Hibernia Atlantic, the only American-owned, diverse transatlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider, announces another important milestone in its Project Express cable build; its deep-sea submarine survey is now underway. A critical step in this historic build, the submarine survey will use speci
The Directors to Kvaerner’s Board have been elected. From Kvaerner’s first day of trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange in July 2011, the Board of Directors will consist of five shareholder-elected members as well as three members elected by Kvaerner’s employees. The shareholder-elected members are Kje
The University of Washington,recently retrieved a BioSonics DT-X SUB split beam echosounder after a 1-month deployment in northern Admiralty Inlet, WA. The study location is a proposed Snohomish Public Utility District tidal energy demonstration project site. The BioSonics DTX-SUB is an autonomous s
Shoaibi Group, the commercial, technical and market experts in Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas industry have signed an exclusive distribution… (ameinfo) [mappress] Source: ameinfo, June 16 , 2011;
Cygnus Instruments, the leading UK manufacturer of digital multiple echo ultrasonic thickness gauges, have launched a new range of ROV mountable devices. The new gauges are designed to work at greater depths, streamline the measurement process and provide unrivalled functionality. With two new model
A/S Norske Shell (Shell) has been granted consent for use of the mobile well intervention facility Island Constructor for maintenance of subsea facilities on the Draugen field. In September 2010, Shell was granted consent to perform maintenance on wells A55H and B2H. However, the work was postponed.
GE Oil & Gas announces that its Wellstream business, acquired in March, has been awarded a long-term, flexible pipe and subsea equipment logistics services contract by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), one of the largest companies in Latin America which also controls significant energy assets in
RESON, a market leader in underwater acoustic sensors, state-of-the-art echosounders, multibeam sonar systems, transducers, hydrophones, and PDS2000 software will be displaying their SeaBat 7125 at SeaWork International 2011, at Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, ABP Southampton, Hampshire UK from the 1
GE Oil & Gas has signed a three-year frame agreement valued at approximately $30 million to supply 26 subsea wellhead systems and associated services to Shell Brasil Ltda. for exploration and production projects offshore Brazil. The agreement means GE Oil & Gas will supply all Shell Brasil’s require
Arqueonautas Worldwide – Arqueologia Subaquática, S.A. (AWW), in direct cooperation with RM Discovery Inc. (RMD), confirms after successful completion of a marine archaeological reconnaissance operation, the recovery of the biggest ever found shipwreck cargo of Ming porcelain. The Chinese merchant s
Specialist renewable energy consulting firm PMSS unveiled their brand new Marine Archaeological Service and announces the recruitment of John Gribble and Stuart Leather to lead the service. They join PMSS to take a leading role in establishing this new service and strengthen our client’s onshore and
Jim Haw, professor of chemistry and environmental sciences, will tell you not all the best research is done at a lab. In fact, some of the… (dailytrojan) [mappress] Source: dailytrojan , June 15 , 2011;
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a call-off contract under the offshore engineering and construction Frame Agreement with DONG Energy for the Siri Caisson Permanent Support Project. The value of the call-off contract is approximately $220 million. The scope involves the engineering, procurement,
The first intrarussian offshore gas pipeline Dzhubga–Lazarevskoye–Sochi was put into operation in Sochi on June 6. The ceremony dedicated to this event was attended by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Chairman of the Gazprom Committee Aleksey Miller, and representatives of construction compani
