NOAA, Shell Exploration & Production, ConocoPhillips, and Statoil USA E&P Inc. signed an agreement to enhance collaboration on ocean, coastal and climate science for the Arctic. The agreement calls for sharing a number of scientific data sets for this largely frontier region, including weather and o
Hallin Marine Australia, a Superior Energy Services company, has mobilised a Construction Class remotely operated vehicle system, C-ROV, onboard the support ship Go Altair. The system will be used to carry out a programme of pipeline and platform inspection on behalf of AGR Asia Pacific in Bass Stra
An artificial reef project to stem erosion, improve wave riding and create a safer swimming area is back on the agenda… (stuff) [mappress] Source: stuff, August 25, 2011;
Two operational managers from Maersk Oil UK will explain how industry can benefit from lessons learned by others during a seminar in Aberdee… (maritime-executive) [mappress] Source: maritime-executive, August 25, 2011;
Threats against Earth’s largest ecosystem are accelerating and several new studies underscore the urgency of protecting this largely unexplored environment. Lisa Levin, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego distinguished professor of biological oceanography, contributed her expertise
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) signed a contract with offshore pile driving specialist Menck for the construction of a 3500kN hydraulic underwater hammer. The new hammer, the MHU-3500S, will be the world’s biggest and heaviest. At 25 meters long and with a 192 ton ram delivering 3500 kJ of energy,
Pharos Offshore Group has started construction of a newly designed remotely operated vehicle (ROV) specifically for the offshore wind farm cable market. The new Inter Turbine Array Trencher, the ITAT 800™, is an 800 HP (600 kW) self-propelled trenching ROV that can be more easily manoeuvred by the o
TDW Offshore Services AS announced that it has successfully completed a series of pipeline pressure isolation operations offshore western Borneo in Malaysia for Sarawak Shell Berhad. The operations were carried out on the Jintan, B11 and F6 platforms in the South China Sea, as part of Sarawak Shell
Dolphin Geophysical announces the appointment of Emil Janson as Marketing & Sales Manager UK & EU. Emil has excellent and extensive contacts throughout the region and beyond. He has had a career dedicated to marine seismic with 30 plus years’ experience in both seismic sales, Multi-Client developmen
All 90 foundations for the 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, located off the UK’s Norfolk coast, are now in position and awaiting the arrival of the remainder of the wind farm’s 88 turbines. The 183m crane vessel ‘Oleg Strashnov’ completed the installation of the final foundation on Sunday
Shell has received approval to start removing residual oil and gas from a pipeline that leaked from the Gannet platform in the North Sea… (Subsea UK) [mappress] Source: Subsea UK, August 24, 2011;
ADX Energy Ltd announces that the 2D seismic acquisition over the Kerkouane-1 discovery and surrounding prospective areas in the ADX operated Kerkouane license offshore Tunisia has successfully been completed by Shell Tunisia Offshore GmbH. The survey was acquired under a data exchange and acquisiti
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a contract by the project developer Offshore-Windpark RIFFGAT GmbH & Co. KG, which is owned by Enova and EWE ENERGIE, to supply and install the infield submarine power cables and ancillary equipment for the Riffgat offshore w
Cargotec has won the Best Supplier award 2010 from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki shipyard in Japan. It was given to Cargotec’s Offshore business and local Japanese team and, in part, is recognition of the company’s drive to understand future customer needs through the provision of an exten
