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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An expedition to the icy waters of Antarctica has begun aboard the RRS James Clark Ross. The five-week mission will study the effect of ocean acidification in the Southern Ocean. During the expedition, scientists will study the impact of the changing chemistry on marine organisms and ecosystems, on the cycling of carbon and nutrients in [...]
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Coastline Surveys Ltd (CSL) have completed three high resolution multi-beam hydrographic surveys in the Southern North Sea, using the latest generation R2SONIC 2024 combined with an IxBlue Octans MKIII Gyro / MRU and C-NAV 3050 RTK GPS positioning. The CSL survey vessel MV FlatHolm managed to complete the three surveys in quick succession during short [...]
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The shells of marine snails – known as pteropods – living in the seas around Antarctica are being dissolved by ocean acidification according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. These tiny animals are a valuable food source for fish and birds and play an important role in the oceanic [...]
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It is estimated that harnessing a small portion of marine energy could solve the world’s energy crisis to a great extent, and Australia’s vast coastline alone is estimated to hold the potential to produce four times the nation’s power needs, claims a new report by energy experts GlobalData. The new report states that the Southern [...]
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Borders & Southern announces that it has signed a contract with Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) for the acquisition and processing of a new 3D seismic survey. The survey, measuring approximately 1100 sq.km, will be located in Quad 61 adjacent to the northern margin of the Company’s existing 3D area. The aim of the survey is to [...]
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Total announces the signature of a farm-in agreement with the Malaysian state-owned company, Petronas, for the acquisition of a 40% interest in the Production Sharing Contract covering the offshore blocks area 3 and area 6 located in the prolific Rovuma Basin. Petronas will retain the operator ship. The two blocks cover an area of 15,250 [...]
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Southern California Edison (SCE) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego will collaborate on a project to gather seismic data off the coast of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The work, part of SCE’s seismic research projects for SONGS Units 2 and 3, will involve state-of-the art [...]
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Oceanteam Shipping ASA confirms the extension of a bareboat charter with Fugro TS Marine Australia for the CSV Southern Ocean until end 2015. The original charter expired end 2013. CSV Southern Ocean is a large construction support vessel jointly owned between Bourbon Offshore Norway AS and Oceanteam Shipping ASA. The commercial terms between the parties [...]
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CALIENT Technologies, Inc., the global leader in photonic switching technology, announced that Southern Cross Cable Networks, a trans-Pacific bandwidth wholesaler, has deployed the FiberConnect 320X photonic switch to give it the capability to remotely reconfigure its fiber network in seconds, adding further protection in the event of fiber breaks or repeater/transponder failures. The announcement was [...]
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