Technip was awarded by Petrobras a highly technological lump sum contract for the Guara & Lula Nordeste pre-salt field development located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, at a water depth of 2,250 meters. The contract covers the manufacture of 24 kilometers of 6’’ gas injection flexible lines
Du reports that its undersea cable between Dubai and Oman has been repaired. The company official says: “We are happy to report that there was no impact on speed and internet browsing experience except for the first hour after the cable cut, prior to diverting traffic from the affected cables. We al
Fugro Singapore has been awarded a major offshore geotechnical investigation contract by Reliance Industries Ltd on the East Coast of India. Fugro will perform geotechnical investigations, laboratory testing and foundation design studies to allow detailed design of subsea infrastructure for the Dhir
ORE Offshore is adopting the EdgeTech brand name. The two divisions have been operating successfully under one roof for many years and the company is excited to continue building its strong reputation under one common name moving forward. The talented engineering, manufacturing and services personne
Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel announced a tender procedure for diving services in duration of 1 year, and with 3 options to extend the contract for further periods of up to 1 year each. In 2006, as a result of a strategic review of the underwater search provision within PSNI,
Total, operator of Block OML138, announces the start-up of production of the offshore Usan field in Nigeria, in line with the planned schedule. Usan is the second deep offshore development operated by Total in Nigeria, coming on stream less than three years after Akpo. Discovered in 2002, the Usan f
Hydratight has recently completed a challenging subsea bolting task that required the design and development of bespoke tensioners. The accuracy and efficiency of the project is largely down to the cooperation that took place between the Hydratight teams across international boundaries. The Hydratig
Kreuz Holdings Limited, a subsea service provider for the oil and gas industry, reported that its profit attributable to owners of the company (“Net Profit”) for the full year ended December 31, 2011 (“FY2011”), more than tripled to US$26.6 million on the back of a 182% surge in revenue to US$153.8
OceanWorks International announces that it has been selected by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to provide a termination node for the Jubarte SMSI Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) system for Petrobras in Brazil. The seafloor termination node will provide termination of the Permanent Reservoir Monit
– 2011 was a year of good progress for GC Rieber Shipping, said CEO Irene W. Basili as the Company announced fourth quarter and full year financial figures today. – Operating revenue increased by NOK 65 million and operating profit before depreciation and capital gains by NOK 91 million. This reflec
The Northwest Energy Angels, the Pacific Northwest’s only angel group focused exclusively on providing early-stage capital to cleantech entrepreneurs, continued its mission of building a vibrant cleantech community in 2011 by investing more than $880,000 in nine cleantech companies, one receiving a
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited welcomes the UK House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee report on ‘The Future of Marine Renewables in the UK.’ The report highlights the opportunities and benefits of developing a world leading marine energy industry and the need for th
Specialist divers battling strong tides and zero-visibility have completed a year-long project to cover parts of an exposed underwater pipeline in the Humber estuary. Teams from Hull-based commercial diving and underwater civil engineering company Northern Divers worked up to 60ft below the surface
Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery offshore Tanzania in the first exploration well in Block 2. Statoil announced on February 17 that the partnership had encountered indications of natural gas in the Zafarani exploration well in the Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. The l
