Tamares Telecom Ltd. is installing a third undersea cable connecting Israel and Cyprus. An additional undersea cable that will connect Israel with the world, should significantly improve competition and the telecoms market. With the third undersea cable, if the earnings mainly stay with the communic
INPEX CORPORATION announces that through its wholly owned subsidiary INPEX Alpha, Ltd., it has made the final investment decision on the Coniston oil field. Coniston is located in the Coniston Unit , which is the unitization area of parts of WA-35-L (excluding the Van Gogh Defined Area) and WA-44-R
Residents and businesses using du’s Internet services can expect slower speeds after two international undersea cables carrying… (khaleejtimes) [mappress] Source: khaleejtimes , December 27, 2011
Cairn Lanka Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn India Limited, has successfully completed the first phase of the exploration campaign in Sri Lanka Block SL-2007- 01-001. The exploration programme involved the acquisition, processing and interpretation of 1,753 sq km of 3D seismic data and a
There are nearly 25,000 hazardous underwater objects containing solid radioactive waste in Russia, an emergencies ministry official said… (ria) [mappress] Source: ria , December 26, 2011; Image: allianz
A joint law enforcement agreement on the protection of underwater cultural heritage was reached by State authorities in early December… (peopledaily) [mappress] Source: peopledaily , December 26, 2011; Image: unesco
The Libyan International Telecom Company (LITC) announced the activation of the new enhanced submarine cable system connecting Libya and Italy. System uses the newest technologies to provide large capacities reaching 40Gbps instead of the old system (2.5 Gbps). The activation of this system will hel
China will soon put its very first deepwater exploration vessel into use in the South China Sea, according to China Petroleum Daily. The statement did not indicate in which part of the South China Sea the vessel will be working. ‘Ocean Oil 708’ can work in 3,000 meters water depths and its drilling
On or about November 7, 2011, a hydrocarbon release occurred in the vicinity of a development well being drilled by Chevron Corporation off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in the Frade field with a semisubmersible drilling rig, the SEDCO 706, owned by a subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. The incident involve
A 100ft underwater turbine destined to form part of a major tidal energy project has been installed in the sea around Orkney. (pressassociation) [mappress] Source: pressassociation , December 26, 2011
SNEPCo confirmed the oil leak from the Bonga facility off the coast of Nigeria has largely dispersed. The news comes five days after less than 40,000 barrels of oil leaked during a routine operation to transfer of oil from Bonga’s floating production, storage and offtake (FPSO) vessel to an oil tank
Repsol Chairman, Antonio Brufau, Eni Chairman, Paolo Scaroni, and the Venezuelan Minister of Popular Power for Oil and Mining Rafael Ramírez in Caracas signed the natural gas supply agreement that will allow the development of the vast hydrocarbons reserves of the Perla field. The Perla super-giant
Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT Telkom), with the help of NSN has upgraded the service provider’s 354 kilometer under-sea link in Indonesia… (voicendata) [mappress] Source: voicendata , December 25, 2011
Tidal energy could be used to power homes in Jersey, Guernsey and Sark in the next 20 years. BBC [mappress] Source: BBC , December 25, 2011
