Van Oord’s new flexible fallpipe vessel, the Stornes, was christened on 24 September. The event, which was attended by hundreds of guests and Van Oord employees, took place at the Wilhelmina dock in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The christening ceremony was performed by Mrs J. van Vonno, wife of forme
Ramboll has won the detailed design of the offshore substation for DONG Energy’s Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm in the UK, which is estimated to make a significant contribution to the UK government goal of installing 33GW of wind production by 2020. The contract with DONG Energy includes the co
Chevron Corporation today announced that its Australian subsidiary will proceed with the construction of its Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. John Watson, chairman and chief executive officer, Chevron Corporation, said, “The Wheatstone Project is a legacy, value-creating investment that will
This past April, there was a big volcanic eruption in America’s Pacific Northwest. If you missed it, you’re not alone. Tom Banse (voanews) [mappress] Source: voanews, September 26, 2011;
A University High School engineering technology teacher will be exploring the ocean and sharing it with the world starting this Saturday… By Phyllis Coulter (pantagraph) [mappress] Source: pantagraph, September 26, 2011;
TGS has commenced a 2D multi-client seismic survey in offshore Eastern Indonesia immediately north of the Sunrise-Troubadour gas fields and to the west of the Abadi gas field. The 1,500 km survey, MHI11, will infill a seismic survey previously acquired in 2007 and an extensive multibeam data set in
Subsea technologies specialist Tritech has just held its fourth annual Distributor Seminar… (SubseaUK) [mappress] Source: SubseaUK,September 25 , 2011;
Wilton Group company, PD&MS Energy, has launched two new operations in Brazil as part of an international strategy to grow the oil and gas design, fabrication, installation and maintenance specialist. PDeMS Energy (Brazil) Soluções de Energia Ltda has already secured rig upgrade contracts with a glo
The UK Hydrographic Office internal celebration of this year’s World Hydrography Day took place on Friday 16 September. Every year the International Hydrographic Organization and its member states’ Hydrographic Offices celebrate World Hydrography Day. This is an important opportunity to increase the
Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by Mitsubishi Heavy Industry on behalf of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to design and supply extra-long outreach workboat/lifeboat/FRC davits for PGS’s 5th generation Ramform new building seismic vessels. T
A Turkish oil exploration vessel left the Aegean port of Izmir on Friday to carry out surveys off northern Cyprus amid tensions with Greek…
Seen as ideal for shallow water wind turbine construction work, four specially designed leaner versions of the Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV … SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, September 23, 2011;
Mindef invites tender for supply and maintenance of underwater acoustic positioning systems for Toulon area in France. Value of tender is between 200,000 and 2,000,000 EUR, and project period is 48 months from date of contract award. Tender deadline is 3.11.2011. Underwater Acoustic Positioning Syst
Five Oceans Services GmbH announced that the Company’s shareholder and board of directors approved a name change to Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH. Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC), formerly Five Oceans Services, is an experienced submarine cable and subsea umbilical installation, repair and maintena
