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Oil and Gas Prices Begin to Creep Up

john — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:49:27 +0000

Oil and Gasoline Prices Begin to Creep Up By CLIFFORD KRAUSS Published: March 8, 2010 HOUSTON — Crude oil and gasoline prices are inching up again. Optimism about the economy, new tensions in oil-producing Nigeria and reports that China intends to build up its strategic reserves lifted crude prices to around $82 on Monday, about a $10 increase [...]

Centuries-Old Shipwrecks Found in Baltic Sea

john — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:38:22 +0000

Centuries-Old Shipwrecks Found in Baltic Sea A gas company building an underwater pipeline stumbled upon several wrecks, some dating back 800 years. THE GIST: A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks dating from medieval times to the world wars have been found. The ships were very well preserved because ship worms that eat wooden wrecks don’t live in the Baltic Sea. Thousands of [...]

Underwater Intervention Review… Finally!

john — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:12:51 +0000

[Bourbon Street, one day after a Super Bowl victory by the New Orleans Saints] Let’s just say we were a little scared, slightly nervous, but mostly excited. One might wonder how we were actually able to get some work done down there… The Underwater Intervention 2010 had a different feel about it than past UI’s before. [...]

Further Offshore Discoveries in Angola

john — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:33:56 +0000

Further Offshore Discoveries in Angola 25 February 2010 Two new oil discoveries have been made offshore in Angola by an Eni-lead consortium. In block 15/06, the Nzanza-1 and Cinguvu-1 wells, which are located in water some 350 kilometers offshore Luanda, produced test flow rates of 1,600 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil. Significantly, the discoveries mark the [...]

SSTB 2010: New subsea sensor installation/retrieval tool unveiled by Roxar

john — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:29:43 +0000

SSTB 2010: New subsea sensor installation/retrieval tool unveiled by Roxar Published: Mar 3, 2010 Offshore staff GALVESTON, Texas – At this year’s Subsea Tieback Forum & Exhibition in Galveston, Texas, from March 2-4, Roxar is introducing an ROV system for retrieval and installation of subsea sensors and transmitters. The new system provides for retrieval and/or installation of instrumentation [...]

BHP Billiton Announces First Oil Production From Pyrenees Development Offshore Western Australia

john — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:25:46 +0000

BHP Billiton Announces First Oil Production From Pyrenees Development Offshore Western Australia Monday, Mar 01, 2010 First oil production has commenced ahead of schedule from the BHP Billiton operated Pyrenees project, offshore Western Australia. The full project involves 13 subsea wells, an extensive subsea gathering system and a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility, with production [...]

Mermaid Secures Sub-Sea Services Call Out Contract with Chevron in the Gulf of Thailand

john — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:17:13 +0000

Mermaid Secures Sub‐Sea Services Call out Contract With Chevron In the Gulf Of Thailand Friday, Feb 26, 2010 3 year call out contract for turnkey sub‐sea services valued at approximately USD 15 million positions Mermaid as Chevron’s first point of contract for call‐out work to support its offshore facilities and offshore fields in the Gulf of Thailand. Mermaid [...]

Fugro Synergy Awarded Support Vessel of the Year

john — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:10:51 +0000

Fugro Synergy awarded Support Vessel of the Year Thursday, Feb 25, 2010 Fugro Synergy is declared as the Support Vessel of the Year 2010. The ship, build at Bergen Group Halsnøy, represents a new generation high technology drillship built for an increasing demand for cost effective drilling units. Fugro Synergy received the award as Support Vessel of the [...]

Optical System Promises to Revolutionize Undersea Communications

john — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:27:10 +0000

Optical system promises to revolutionize undersea communications February 23, 2010 An artist’s conception of how the optical modem could function at a deep ocean cabled observatory. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) collect sonar images (downward bands of light) and other data at a hydrothermal vent site and transmit the data through an optical modem to receivers stationed on [...]

Oceaneering Announces the Promotion of Kevin McEvoy to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officr

john — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:23:14 +0000

Oceaneering Announces the Promotion of Kevin McEvoy to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer February 23, 2010: 04:59 PM ET HOUSTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE: OII) announced the promotion of M. Kevin McEvoy to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, Mr. McEvoy will have the responsibility for [...]

