Statoil and Total have reached agreement on asset swap in the Barents Sea. Statoil acquires 10% equity in PL535 in exchange for 10% equity in PL395. Production licenses PL395 and PL535 are situated on the Bjarmeland Platform in the central Barents Sea, where both companies have proved gas resources: Ververis discovery in PL395 (2008) and [...]
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HMS Ledbury has found the remains of a German sea mine from World War 2 on the very first day of her deployment. The mine was found by HMS Ledbury during a period of training to ensure the Royal Navy mine hunter is ready to operate as part of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group [...]
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Three oceanauts of China’s manned submersible, the Jiaolong, are preparing for their first mission in June in South China Sea, china.org reports. The mission is expected to begin on June 5, and to last 103 days. According to the news site, Jiaolong will carry out dives in a cold spring area to conduct biodiversity research, [...]
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Fastnet Oil & Gas Plc (“Fastnet” or the “Company”) the E&P company focused on near term exploration acreage in Africa and the Celtic Sea announces that it has been notified by the Irish Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (the “Department”) that it has been awarded licensing option 13/3 over part blocks 56/6, 56/7, [...]
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Fairfield Energy, the North Sea-focused independent oil and gas company, announces the start of a 400km² Broadband 3D seismic survey over their recently awarded 27th Round Licence P2089 Block 43/28. The survey will be acquired by Polarcus and will fulfil the firm commitment work programme on the licence, where wholly owned subsidiary Fairfield Cedrus Limited [...]
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Today, the Government presented its proposal to open for petroleum activity in the south-eastern Barents Sea. “This is a historic day. Opening the first new region for petroleum activity since 1994 will allow us to explore new, promising areas for oil and gas, provide new opportunities and new impetus in Northern Norway, and boost value [...]
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MMT have successfully completed a survey which includes collection of parametric sub-bottom profile (SBP) data with a Kongsberg TOPAS PS 40 system. The system was hullmounted on MMT’s survey vessel Triad. The survey covered an area of 6000km2 in the Baltic Sea with an extensive amount of data. The SBP data was collected during a [...]
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Glowing and fluorescent deep-sea creatures could reveal how the mind works. Bright bioluminescent and fluorescent proteins found in marine life, when attached to human cells, become light-emitting markers that could help map the brain. President Obama’s newly announced ‘Brain Activity Map’ project, gives impetus to the quest for understanding the human mind. Alzheimer’s and other [...]
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A key facility in an international observing network to detect increasing ocean acidification is monitoring carbon cycling in the Tasman Sea from a site near Maria Island. The A$150,000 mooring with its suite of environmental sensors is one of three in Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) that are included in the international network in [...]
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INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announces that through its wholly-owned subsidiary INPEX Offshore Timor-Leste, Ltd., it has signed a new Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the JPDA 11-106 contract area (Contract Area) of the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA), which is jointly administered by the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and the Commonwealth of Australia, with Eni JPDA [...]
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