GC Rieber Shipping has an ongoing new building programme related to fleet renewal within subsea and marine seismic. The IMR/CSV new buildings H702 and H703 are being built at the Freire yard in Vigo, Spain. The vessels have high manoeuvrability and station keeping capabilities and are built accordin
The renowned VHF Sailor RT-2048 VHF that has been in the market since 1987 and of which more than 100,000 units have been sold, is reaching its end of life. Radio Holland, Sailor distributor in The Netherlands and several other countries around the world, now introduces its successor, the Sailor RT-
Instrument Concepts Inc., a leading Canadian company in ocean scienceinnovation, is launching its latest new product in family of acoustic sensing devices – icLISTEN LF with Ethernet. The product will be showcased at this year’s Ocean Business in Southampton, UK, April 5-7, 2011. “With the addition
Tritech International announced the latest release of its survey data acquisition, display and logging software package. Seanet Pro, version 2, now offers users the ability for remote networkability; allowing subsea data to be streamed between several PCs connected to the same Local Area Network on
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced today the agreement of the lease of a new 15,000ft2 (1,393m2) building at Kirkhill Commercial Park in Aberdeen, Scotland. This investment reinforces Schilling’s sales and service centre expansion for their regional customers. Schilling Ro
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) approved a fourth deepwater drilling permit that complies with rigorous new safety standards implemented in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting oil spill. This includes satisfying the requirement to demo
In April 2012 Aker Solutions opens the doors to the company’s new 2 000 square metre technology experience centre in Oslo, Norway. The centre aims to demonstrate the art of engineering at its best, and show how science subjects contribute towards development of technology and what this means to soci
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company will commence acquisition in Q2 2011 of its first 3D multi-client project, in Quad 28 of the UK Continental Shelf. The survey, with the potential to cover an area of up to 2,000 square kilometers, is supported through industry pre-funding. The data will be
A government-backed natural resources exploration agency launched a 6,100-ton ship at a Yamaguchi Prefecture shipyard Wednesday to search… (istockanalyst) [mappress] Source: istockanalyst , March 24, 2011;
BG Group announced that Lord Sharman will be retiring from the Board at the conclusion of the Company’s Annual General Meeting to be held on 12 May 2011. Commenting, BG Group’s Chairman, Sir Robert Wilson said: “I would like to express the Board’s thanks and appreciation for Lord Sharman’s support a
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips, for modification work on the Eldfisk field. Contract value is approximately NOK 1, 3 billion. The work scope comprises modifications of all the existing platforms; Eldfisk 2/7 A, Eldfisk 2/7 FTP, Eldfisk 2/7 B and Embla, as a consequence
Oil and gas well performance and downhole tool specialist, READ Well Services, has divided its operations in to two sister companies and appointed an additional chief executive officer. READ Expandables Ltd will focus on developing the company’s expandable well integrity and downhole isolation produ
Viktor Lenac has completed the conversion and repair of the crane-pipe laying vessel “Seminole“, owned by Italy’s Subsea Oil Services (part of Micoperi Srl from Ravenna). The shipyard built and outfitted a complete new superstructure weighing some 450 tons, including accommodations for 250 crew memb
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that John T. Gremp, President and Chief Executive Officer, will address attendees at Howard Weil 39th Annual Energy Conference. Live webcast and accompanying presentation slides will be available at the time of the event and can be accessed at https://ir.fmctechnolog
