Global Marine Systems has announced that it is establishing a joint rental pool for its Predator Inspection class ROV system with international distributor, Seatronics Ltd. Global Marine Systems and Seatronics will invest equal contributions of equipment which will be managed by Seatronics and place
SeaBird Exploration PLC informs the following new contracts awarded in the 2D and 3D shallow water as set out below; Hawk Explorer has been awarded a short survey in direct continuation from the current employment in West Africa where the vessel will be employed until end May / early June 2011. Nort
A search team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has located the wreckage of Air France Flight 447 some 3,900 meters, or nearly 2.5 miles, below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil’s northeastern coast. The team left the port of Suape, Brazil, aboard the vessel Alucia on
In early March it was declared that the world leading NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) has now achieved full operating capability. This is great news and the culmination of a 20 year project in which Northumberland-based IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) has played a pivotal role with the design
TGS announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Dolphin Geophysical AS to charter the M/V Polar Duke for 3D multi-client projects in Europe during the 2011 summer season. The charter will begin in May 2011 and will last for a minimum of 3 months. The agreement also provides an option for TG
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has entered into agreement with NOR’s other shareholder, Nortrans Invest Pte. Ltd for the purchase of their 40,9% ownership share in NOR. SOFF will, after the transaction, own 100% of the share capital in NOR. The transaction is estimated to be completed April 14th 2011,
With the Navy halfway through its first year of buying two submarines a year, the Government Accountability Office recently published an ass… (courant) [mappress] Source: courant , April 06, 2011;
In accordance with the strategy previously disclosed, the Board of Directors of Aker Solutions ASA (“Aker Solutions”) has resolved to propose to the shareholders of Aker Solutions that Aker Solutions is to be demerged. Through the proposed demerger, Kværner ASA (“Kværner”) – a company established fo
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has received a Letter of Intent for a 550 square kilometer 3D seismic acquisition project West of Shetlands, offshore United Kingdom. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will commence in August 2011 and is expected to run for appro
UTEC Survey has successfully completed a systems acceptance test of a sub-bottom profiles module for the GAVIA AUV. The addition of the Teledyne Benthos Chirp III gives the AUV the capability to do pre-engineering surveys for subsea pipelines, umbilical, and cable routes. The GAVIA AUV’s design allo
ConocoPhillips recently awarded Vector International a contract for the Jasmine Development Project. The awarded package includes over 2,500 Techlok clamp connectors of all different sizes. The Jasmine field is located in the UK central North Sea and is one of the UK’s largest discoveries since the
Naval patrol vessel Le Emer has arrived to co-ordinate the search for two fishermen missing in the Irish Sea… (independent) [mappress] Source: independent , April 05, 2011;
BAE Systems has completed the acquisition of the outstanding equity of privately owned Fairchild Imaging, Inc. The proposed acquisition was announced January 21, 2011. Fairchild Imaging designs and manufactures solid-state electronic imaging components, cameras, and systems. These components have po
SeaBird Exploration PLC announces that an agreement has been reached with Chevron North Sea Limited (on behalf of itself and the other Rosebank co-venturers: Statoil (U.K.) Ltd., OMV (U.K.) Ltd., and DONG E&P (U.K.) Ltd) related to the earlier announced award of the Rosebank 2 survey. SeaBird has be
