The official opening of the all-new KONGSBERG Offshore Vessel Simulator at the SimSea AS maritime training centre in Haugesund, Norway, took place on the 9th February 2012. The simulator, which is part of a 1300m2 simulator park, is one of the most advanced of its kind, offering fully integrated tra
ION Geophysical Corporation announced that its GeoVentures™ group has added an additional 8,000 kilometers of regional seismic data to its Greater BrasilSPAN™ program in the Equatorial Margin offshore northern and northeastern Brazil. To be processed by ION’s GX Technology data processing group, thi
Osiris Projects, Bibby Maritime & Bibby Marine Consultancy have confirmed that they will be sharing a stand at the event in March to support the presence of specialist semi-SWATH coastal survey vessel Bibby Tethra. Bibby Marine Consultancy is a new division of the Bibby Line Group introduced this ye
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited presented its proposed Irish demonstration project at the Marine Renewables Industry Association’s (MRIA) Ocean Energy Industry Forum ‘Putting our Marine Renewables Resources to Work’ in Dublin. The presentation was given by Kieran O’Brien, Carnegie
Survey shows that professionals perceive Ramboll as one of the best places to work. Every year, Universum surveys professionals and asks them questions about their career expectations, how they perceive companies as employers and what they associate with those employers. The professionals are asked
Providence Resources P.l.c., the London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM) quoted oil and gas exploration and production company, confirms the forward programme for Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04, which contains the Dunquin exploration prospect. ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Ireland (Offshore)
The marine and tidal energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching a second round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS £13 million fund, launched
McDermott Australia (McDermott) has awarded Heerema Marine Contractors Australia Pty Ltd (HMC) a contract to transport and install infield flowlines, subsea structures and moorings for the INPEX Ichthys LNG Project. McDermott Australia has been appointed the main contractor for the subsea umbilical,
MEO Australia Limited advises that the S/R Veritas Viking II commenced acquisition of the 601 km2 Floyd 3D seismic survey in WA-454-P in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf region of the Timor Sea (Petrel sub-basin) at 21:23 (WST) on 12th February 2012. The survey is scheduled to take less than thirty days to
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, makes a major investment in the growing Mining, Oil & Gas and Renewable Energy cable markets. Nexans has agreed to acquire AmerCable Holdings Inc. (“AmerCable”), the #1 producer of primarily Mining, Marine Oil & Gas and other industrial cable
Total E&P Norge AS has awarded Kvaerner an EPSC-contract (Engineering, Procurement, Supply and Construction) of close to NOK 1.2 billion for delivery of a steel jacket to be located at the Hild Field offshore the Norwegian North Sea. “We are very pleased to have won our second jacket this year in to
MEO Australia Limited advises that the S/R Veritas Viking II completed acquisition of the Zeppelin 3D seismic survey in AC/P50 & AC/P51 in the Ashmore Cartier region of the Timor Sea (Vulcan sub-basin) at 06:27 (WST) on 11th February 2012. A total of 508 km2 of full fold data was recorded. Regulator
Partrac will be hosting the “Unique Challenges of Site Characterisation in Wave & Tidal Projects” workshop on 14th March 2012 from 14:00 – 17:00 in the EICC, Edinburgh. This event will take place the day before RenewableUK Wave & Tidal 2012 Conference and Exhibition. This free workshop will comprise
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced today that it has appointed George Shirreffs as vice president of customer service. Shirreffs will drive the development and execution of Schilling’s customer support strategy and implementation. Shirreffs has a 12 year history of progres
