An international crew of astronauts will venture into the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 17 to test innovative solutions to engineering challenges during a crewed mission to an asteroid. NASA astronaut and former International Space Station crew member Shannon Walker will lead the 15th expedition of NASA Ex
After an extensive feasibility study, WGP Exploration Limited has been awarded a contract by Surestream Petroleum to convert a vessel to carry out 2D acquisition on Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, Africa. WGP will be converting the Tanganyika Explorer, an ex-UN fisheries vessel originally designed for e
Since 1999 NKT Flexibles has been operated as a joint venture between NKT Holding (51%) and Subsea 7 S.A. (49%). During this period the Company has developed a product offering including dynamic and static risers, static flow-lines, subsea jumpers, topside jumpers and expansion joints. The Company e
Bolt Technology Corporation announced that it has commenced joint efforts with WesternGeco, a product line of Schlumberger, to develop the E-Source* air gun, an environmentally sensitive energy source for marine seismic surveys. The E-Source air gun is a bandwidth-controlled source of acoustic waves
Coastline Surveys have had a busy and productive summer season with a wide variety of successful contracts. Whilst providing personnel in the Northern North Sea for Oil & Gas geotechnical survey operations, the company’s multi-purpose survey vessel, MV FlatHolm and her team, have been busy supportin
The Consortium operating Block BM-S-11, formed by Petrobras (65% – Operator) in partnership with BG Group (25%) and Petrogal Brasil S.A. – Galp Energia (10%), has opened up the Lula-Mexilhão gas pipeline. The system connects the Lula field to the Mexilhão platform, located in shallow Santos Basin wa
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced that the bureau has completed the first unannounced spill drill to test the new requirements of sub-sea containment capabilities for deepwater wells. Led by BOEMRE, the table-top drill, which took place last week, w
Sercel has launched the SeaRay® 428, the latest generation of its SeaRay system, designed to deliver competitive, redeployable 4-C seabed seismic acquisition. With nine systems in operation worldwide, the current SeaRay system has already become the industry’s system of choice, delivering unrivalled
In the year since its launch, the BroadSeisTM solution has been deployed in various locations around the world, in different water depths and over different geologies. Building on early 2D results, 3D and elastic inversion data also show significant improvements over conventional data. CGGVeritas is
The Kongsberg Maritime owned AIS and position reference specialist Kongsberg Seatex has developed a solution to display the size and shape of seismic streamers over standard AIS. With this information available to all vessels in the survey area, this new development has the potential to enhance safe
The sophisticated eBird® system for lateral, vertical and roll streamer control in marine seismic acquisition has received an advanced functionality upgrade that enables the simple replacement of wings for different operational applications. By utilizing Kongsberg Maritime’s world leading technology
Axin Ltd, the New Zealand and Australia sole agent and market representative of China Communications Service, says it has teamed with Huawei… Petroc Wilton (commsday) [mappress] Source: commsday, September 19, 2011;
Viktor Lenac Shipyard has been recently awarded a contract for the conversion of the vessel SHCV “SAMPSON” (managed by Cyprus’s „VShips“ and Great Britain’s „Zafiro Marine“) by “CARVAL INVESTORS”, a leading global alternative investment manager. The existing vessel is an offshore gas and oil field i
Greenpeace and a Maori tribe on Monday filed a lawsuit against plans for oil drilling off the New Zealand coast, saying they violate … (monstersandcritics) [mappress] Source: monstersandcritics, September 19, 2011;
