Statoil has chosen to take out an additional two-year option on the existing contract for diving services with Technip Norge AS. According to a cooperation agreement, ExxonMobil and Gassco could also be potential users of this contract. The manned underwater operations will be conducted from DSV Ska
Kongsberg Maritime and its subsidiary Hydroid, Inc., the leading manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), has announced a joint AUV user conference to be held at the Villa Marigola in Lerici, Italy, from June 26 to 28, 2012. The event will give customers the opportunity to share knowle
The Sheraton Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California, will host the 19th HYPACK Hydrographic Training Event, and the RESON Team will be on site with their SeaBat 7125SV2 running with HYPACK software. Sales Manager Josh Grava will be on hand at Booth 6 to talk customers through the complete range o
While others were about to enjoy their New Year’s Eve dinner, the installation vessel Svanen started installation of the first monopile at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, and the construction of Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm has now started. According to the original schedule, Svanen was supposed
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has given notice to exercise its purchase option for the remaining 55% of outstanding shares of Schilling Robotics LLC. The transaction is expected to close on or about March 30, 2012. FMC purchased its existing 45% interest in Schilling and obtained the purc
Aquaterra has successfully installed a ‘world first’ 10,000psi rated, 20” I.D. full bore drilling riser for Apache North Sea. The unique High Pressure Riser System was designed specifically for Apache North Sea to drill three subsea wells on the Bacchus field from the Rowan Gorilla VII. The installa
KV Ventus B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Ltd. (Keppel) has entered into a share purchase and subscription agreement and shareholders’ agreement to acquire a 49.9% stake in offshore wind turbine foundation designer OWEC Tower (AS) for about NOK 61 million. OWEC Tower, headquar
Technip Norge AS have declared an option to the existing contract for the 2012-season on the OCV “NORTH SEA GIANT” and will now retain the vessel until end 2013. The vessel will be employed on a number of large subsea construction projects in the North Sea during 2012, including flex-lay duties on G
BlueView Technologies, the world leader in compact acoustic imaging and measurement technology, and Deep Ocean Engineering, a well established brand with over 600 sophisticated Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in the field, worldwide signed a Systems Integrator Agreement that enables Deep Ocean Eng
Maine ocean research laboratory is to receive more than $600,000 federal government grant. National Science Foundation has provided the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay Harbor with $603,631 grant to carry out natural oceanography research. The study will be conducted in the area of
GSP Prince provides survey services & support for the South Stream project. The operations performed from GSP Prince covered by now about a half of the 900-kilometer long route with most of the South Stream pipeline route lying at depths of over 2 kilometers. A record reduction in time has been achi
Authorities have formally taken over the Cornwall’s Wave Hub. The £42m project is designed to test wave energy devices off the seacoast of Hayle. Department for Business Innovation and Skills has adopted the wave energy scheme. It is hoped the first businesses will connect their energy-from-wave dev
Energy Minister Charles Hendry set out his hopes for a “prosperous 2012” in the oil and gas sector, as he awarded 46 new licences to explore for hydrocarbons in the North Sea. These awards were made as part of the 26th offshore oil and gas licensing round, which was originally announced in October 2
The Royal Navy’s former flagship, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, could soon be transformed into a shipwreck for deep sea divers… (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, January 02 , 2012
