French oil major Total posted higher quarterly earnings on Friday as stronger crude prices and improved profitability in its refining busine… (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 28 , 2011;
On Friday, 28 October 2011 the research icebreaker Polarstern sets off on its 28th Antarctic expedition. Over 200 scientists and technicians from research institutions in 14 countries will take part in the five expedition legs. They will examine a wide variety of topics: oceanography and marine chem
More than 20 students from technical universities and colleges in Aachen, Delft, Groningen, Hamburg, and Leuven are going to participate in the coming CEDA Dredging Days, under the CEDA Student Programme 2011. Recommended by their respective professors, the students have all shown great affinity wit
After a period of 15 months, Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) completed the Block 31 PSVM campaign offshore Angola. HMC’s Deepwater Construction Vessel Balder finished the offshore installation campaign with the safe and successful lay down of the last second end FTA of the last production line. Wit
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, has been awarded the prestigious Marcus Kolb Innovation Award by VideoRay at their VIPS Conference in Key Largo, Florida, this week. The Innovation Award was presented to SeeByte as an acknowledgement of the compa
Petroleum Geo-Services announces results for third quarter 2011. Highlights Q3 2011: *Revenues of $339.9 million, up 15% from Q3 10 *EBITDA of $153.2 million, up 12% from Q3 2010 *Contract revenues of $164.9 million with a corresponding contract EBIT margin of 4% *Offset by strong MultiClient revenu
EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry and operating brand for Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra or the Group), announces that its subsea construction division, EMAS AMC, has been awarded a contract by BP Exploration & Pro
Fugro OSAE GmbH has been awarded a € 2.3 million hydrographic survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS). The survey is part of the MAREANO project and will encompass an area over 12,000km² in the Barents Sea. The area is located 200km offshore in the northern-most part of Norway, n
Cameron reported net income of $164.5 million, or $0.67 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, compared with net income of $148.7 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2010. The third quarter 2011 results include pre-tax charges of $34.2 million, or $0.1
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has achieved a significant milestone in the deployment of tidal energy technology with confirmation that its prototype tidal turbine, located subsea off the Orkney Islands, Scotland, has successfully generated and fed over 100 megawatt hours (MWh) of el
Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Nexen Inc., announced it has received approval from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to proceed with the Golden Eagle area development – a GBP 2 billion (C$3.3 billion) investment (GBP 750 million net to Nexen) that is expected to produce
McDermott International, Inc. previewed its 2011 third quarter by providing its current expectations for certain financial categories of the Company’s continuing operations, based upon management’s recent operating reviews. McDermott also announced that it will report its actual third quarter 2011 f
To save time and money for the owners of a 270-meter container vessel that was leaking oil, a Hydrex diver/technician team replaced four stern tube seals on site, using one of Hydrex’s flexible mobdocks. This enabled the team to carry out the entire operation underwater during the vessel’s stop in A
SMD and Blade Offshore Services (BOS) announce the signature of Heads of Terms for a joint venture. Under the joint venture, expected to be called SMD-BORD, SMD will design and manufacture subsea remote drilling solutions for the marine renewable industry, offering a cost effective alternative to mo
