Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, inaugurates its new submarine cable plant in Finland, having invested approximately €40 million to increase its production capacity at the Pikkala facility, already one of the Group’s centres of excellence for high voltag
In recognition of customers’ expressed need for a course to assist new and developing users of High accuracy GNSS positioning, Veripos have launched a new course introducing the fundamentals of global maritime positioning. Starting in July the INTRODUCTION TO HIGH ACCURACY POSITIONING USING GNSS (Co
The ROV/Survey vessel SHARK 1, which is fully equipped for safe and efficient offshore operations in the Black Sea, is nearing completion in Constanta Shipyard, Romania and will be launched in August 2012. In addition to the capabilities needed for surveys, the vessel can also offer ROV support for
EGS Americas Inc and EGS Metocean Sound Sciences announce that they have further enhanced the international subsea survey and metocean capabilities with the recent addition of Mr. Ninad Gupte. Mr. Gupte has joined the US based EGS companies as Technical Manager; he brings 20 years of combined Indian
TTS Group ASA announced it has finalized its sale of the drilling equipment business to Cameron in an all cash transaction. CEO & President of TTS Group, Johannes D. Neteland said: ” This divestment is an active step by TTS to participate in the on-going further developments of the drilling equipmen
The world’s largest LNG producing company, Qatargas, has awarded pipeline engineering company STATS Group a multi-million pound 10 year contract to provide remote pipeline isolation equipment. STATS will design, manufacture, test and supply a new range of high integrity Remote Tecno Plugs™ for 32”,
Leading international well flow management company Expro has secured a subsea services contract in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) with global energy company Chevron U.S.A. Inc. The scope of work involves providing two 15ksi rated auxiliary strings complete with direct hydraulic umbilicals and reelers for
Paradigm™ announced yesterday that after a competitive evaluation, Cairn Energy PLC has chosen the Paradigm interpretation toolkit as its next generation 2D and 3D seismic interpretation solution. Cairn will use the new system to interpret new 3D surveys acquired last year in offshore Greenland. The
Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) has chosen DNV Software to deliver asset integrity management software and services covering their fixed and floating offshore installations, pipelines and processing facilities. This significant contract represents an industrial recognition of DNV Soft
ITF is calling on technology developers to come forward with innovative solutions for enhanced sub-basalt imaging and novel borehole seismic sources, with the potential for successful proposals to receive up to 100% funding. The organisation, which has a membership of 29 international operators and
Chevron Brazil (Chevron) has extended the contract for Skandi Salvador and related services with one year from September 2012. The one year extension has a value of approximately NOK 250 millions. Skandi Salvador is a construction vessel built in Brazil. She was delivered from yard in 2009 and has,
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), provides a technical update on the Barryroe oil discovery in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Providence (80%) operates Barryroe on behalf of
A model of a new generation subsea power cable installation vessel was unveiled at SBSS’s booth at Offshore Wind China 30th May to 1st June. The new vessel with a 5000tonne rated turntable is specially designed to transport and install large HVDC & HVAC subsea cables for the fast growing energy mark
CGGVeritas announced that it has been awarded a contract by Lundin Petroleum to conduct a survey of over 2,700 km2 with BroadSeis™, its broadband marine solution, using for the first time its broadband source option, BroadSource™. The survey of the Haugaland High in Quadrant 16 of the Norwegian sect
