Hydrex Carries Out Underwater Propeller Blade Repair in Brazil
02/03/2012
At the end of 2011 Hydrex mobilized a diver/technician team to Rio De Janeiro to carry out a detailed inspection and necessary repair to the damaged port-side propeller blades of a 73-meter supply vessel.
A wooden beam had fouled the propeller and had damaged three of the four blades...
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Russian Defense Ministry Orders 8 Gavia AUVs
02/03/2012
Russian defense ministry posted an order for 8 autonomous underwater vehicles Gavia on state procurement website; the submersibles are produced by Iceland company Hafmynd. The purchase will be held upon results of an open tender. Russian military is about to spend RUR 742...
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Measutronics New Distributor for SeaBotix ROV Systems
02/03/2012
Measutronics Corporation recently signed on with SeaBotix, Inc. as a distributor of their inspection class ROV systems. Already a market leader in government and private sector communities, this agreement will continue to expand SeaBotix’s presence in the marine construction and underwater monitoring...
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EMU Limited Announces Biodiversity and Coastal Defense Engineering Research
02/03/2012
Marine consultancy and survey specialists EMU Limited, will collaborate with global engineering consultancy Arup and the Russell Group, University of Southampton on research into using sustainable engineering to further the ecosystem services offered by intertidal communities living on coastal defense...
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NOIA Pleased With Movement Toward Offshore Wind Development
02/03/2012
"NOIA supports an "all of the above" energy strategy, so we are pleased to hear today that the Department of the Interior has taken further steps toward commercial wind development off the mid-Atlantic seaboard, particularly off Virginia and Maryland...
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FUGRO CHANCE INC. Announces Organizational Changes
02/02/2012
Glynn Rhinehart has been named President of Fugro Chance Inc., which has 400 employees in Lafayette, LA and Houston, TX. Rhinehart has been with Fugro for 17 years, most recently as president of John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. which provides land surveying and aerial LiDAR mapping services to the oil...
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Polarcus Secures Second 3D Acquisition Project
02/02/2012
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has received a Letter of Intent from Shell Kanumas A/S for a nominal 8,500 sq. km 3D seismic acquisition project offshore Greenland.
The project, to be acquired by two ICE-1A/1A* class vessels, POLARCUS AMANI and POLARCUS SAMUR, will commence in Q3 2012...
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Searcher Starts Mariner 2D Seismic Survey Offshore Australia
02/02/2012
Searcher Seismic announces the commencement of Mariner 2D Non-Exclusive Seismic Survey offshore Australia. The Mariner 2D Non- Exclusive Seismic Survey comprises 3,100km of long offset 2D non-exclusive seismic data and 9,700km of reprocessing. Over 1,600km of new data has already been acquired...
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Bergen Group Bags Contract for Åsgard Subsea Structures
02/02/2012
Bergen Group Offshore has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Rosenberg AS, been awarded a contract by Statoil for fabrication of subsea structures with an estimated value of 50 MNOK.
The project involves delivery of 12 off PLEM structures (Pipeline End Manifold) and one riser base with a total...
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COSL’s Submarine Cable Fleet Commences 3D Surveying
02/02/2012
China Oilfield Services Limited announces its submarine cable fleet, Binhai517, has commenced a 3D encryption operation in China South Sea. This marks the beginning of the Company’s 3D surveying operations in China South Sea.
Binhai517 Submarine Cable Fleet is COSL’s second submarine cable fleet,...
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IBM Helps Oil and Gas Companies to Minimize Environmental Impact
02/02/2012
IBM has been selected for a global research project to develop the world’s first integrated environmental monitoring system aimed at helping oil and gas companies minimize the environmental impact of their operations.
IBM researchers, developers and a team from IBM’s Centre of Excellence for Oil...
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Sea Fibre Networks Lands CeltixConnect Subsea Cable in UK
02/02/2012
Sea Fiber Networks, owner and operator of Europe’s most advanced subsea telecoms network, announced that CeltixConnect, a major fiber gateway has landed in Porth Darfarch, Wales that connects onwards to London and Manchester.
This fiber network will be game changing, enabling businesses with the...
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Main One Cable Plans to Broaden Submarine Cable Beyond Lagos
02/01/2012
Main One Cable is planning to broaden its submarine cable infrastructure to provide reliable high-speed broadband services beyond Lagos. According to the company’s CEO Funke Opeke, Main One is documenting increasing broadband demand on an everyday basis...
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Archaeologists Go Deep to Uncover History
02/01/2012
Many universities are adding or expanding their underwater archaeology programs in an effort to give students a broader educational experience and a better understanding of our maritime history. The field of underwater archaeology is expanding rapidly as the equipment required for marine exploration...
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IEV to Supply MGP Technology for 5 New Structures Offshore India
02/01/2012
IEV International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of IEV Holdings Limited, received the second award this month to supply its Marine Growth Prevention technology to new structures located offshore India. In this award from McDermott Middle East Inc...
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BOP Monitor to Help Risk Assessment in Drilling Industry
02/01/2012
Scandpower and ModuSpec, a sister company in the Lloyd’s Register Group, are working with leading owners and operators in the oil and gas sector to improve current methods of monitoring the performance of blow-out preventers (BOP) and reduce the risks relating to one of the industry’s most safety-critical...
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FPSO OSX-1 Starts OGX’s First Oil Production
02/01/2012
On January 31th 2012, at 18h39m50s, the FPSO OSX-1 successfully initiated the production of first oil for its anchor client OGX, the Brazilian EBX Group oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil. The FPSO OSX-1 is in charge of carrying out the Extended...
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