The growing importance of deepwater exploration and production developments offshore China led classification societies ABS and CCS (China Classification Society) to conduct a joint “Deepsea Developments in the China Offshore Industry” meeting on 17 June 2011. The meeting, which was held in Beijing,
On 29 June, Offshore Energy’s Committee of Recommendation convened in Rotterdam for a diner pensant. The members, among others CEO’s and managing directors of Dockwise, Chevron, Van Oord, Mercon and Tullow Overseas Holding, discussed the ambitions, market position, program and organization of Offsho
Baker Hughes has introduced a wellbore clean-up and displacement system designed to improve efficiency and reduce operational risks in high-cost environments such as deepwater applications; horizontal, extended-reach, and deviated wells; deep wells; and wells with high dogleg severity. The X-Treme C
Ten teams from the UK, France, Germany and Spain will converge at the Centre from 4-10 July to compete for this year’s Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge-Europe (SAUC-E). Each team has designed and built an AUV that they will use to complete a mission in a realistic environment at NURC’
KONGSBERG has signed a contract for supply of new Passive Sonar Processing Systems (PSPS) as part of the Sonar Suite Modification Project for the four Walrus class submarines of the Dutch Navy. The contract was made between the Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and KONGSBERG, represented by
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office’s (UKHO) celebrated World Hydrography Day 2011 at a reception held on board HMS President in London on June 22. The event was attended by Rt Hon Andrew Robathan, Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Welfare and Veterans, Mike Penn
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) continues to deliver innovative equipment to the offshore industry and provide round the clock product… Subsea UK [mappress] Source: Subsea UK , June 30, 2011;
In 2011, PGS is looking for more unexpected and the unexplored targets in key producing areas of the North Sea with a new wave of GeoStreamer MultiClient 3D. Near-field exploration potential GeoStreamer® technology promises to unlock the excellent near-field exploration potential still offered by th
The AF Group has been awarded a Letter of Intent with Statoil, on behalf of Gassco as operator, regarding removal and recycling of the Norpipe H7-platform. The platform is located at the German continental shelf of the North Sea, and has been a part of the pipeline which exports gas to Europe. The L
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS , a wholly owned company of KONGSBERG, has acquired 100% of the shares in the Stavanger, Norway based Seagear AS. The acquisition, which completed today (30th June 2011), will see the entire Seagear team join forces with KOGT’s Seaflex Riser Technologies Business
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Hydrographer, Rear Admiral Chris Andreasen, has been presented with the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office’s (UKHO) Alexander Dalrymple Award at a ceremony conducted by the Deputy Head of Mission, Philip Barton, at the British Embassy in Washington DC. Rea
J+S has recently presented a technical paper at Underwater Defence Technology (UDT), on the Low Profile Array (LPA), a 16mm diameter passive acoustic line array, that can be used to augment sensor capabilities of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV’s). The conference and combined exhibition, is held a
GSP has secured a new contract for subsea survey and divers’ services for the development of Kirinskoye gas condensate field, Russia for JSC Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy (MRTS). GSP will provide ROV and subsea works with divers extension option, beginning in the second half of August. GSP shall provid
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has received consent to use the Island Constructor mobile facility for well intervention on Ekofisk 2/4 VA. The consent relates to well intervention on the eight 2/4 Victor Alpha injection wells. The activity has a planned duration of 30 days. Island Constructor is a we
