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Scottish Government Supports Shetland Harbour Project »

Alex Salmond announced a £10 million package to support plans for a deep-water quay facility in Shetland to secure decommissioning work on major offshore structures from the Northern North Sea. Following a meeting in Oslo...

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Tidal Turbine Produces Electricity in Orkney (UK)

Tidal Turbine Produces Electricity in Orkney (UK) »

An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for homes and businesses...

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UK: Snam, Fluxys Acquire E.ON’s Stake in Interconnector

UK: Snam, Fluxys Acquire E.ON’s Stake in Interconnector »

Snam and Fluxys yesterday reached an agreement to acquire E.ON’s 15.09% stake in Interconnector (UK), owner and operator of the subsea pipeline between the UK (Bacton) and Belgium (Zeebrugge) providing a strategic bi-directional link between...

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UK: RWE Hires CMACS to Provide Marine-Life Protection at Gwynt y Môr

UK: RWE Hires CMACS to Provide Marine-Life Protection at Gwynt y Môr »

A Wirral based environmental consultancy is to manage marine-life protection measures at one of the biggest wind farms currently in construction in Europe, after securing a £multi-million contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm...

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UTEC Survey Bags USD 3 Million Worth of Contracts (USA)

UTEC Survey Bags USD 3 Million Worth of Contracts (USA) »

  One of the world’s largest independent offshore survey companies has announced deals worth $3 million. UTEC Survey operates from Houston, Aberdeen, Rio de Janeiro, Calgary, Perth, Singapore, St. John’s, Naples and Dubai and has...

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JP Kenny Norway Wins Linnorm Subsea Contract from Shell

JP Kenny Norway Wins Linnorm Subsea Contract from Shell »

JP Kenny Norway has signed a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract with Norske Shell for the high temperature, high pressure Linnorm project in Norway. Valued at approximately US$9 million (NOK 55 million), this contract...

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TGS Enters Into Data Release Agreement for UK Offshore and Onshore Wells

TGS Enters Into Data Release Agreement for UK Offshore and Onshore Wells »

TGS has entered into new data release agreements with the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the British Geological Survey (BGS). These agreements permit TGS to release new and historical data for...

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USA: Wave Glider Launched and Ready to Gather Subsea Data

USA: Wave Glider Launched and Ready to Gather Subsea Data »

In a joint project with NERACOOS, U.S. IOOS, the University of Maine’s School of Marine Sciences and Houston-based Sonardyne Inc., a Wave Glider has been launched near Monhegan Island in the Gulf of Maine. Over...

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South Korea: ABB’s Equipment for Subsea Pipeline Construction Vessels »

South Korea: ABB’s Equipment for Subsea Pipeline Construction Vessels

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won an order worth $18 million from Daewoo to supply energy efficient propulsion and electrical...

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PTSC M&C Bags USD 113 Million Contract in Vietnam »

PTSC M&C Bags USD 113 Million Contract in Vietnam

PTSC Mechanical and Construction Joint Stock Company (PTSC M&C) has won a major detailed engineering, procurement, construction, installation, hook-up and commissioning contract valuing $...

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The Netherlands: Final Outfitting of Seven Borealis »

The Netherlands: Final Outfitting of Seven Borealis

The ‘Seven Borealis’, Subsea 7’s flag ship, is currently in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) for final outfitting at the Huisman facilities. The vessel is the...

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UK: Subsea 7′s First Quarter in Line with Expectations, Says CEO »

UK: Subsea 7′s First Quarter in Line with Expectations, Says CEO

Subsea 7 S.A. announced results for the first quarter 2012 which ended on 31 March 2012. Jean Cahuzac, Chief Executive Officer, said: “I am...

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Norway: Aker Solutions on Right Track for Growth, Says Eriksen »

Norway: Aker Solutions on Right Track for Growth, Says Eriksen

Aker Solutions’ operating revenues in the first quarter of 2012 were NOK 9.8 billion, a 15.7 per cent increase from the first quarter of...

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Statoil: 14 pct Increase in First Quarter Results (Norway) »

Statoil: 14 pct Increase in First Quarter Results (Norway)

Statoil’s first quarter 2012 net operating income was NOK 57.9 billion, a 14% increase compared to NOK 50.8 billion in the first quarter of...

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Angola: Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Trees for Total’s Dalia Field »

Angola: Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Trees for Total’s Dalia Field

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Total E&P Angola, to deliver seven new subsea tree systems to the Dalia field located offshore...

