energy sector as well. According to renewableenergyworld.com, an increase in support f
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, Boreas-1 was drilling out cement in the 9-5/8” casing shoe. Since the last report, the BOP troubleshooting and function testing was completed satisfactorily and the 9-5/8” casing was successfully pressure tested. Drilling of the 8-1/2
Dolphin announced a new 3D Multi Client survey in cooperation with Spectrum to be acquired by the high capacity seismic vessel, M/V Polar Duke. The survey is located offshore Lebanon and will have a minimum size of 1,500 square kilometres. The acquisition is scheduled to finish within September, and
