Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology specialist delivering multi-million pound savings and reduced risk to the oil & gas industry, is launching two game-changing products to the Asia-Pacific market at a key industry event this month. The UK-headquartered company completed agreements with age
Sonardyne’s wideband acoustic monitoring technology has been selected to play a key role in a new, emergency well containment system built by Trendsetter Engineering Inc. for the Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG). The Helix Well Containment Group’s capping stack is the most advanced well response
Fortum and DCNS have today signed a Letter of Intent on cooperation in the field of wave power research and development in France. A joint feasibility study for a wave power demonstration project located in France is planned to be starting by the end of 2011. The project is in line with Fortum’s and
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that it has met major scheduled milestones for the Athena project and on site subsea installation work and rig based operations are on schedule. The Company will present the Athena project today at 9.30 a.m. in London; the presentation is available on the Company’s websi
Workers at a South Tyneside yard have welcomed a vessel for the second time this year… By TERRY KELLY (jarrowandhebburngazette) [mappress] Source: jarrowandhebburngazette, October 11 , 2011;
The four-decade clash between Turkey and Cyprus has moved offshore, drawing warships into an area where some of the past decade’s biggest… Reported by Emre Peker and Stelios Orphanides (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg, October 11 , 2011;
The U.S. Army recently deployed a remotely operated underwater munitions recovery system (ROUMRS) over Ordnance Reef, an area off the Waianae Coast of Oahu. The system used a Sub-Atlantic™ Comanche Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to recover and destroy explosives in an area that was used as a dispos
Cameron announced that it has signed an agreement with Det Norske for the supply of subsea production systems for the Jette development located in blocks 25/7 and 25/8 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The scope of supply for this fast track development includes wellheads, trees, flow bases,
ACE, the Africa Coast to Europe submarine cable to be operational in the second half of 2012, landed at the submarine cable station of Penmarc’h, Brittany. The 17,000 km cable provides broadband internet capacity in Africa, an additional layer of security for communications between Europe, Africa an
An Iranian research vessel has started exploration of the Caspian Sea’s southern shelf, national media reported on Monday… (rian) [mappress] Source: Rian, October 11 , 2011;
A container ship carrying about 1700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil and 200 tonnes of diesel is threatening to sink on the Astrolabe Reef in the… Wendy Zukerman (newscientist) [mappress] Source: newscientist, October 11 , 2011;
Emergency crews scrambled Sunday night after fire broke out in the accommodation section of a Russian seismic vessel 70 nautical miles … (newsinenglish) [mappress] Source: newsinenglish, October 10 , 2011;
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. , a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, announced that it has discovered a shipwreck that was torpedoed during the World War I while carrying a shipment of silver. The SS Mantola sank on February 9, 1917, after being torpedoed by German submarin
AECOM has developed an innovative technology to survey critical marine habitats that could be at risk from development. HabiMAP allows engineers and scientists to collect data and map animals and plants on the seafloor using a cutting-edge technique that integrates new survey methods, a purpose-buil
