The 2012 edition of the annual UDT Europe show – a leading forum for the international undersea defence community – will be held in Alicante, Spain, from 29 to 31 May. DCNS specialists will present papers and displays on some of the Group’s latest technologies. A consistent innovator thanks to its R
Industrial deep-sea mining in China can begin as early as 2030, stated the former head of the State Oceanic Administration. China Daily quoted Sun Zhihui as saying: “With the improvement in deep-sea technology, metal resources under the ocean can be explored and mined within 20 years.” China was amo
Statoil has received consent to remove the Troll Oseberg Gas Injection (TOGI) template from the seabed and transport it onshore for scrapping and recycling. The TOGI facility is part of production licence 085 and is located south of Troll Øst in block 31/6. The consent relates to removal of the actu
Stork Technical Services celebrated a year of outstanding safety performance at its second Annual REACH Safety Awards (Thursday 24 May). The awards recognise Stork employees and teams who, throughout 2011, delivered exceptional safety performance in line with the values of the company’s REACH safety
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, recently released the latest version of its SACS software for the analysis and design of new and existing fixed offshore oil and gas structures and wind farm stru
Subsea mooring connector specialist, First Subsea, has successfully completed the mooring of the PSVM (Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte) FPSO in 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) of water, in the BP Block 31 ultra deepwater development, offshore Angola. The external turret-moored FPSO has 12 mooring lines,
Veripos, a world leader for provision of GNSS positioning support to the offshore oil and gas industry, has been commissioned by Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S3), the survey, positioning and ROV subsidiary of the Reef Subsea group of companies, to supply facilities and equipment aboard
Reef Subsea AS announced that it has successfully completed two contracts for its new subsea support vessels to perform their maiden operations. The Reef Despina and Reef Larissa have recently completed their first projects for Aker Solutions and Heerema Marine Contractors, respectively. Reef Subsea
Continuing with its 2012 event calendar, Sonardyne International will be exhibiting at EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers), 4th-7th June in Copenhagen and Caspian Oil & Gas, 5th-8th June in Baku, Azerbaijan. The largest, most comprehensive geoscience event in the world, EAGE is
Every two years the NERC UK/European Moorings Group holds a workshop to discuss developments in the field of scientific moorings. Following on from RS Aqua sponsorship of the 5th meeting at the NOC Southampton in 2010, the company is again sponsoring this most informative gathering. RS Aqua’s lead s
Officials from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) participated in an all-day table top exercise designed to simulate the response to a well blowout in the Chukchi Sea. The exercise, planned over the past several months, included representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, the U
Portland in Dorset may be an Olympic site this year, but it is also the location of LiftRig Consulting’s latest subsea power cable handling and storage project. LiftRig are working with Manor Marine to provide safe and cost-effective handling and storage of spare power cables for the world’s largest
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group, welcomed Khamis Juma Buamim Chairman, Drydocks World and Maritime World and heads and senior executives of the teams involved in the building of Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. The delegat
A new offshore wind farm in the US marks the turning point for offshore wind energy. Ramboll will as leader of a consortium with U.S. based companies design the foundations for the Cape Wind Offshore Wind Farm. The consortium expects more US offshore wind projects to be on the way. America’s first o
