A University of Hawaii Oceanography professor is raising concerns over the environmental impact of any future mining of a new area that’s… (RNZI) [mappress] Source: RNZI, July 06, 2011;
Aker Solutions announced today that it has been selected for the design, procurement, and fabrication of the subsea containment and diverter assembly for the expanded containment system being developed by Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC). Contract value is undisclosed. Marine Well Containment
Inland Salvage Inc. recently completed the wreck removal of the F/V “Sandy Point” clearing the Gulfport Ship Channel. Immediately upon being notified by the vessel’s owner that Inland Salvage Inc. (ISI) had been appointed as the salvor, ISI responded to the sinking of the 168′ fishing vessel “Sandy
Forum Energy Technologies announced today the acquisition of Cannon Services, Ltd. , a leading supplier of downhole completion control lines and cable protection systems. Cannon, based in Stafford, Texas, was founded twenty-five years ago by Jim Cannon and is a global provider of standard and specia
GSP has became in 2009 the contractor and project manager for the offshore services package includding the pipeline installation along the Russian continental shelf of the Black Sea, between Dzhubga-Lazarevskoe-Soci as well as for the pipeline tie-in with the Russia – Turkey inter continental pipeli
WesternGeco today announced the start of the Revolution II multiclient survey, which builds on the successful Dual Coil Shooting* multivessel full-azimuth (FAZ) acquisition of Revolution I in the Western Gulf of Mexico acquired in late 2010. This latest survey is located in the highly prospective Gr
TGS will commence acquisition of a new 3D multi-client survey which covers 1,100 km2 over the Magnus Basin, including the southwest to northeast striking “End of the World” fault. TGS will also reprocess approximately 6,500 km2 of 3D seismic data in the same area to build a combined project of 7,600
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea workover adapters. The award has a value of approximately $43 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. FMC’s scope of supply includes eight workover adapters for horizontal subsea pr
Van Oord has been awarded the contract for the infield cabling and burial of the DanTysk offshore wind farm project 70 km off Sylt, Germany. The laying work will begin in the spring of 2013 and be completed around six months later. The DanTysk wind farm is a joint venture between Vattenfall Europe W
Deep sea mining in the Pacific is on the increase, with the number of firms seeking licenses growing very rapidly… (prlog) [mappress] Source: prlog, July 5, 2011;
The melting of polar ice sheets will be accelerated by subsea warming based on 19 state-of-the-art climate models used by University of Ar… [mappress] Source: examiner, July 5, 2011;
Russia’s manned bathyscaphe “Consul” has been tested Monday, which was called by officials as a success…. (people) [mappress] Source: people, July 5, 2011;
ProSep Inc. dedicated to providing process solutions to the oil and gas industry, announced it was awarded $1.8 million in new contracts to supply a produced water treatment system for installation on a deepwater Gulf of Mexico facility and crude dehydration equipment for two oil sands facilities lo
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy advises that analysis of the commercial scale CETO 3 unit data from its initial test run has been completed. Carnegie has appointed independent engineering firm, Frazer-Nash, to verify the results. Carnegie conducted a competitive tender process for the ver
