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South Stream Gas Pipeline Offshore Section Realization Discussed

South Stream Gas Pipeline Offshore Section Realization Discussed

The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller Chairman of the Management Committee and Henning Voscherau, Chairman of South Stream Transport Board of Directors. The meeting participants discussed topics of the South Stream gas pipeline offshore section realization. In particular, the parties considered the current activities status and the procedures schedule stipulating the [...]

Toll Group Opens Offshore Petroleum Supply Base in Singapore

Toll Group Opens Offshore Petroleum Supply Base in Singapore

The Asia Pacific region’s leading provider of logistics, Toll Group, opened its landmark S$300 million Toll Offshore Petroleum Services (TOPS) facility in Loyang, Singapore. It follows a five year redevelopment that makes TOPS the leading supply base for companies in the marine, offshore and oil and gas industries in the region. Guest of honour and [...]

UK: Emergency Response Team Expands Rescue Service

UK: Emergency Response Team Expands Rescue Service

The Maritime Emergency Response Team has launched a new water rescue service at Portsmouth Naval Base. This will add to the already extensive capability of the team, who are responsible for ensuring everyone on the Naval Base remains safe. The Emergency Response Team came to the assistance of the MOD police last year in a [...]

Brazil: Petrobras Acquires 34 Blocks in ANP 11th Round

Brazil: Petrobras Acquires 34 Blocks in ANP 11th Round

Petrobras acquired the most blocks offered in the 11th Bid Round held by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). Petrobras bought, whether on its own or in partnerships, 34 of the 289 blocks offered in the bid. It also secured, in its technicians’ opinions, the blocks with the highest exploratory potential offered by the agency, located [...]

Kongsberg Obtains Rights to Commercialize Seaglider Technology, USA

Kongsberg Obtains Rights to Commercialize Seaglider Technology, USA

Kongsberg Underwater Technology, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed negotiations with the University of Washington’s Center for Commercialization to obtain the sole rights to produce, market and continue the development of Seaglider ™ technology. Seaglider™ is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) system developed at UW’s School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory with [...]

Royal Navy Takes Part in Largest Multinational Minehunting Exercise in Gulf Region

Royal Navy Takes Part in Largest Multinational Minehunting Exercise in Gulf Region

Representatives from more than 40 nations have arrived in Bahrain to take part in the largest exercise ever staged to deal with the threat of mines in the Gulf region. Six ships and more than 600 sailors from the Royal Navy are taking part in the fortnight-long test of the response of the world’s nations [...]

Marine Scotland Commissions ABPmer to Assess Socio-Economic Effects of Proposed MPAs

Marine Scotland Commissions ABPmer to Assess Socio-Economic Effects of Proposed MPAs

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer), in association with eftec, has been contracted to develop the socio-economic evidence base that will be used by Marine Scotland to complete Business and Regulatory Impact Assessments for each proposed Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (MPA), and an accompanying Sustainability Appraisal. The Marine (Scotland) Act and the UK Marine [...]

UK: SgurrEnergy Provides Technical Support for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

UK: SgurrEnergy Provides Technical Support for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

International renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group, has been elected as strategic advisor to the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project, the world’s first, purpose built tidal lagoon power plant. SgurrEnergy has been appointed by developer, Tidal Lagoon Power Limited (TLP), to provide technical support to the proposed £650 million lagoon power plant, to [...]

USA: FMC Technologies to Supply Subsea Systems for ExxonMobil’s Julia Development

USA: FMC Technologies to Supply Subsea Systems for ExxonMobil’s Julia Development

FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received a subsea equipment order from ExxonMobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) for its Julia development. The Julia field is located in the Gulf of Mexico Walker Ridge area in approximately 7,000 feet (2,100 meter) water depth. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply includes six subsea trees, a manifold and associated tie-in [...]

New Zealand Oil & Gas Acquires 50 Pct Stake in Clipper Off Canterbury Coast

New Zealand Oil & Gas Acquires 50 Pct Stake in Clipper Off Canterbury Coast

New Zealand Oil & Gas has acquired a 50 per cent interest in PEP 52717 (Clipper) from Beach Petroleum (NZ) Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of ASX-listed Beach Energy. New Zealand Oil & Gas will become the operator of the permit, which is off the Canterbury coast. The partners have committed to acquiring at least 600 [...]







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