Brazil’s government has been quick to vilify Chevron Corp for an offshore oil spill, but the biggest victim of the accident could turn out… By Stuart Grudgings and Bob Burgdorfer (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters , November 28, 2011; Image:
A full-size prototype of the floating LIDAR offshore resource assessment system, known as FLIDAR™, has been successfully tested 15km off the Belgian coast. It has been located next to a stationary LIDAR (WINDCUBE®v2 LIDAR from Leosphere) on a fixed communication mast for the month of October, in ord
The world’s first wave power machine to be sold to a utility company has celebrated its first anniversary since grid connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) with a series of technical achievements and no lost time incidents. The E.ON machine was installed in October 2010. Since then a
UK Continental Shelf exploration activities are set for a renaissance over the next 5 years, with investments of between £22-40 billion … SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK , November 28, 2011; Image: hko
Punj Lloyd Group, a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate, today announced receiving an offshore project in Bombay High, Mumbai from ONGC. The project, worth Rs. 469 crores (USD 97.3 million), is scheduled for commissioning in May, 2013. Commenting on this development,
Doughty Hanson & Co, one of the largest independent private equity firms in Europe, announced that it is to acquire ASCO Group (ASCO), the largest global provider of outsourced logistics services and solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, from Phoenix Equity Partners. ASCO provides oilfield lo
Saipem SpA (SPM), Europe’s largest oil contractor by market value, signed a letter of intent with Inpex Corp. (1605) to build a gas pipeline for Australia’s Ichthys field, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The value of the contract is about $1.7 billion, the people said, declining to be
Irish tidal energy technology company, OpenHydro, has been honoured at the 2011 Ireland France Business Awards for their outstanding company performance in 2011 and promotion of bilateral trade and investment between Ireland and France. At an awards ceremony held in Paris, OpenHydro was selected as
A successful exploration drilling campaign conducted at Nautilus Minerals’ tenements in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea has enabled the company to increase the resource estimate at its Solwara 1 project, and to declare a maiden Inferred Resource at the nearby Solwara 12 deposit. The key feature
AGR has been awarded a Frame Agreement that is to provide personnel services to GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS. As a global provider of recruitment and consultancy solutions to the upstream oil and gas industry – with offices in Aberdeen, Stavanger, Dubai and Perth – AGR will be responsible for seeking indiv
Island Offshore informs that the subsea construction vessel Island Intervention has commenced her charter with Subsea 7 which is likely to keep the vessel busy until the 2nd week of December. The vessels duties involves light construction, crane, ROV, survey and positioning operations related to the
WFS Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, and MCS Kenny, a world leader in compliant riser design have announced the delivery of a wireless riser monitoring system for use in deep water environments. Do
TenneT announces tender for the offshore hydrographic services in Bayreuth area in Germany. Work includes offshore survey of the route of subsea power supply lines to offshore windparks, preparation / submission of procedures regarding the survey of the route and data collection regarding bathymetry
Energy industry leaders will get together to explore the challenges of subsea pipeline integrity at a one day conference in London on 1 … SubseaUK [mappress] Source SubseaUK: , November 25 , 2011; Image: Nord-Stream
