OSRL exhibited at the Jakarta Convention Centre at the 36th IPA Convention and Exhibition from 23 – 25 May 2012. Themed “Working Together to Meet Indonesia’s Energy Needs”, the event saw members from the Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) and the oil and gas community gathering to share local in
On 4-5 June 2012, the Swedish Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd visited MMT head office in Gothenburg, Sweden. The purpose of the visit was to introduce high-tech marine survey and its challenges and opportunities to the minister. Ola Oskarsson, founder of MMT, invited the ministe
The oil and gas industry is set to benefit from internationally deployable well capping equipment, following collaboration between Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP). Working closely with SWRP, OSRL is making an integrated intervention system available to t
After many months of manufacturing and preparation, it is now time for the array cable installation to commence on the Anholt project. Over the past year, Nexans Deutschland has been manufacturing array cables for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in three different cross sections with a total length of
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS, has been awarded a contract by AF Group in connection with the removal and recycling contract for the B-11 riser platform cessation project for Statoil, on behalf of Gassco as operator for Gassled. The contract is an option in the existing co
Bergen Group BMV has signed a contract with the ship owner North Sea Shipping AS, a subsidiary of North Sea Shipping Holding AS, for construction of a large and advanced offshore vessel. The contract value is NOK 1 billion, included options for some additional equipment. The contract represents the
The installation of the wind turbines on Anholt offshore wind farm will commence in September, but already now, the preparations in and around Grenaa Harbour are in full activity before Siemens Wind Power commences the installation works. As the installation vessels also have to jack up in Grenaa No
Aker Solutions aims to build up a 1 700-strong London engineering hub – thereby creating 1 300 new jobs – by 2015, as growth in global oil and gas markets drives demand for the company’s technologies and services. Øyvind Eriksen, executive chairman of Aker Solutions, shared this ambition with Prime
CGGVeritas announced that it will begin acquiring a fourth repeat survey (LoFS04) on the Ekofisk field in the North Sea as part of the multi-year Life-of-Field Seismic (LoFS) program for which it was awarded both the seismic data acquisition and processing. Mobilization is starting early June 2012,
Primeline and CNOOC Ltd. have received formal approval of the environmental impact assessment report (“EIA”) relating to the development of the LS36-1 gas field from the State Oceanic Administration (“SOA”). The SOA had previously approved the routing of pipeline for the Development. The Safety Asse
The RESON Group is offering existing SEABAT 7125 SV2 customers the opportunity to upgrade their systems with RESONs Feature Pack 3, (FP3) totally, free of charge. Feature Pack 3 has taken all the benefits of FP2 and added two new features, TRACKER and SEABAT UI, to provide users with increased effic
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the Offshore Technology Conference Asia. The initial event will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-12 March 2014 and as a biennial event going forward, will be located in prominent cities throughout the
On 30 May 2012, IHC Merwede signed an agreement to acquire Wave Rotor technology from Ecofys, which is renowned for its expertise in sustainable energy solutions. The official signing was made by Willem Steenge, Managing Director of IHC Tidal Energy, and Manon Janssen, Managing Director of Ecofys. W
SeaPro Nav, Sercel’s integrated navigation system for all in-water seismic equipment, has been selected by SeaBird Exploration as the master system for two vessels in its marine seismic fleet, the Harrier Explorer and the Aquila Explorer. SeaBird Exploration is the fourth industry player to choose S
