In late 2011, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) intends to launch a three-dimensional geophysical study on Babak prospective struc… (today.az) [mappress] Source: today.az,June 09, 2011;
Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Ocea
Shell has chosen Jee as its training partner of choice with the award of a 3 year contract extension for subsea engineering training. Jee will deliver courses to Shell employees worldwide. Jee has worked with Shell for the past 4 years, providing high-quality training globally to engineers as part o
In four years, Carrollton High School went from not having an ROV team to being confident enough in their underwater robot they feel they… (times-georgian) [mappress] Source: .times-georgian,June 09, 2011;
Atlantis, The Palm, is planning to create 25 to 30 artificial reefs from recycled plastic to help habitat and protect local marine life and… (emirates247) [mappress] Source: emirates247,June 09, 2011;
Environmental lobby group Greenpeace has raised concerns that deep-seabed mining in the Pacific ocean may cause irreparable damage to the… (australianetworknews) [mappress] Source: australianetworknews,June 09, 2011;
“How can you be sure your seabed equipment won’t be damaged by overtrawling? There’s only one sure way”, claims Martin East, Head of Analysis at Jee, “…and that’s by tank testing.” A recent project commissioned by Allseas drew Martin away from his office base and took him to Denmark where he could s
Shell announced a significant, multi-billion dollar investment to develop its major Cardamom oil and gas field in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Cardamom project is expected to produce 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) a day at peak production and more than 140 million boe ove
Viva Wyndham Resorts is sponsoring the Living Museum in the Sea, a one-of-a-kind, underwater historic site featuring the shipwreck, Quedagh Merchant, abandoned by the scandalous 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd, located in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. The Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach and th
Far more oil and gas is now being produced from subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf than from platform wells. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has collated production from the fields in 2010 and found that subsea wells dominat the picture. Last year, almost 131.3 million standard cubi
An official representing the families said the remains of 104 victims of the Air France flight A447 crash had now been recovered and the sea… (mercopress) [mappress] Source: mercopress,June 08, 2011;
SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, has successfully integrated SeeTrack CoPilot to an SMD Fall-Pipe ROV, providing international dredging company Jan De Nul Group unsurpassed control and performance for sub-sea rock installation. Having expressed t
For the fourth year in a row, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference will experience extensive growth. The number of registered exhibitors for Offshore Energy 2011, to be held 11 & 12 October at the Amsterdam RAI, already succeeds expectations. Compared to 40 registered exhibitors in the same perio
The government has launched 11 new maritime research and development projects that have the potential to become the nation’s future growth… (chosun) [mappress] Source: chosun,June 08, 2011;