Salvors remove Navigational Hazards in Haiti

john — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:26:54 +0000

Salvors remove navigational hazards in Haiti 18 February 2010 A TITAN Salvage team is working in Haiti to remove navigational hazards following the devastating earthquake, including the collapsed Washington gantry crane, in Port-au-Prince for the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), in an effort to increase the cargo throughput in the heavily damaged port. TITAN’s team, led by Salvage Master [...]

Ex-Garda Diver Appeals Isle of Man Dismissal

john — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:06:24 +0000

Ex-Garda diver appeals Isle of Man dismissal LORNA SIGGINS Marine Correspondent A FORMER Garda diver who won several bravery awards and a United Nations medal for service in Bosnia is appealing his dismissal from a diving post he held with the Isle of Man transport department. Sean O’Connell, who also participated in an international diving expedition to the [...]

Navy SEAL Dies During Dive Training in Key West

john — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:00:18 +0000

Navy SEAL dies during dive training in Key West BY CAMMY CLARK cclark@MiamiHerald.com A 26-year-old Navy SEAL died in Key West waters during intensive dive training in preparation for an overseas deployment, according to the Naval Special Warfare Group. Ronald Tyler Woodle of Waynesville, N.C., was part of a small group of Navy SEALs undergoing routine training at Truman [...]

Third Find for Husky in South China Sea

john — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:34:15 +0000

3rd find for Husky in S. China Sea by: Jennifer Pallanich, jpallanich@offshore-engineer.com OilOnline Manager posted on 2/9/2010 Husky Energy reported finding a 145m gross gas column with its Liuhua 29-1 exploration well drilled in 723m of water in the South China Sea. Liuhua 29-1 – drilled 43km northeast of the Liwan 3-1 gas field in 1450m of water and [...]

Diver Breaks Barriers in Cold Waters of Alaska

john — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:21:20 +0000

Diver breaks barriers in cold waters of Alaska Underwater welder relishes working in extreme environment By Melissa Campbell | Alaska Journal of Commerce ANCHORAGE – Most people would have said, “Heck with this.” But for Jennifer Sullivan, that first dive in the freezing-cold waters in Whittier on that Thanksgiving weekend sealed the deal. “I came out of the water, [...]

Observations from Underwater Intervention

Adam — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:53:19 +0000

Two days of Trade Show walking and here’s the new stuff that we here at cDiver.net have seen: Seabotix unveiled a brand new model of ROV, the vLBV300. We will have additional information on this next week along with photos. Here is the model info for now: http://www.seabotix.com/products/vlbv300_overview.htm With the industry being so slow and a lot [...]

Warm Reception for Diving Bell Insulation

cDiver.net Staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:29:42 +0000

Subsea saturation diving, at depths down to 1,000 feet (300 meters) below the surface, tests equipment and men to the limit. To protect divers from the cold in the diving bell, manufacturer Unique System turned to Trelleborg Offshore for a syntactic foam insulation. “The engineered Trelleborg syntactic foam insulation, and the company’s 3D modelling design capabilities, [...]

Helix ESG Announces Joint Venture with Clough Limited for Subsea Services in the Asia Pacific Region

cDiver.net Staff — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:28:24 +0000

HOUSTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE: HLX) announces the formation of a joint venture with Australian based engineering and construction company Clough Limited, to provide a range of subsea services to offshore operators in the Asia Pacific region. Services provided by the JV, Clough Helix Pty Ltd, will include subsea well [...]

Consortium lead by Swiber wins EPIC contract worth US$117.5 million

cDiver.net Staff — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:30:11 +0000

SINGAPORE — Swiber Holdings Limited today announced a Notice of Award from a leading oil and gas operator in South Asia worth approximately US$117.5 million awarded to Swiber and its consortium partner. Consortium work comprises the full Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning scope of work for platforms and pipelines. The work will commence immediately and [...]

GOM Diver becomes Biggest Loser

cDiver.net Staff — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:11:52 +0000

CALIFORNIA — Lance and Melissa Morgan of Aspermont, contestants on “The Biggest Loser” on NBC, credit the show with saving their marriage and ultimately their lives. “I wanted to lose weight and get healthy,” Melissa said. “It became such an issue — our marriage was falling apart.” Melissa, 39, an attorney with an office in Abilene, and [...]