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Norway: Ocean Installer Lands Balder Subsea Contract »

Norway: Ocean Installer Lands Balder Subsea Contract

Ocean Installer announces contract award from ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Norway AS (EEPNAS) for survey and intervention work at the Balder field. The work...

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Aker Solutions Bags Malaysian Subsea Gig »

Aker Solutions Bags Malaysian Subsea Gig

Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Murphy Sabah Oil for the delivery of a subsea production system for the Siakap North –...

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UK: GE to Supply Subsea Equipment for Cheviot Field »

UK: GE to Supply Subsea Equipment for Cheviot Field

GE Oil & Gas will supply ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited with subsea production equipment, ancillary systems and related services for ATP’s signature...

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UK: Stork Technical Services Wins IADC NSC ‘Associate Member’ Safety Award »

UK: Stork Technical Services Wins IADC NSC ‘Associate Member’ Safety Award

Stork Technical Services, the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, won the ‘Associate Member’ prize at this year’s IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) Annual Safety Awards. The award recognises an Associate members’ safety...

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UK: Osiris Projects Becomes Part of EIC »

UK: Osiris Projects Becomes Part of EIC

Osiris Projects announced that it has joined the Energy Industries Council (EIC), the leading trade association for UK companies that supply capital goods and services to energy industries worldwide. The EIC has a membership base of more than 600 UK companies across the energy supply...

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JAMSTEC’s Chikyu Starts Drilling for JFAST Project (Japan) »

JAMSTEC’s Chikyu Starts Drilling for JFAST Project (Japan)

The Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel “Chikyu”, operated by the Japan Agency for Marin-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), is drilling for Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 343 Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST) for two months period starting from 1 April with the purpose of...

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UK: Bowtech Displays Its Technology at Seawork International 2012 »

UK: Bowtech Displays Its Technology at Seawork International 2012

Bowtech Products Ltd., a market leading manufacturer and supplier of cameras, LED lighting, connectors, fiber optic multiplexers and slip rings for use in underwater or hazardous area applications, to any ocean depth, has announced that they will be exhibiting at the Seawork International 2012, held...

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UK: EFC Receives Global API Manufacturing License »

UK: EFC Receives Global API Manufacturing License

EFC Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, controls and handling systems for the global oil and gas industry, has become one the first UK controls manufacturers to be awarded American Petroleum Institute (API) 16C and 16D monogram licenses. This signifies EFC Group...

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NOAA: Eight Percent of US Waters Designated as MPAs »

NOAA: Eight Percent of US Waters Designated as MPAs

New analysis of updated data has shown that eight percent of U.S. waters are currently designated as marine protected areas (MPAs), with the vast majority of these areas open to fishing and other activities, according to NOAA. U.S. sites are cataloged in the recently updated...

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USA: NOAA, BOEM Discover 19th Century Shipwreck in Gulf of Mexico »

USA: NOAA, BOEM Discover 19th Century Shipwreck in Gulf of Mexico

During a recent Gulf of Mexico expedition, NOAA, BOEM and partners discovered an historic wooden-hulled vessel which is believed to have sunk as long as 200 years ago. Scientists on board the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer used underwater robots with lights and high definition cameras...

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Ukraine: BSF Hydrographic Ship Donuzlav Returns to Sevastopol »

Ukraine: BSF Hydrographic Ship Donuzlav Returns to Sevastopol

Black Sea Fleet (BSF) hydrographic ship Donuzlav on May 15 returned to Sevastopol from a long-range cruise. Through a one-month long cruise, the ship has covered 4,000 nautical miles and passed the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, the...

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UK: Expro Receives Eighth RoSPA Safety Award »

UK: Expro Receives Eighth RoSPA Safety Award

International oilfield services company Expro has once again been recognised for its outstanding safety record globally. Expro has been commended in the oil & gas industry sector of the annual 2012 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) safety awards. Expro has received awards...

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Angola: Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Trees for Total’s Dalia Field »

Angola: Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Trees for Total’s Dalia FieldAker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Total E&P Angola, to deliver seven new subsea tree systems to the Dalia field located offshore Angola....

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Australia: Technip Wins Wheatstone Subsea Gig »

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Australia: OTT Launches World’s First Subsea Drill Rig, Ocean Ranger OTO2 »

Australia: OTT Launches World’s First Subsea Drill Rig, Ocean Ranger OTO2Ocean Trenching Technologies (OTT) introduced the Ocean Ranger OTO2 Subsea drill rig. General Manager from OTT Mr Tom Wilson said: “OTT has leveraged its leadership...

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