"We knew there was basalt in the Norwegian Sea – but we were still surprised when we found 100-metre thick columnar basalt underneath the extrusive basalt which covers large areas in the western Norwegian Sea," says an excited Robert ...
Tags: Oil News, Gas News, Rov Expedition, Norwegian Sea
International oil and gas services specialist HS Ocean Group (HSOG) has been awarded a multi-million dollar refurbishment and upgrade of a high-specification jack-up drilling rig at its facility at Labidco Port, La Brea in Trinidad. ...
Tags: HS Ocean Group, refurbishment, jack-up drilling rig, La Brea facility
A new study published in Science this month suggests the thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is much more susceptible to climatic and ocean variability than at first thought. Observations by a team of scientists at British ...
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Florida State University researchers have spearheaded a major review of fisheries data that examines the domino effect that occurs when too many fish are harvested from one habitat. The loss of a major species from an ecosystem can have ...
SeaBird Exploration Plc ("SeaBird") is pleased to announce that is has extended the bareboat charter for the Munin Explorer from 1 November 2014 to 31 October 2019. In connection with the bareboat extension, the charter rate is being ...
Tags: vessel, transportation
TGS has announced the acquisition of a 3D multi-client seismic survey, The Nerites 3D, which covers 8,300 km2 in the Great Australian Bight, offshore South Australia. The survey, scheduled to commence in early January 2014, will cover two ...
Industry experts from Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, have presented the company’s work and subsea operations to support DeepOcean UK’s graduate training programme and new conversion engineering ...
Petrobras announces that the first extension well 3-BRSA-1194-SES (3-SES-178) drilled in the Moita Bonita area, on concession BM-SEAL-10, has confirmed the extension of the gas and light oil discovery, as released to the market on August ...
The world will require all forms of energy over the next quarter century to meet a greater than one-third increase in demand that will be driven by population growth, improved living standards and expanded urbanization, according to ...
Tags: Oil and Gas News, Exxonmobil
SeaBird Exploration Plc ("SeaBird") is pleased to announce that the Harrier Explorer has been awarded a contract as a source vessel in North West Europe. The contract has an estimated duration of about 110 days and an estimated value of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Allspeeds Ltd, designers and manufacturers of the Webtool? range of products, have nominated the Webtool? HP690 intensifier panel for the Subsea UK Innovation for Safety Award. Safety concerns were being expressed from those working ...
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New Industries, Inc. recently completed fabrication, inspection and testing of in-line valve (ILV) and sled (ILS) structures for a large diameter deep water pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. "On this project, we completed 48 welds which ...
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With many Chinesecearning capability being squeezed by low technical content, appreciation of the renminbi and blind expansion, Chinese shipbuilders are looking to stay afloat by building more maritime engineering products. A recovery is ...
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The Gazprom Board of Directors approved the work being done by the Company to implement the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline. It was noted that the construction process had undergone several milestones since the project moved ...
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Global oil and gas service company, AGR, has long had a presence throughout Africa and so will be building upon this at the 20th Africa Oil Week in Cape Town (25-29 November). The richness and diversity of hydrocarbon habitats, combined ...
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