A yard in South Tyneside is this week celebrating an order hat-trick. The vessel Acergy Petrel sailed into the A&P Tyne yard at Hebburn for a two-week repair contract. This is the latest order secured from Subsea 7, and provides welcome employment for the yard’s 250-strong core workforce. The new ar
Independent Risk Management Systems B.V. (IRM Systems), suppliers of independent guidance and hands-on support for emergency pipeline repair systems (EPRS) and pipeline repair, announced that it has opened its doors for business. In order to mitigate risks associated with critical pipeline networks,
Dominion announces that it has agreed to farm-out a 20% working interest in Block 7, deepwater Tanzania to a subsidiary of Mubadala Oil & Gas (“Mubadala”). Following the completion of the transaction Dominion will hold an 80% working interest and operatorship in the Block. Under the terms of the agr
Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, held its annual general meeting last night in Dunblane, with nine new directors elected from across all sectors of the decommissioning industry. The meeting heard that the supply chain body now has around 160 members. Attendees wer
Det norske has signed three important contracts in preparing for the Jette development. The contractors are Cameron, Subsea7 and Aker Solutions. Det norske oljeselskap ASA presented a plan for development and operation (PDO) of Jette to the Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Ola Borten Moe. The PDO w
Lazurit Design Bureau (Nizhniy Novgorod) has tested new lifesaving capsule for submarines of 3rd and further generations, reports Interfax. The capsule is designed for deep-sea tests of submarines and will be used to save trial crews in case of accident. Standard crew saving capsules will be mounted
The introduction of the new Baro DefCon System for remote control of Barovane seismic deflectors makes it possible for clients to pursue marine seismic acquisition over a larger area in less time. Conservative estimates already indicate savings of some 600 tonnes of fuel per year for a seismic surve
As of 1 November 2011, the naval authorities have formally approved the area around Anholt Offshore Wind Farm to be a ‘restricted area at sea’. This means that as of 1 November 2011, fishing and navigation, anchoring, diving and works at the seabed, which are not related to the construction of the w
Underwater, the Remus does what man on the surface can not. Getting an up close look at what lies in the darkest fathoms at the bottom of… Mark Ockerbloom (myfoxboston) [mappress] Source: myfoxboston, October 05 , 2011;
Solar and wind power both represent solid energy solutions as we work toward a clean energy future. Unfortunately, they share one major … By Justin Fritz (wallstreetdaily) [mappress] Source: wallstreetdaily, October 05 , 2011;
DONG Energy’s detailed seabed investigations have documented that there are about 5,000 stones at positions, which may cause problems for the wind turbine and cable installation. The stones will be removed and placed in a number of artificial reefs within the 88km2 large wind farm area. Stone fishin
A fast growing marine engineering firm has been bought-out by its management team… By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, October 05 , 2011;
Iraq’s cabinet awarded a $518 million contract for an oil export expansion project to Leighton’s Singapore-registered Leighton Offshore Pte… By Ahmed Rasheed (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 05 , 2011;
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich delivered remarks at the International Regulators Forum (IRF) 2011 Global Offshore Safety Summit Conference in Stavanger, Norway. The IRF is a group of nine offshore upstream health and safety regulators from eight co
