EvoLogics S2C USBL (Ultra-Short BaseLine) underwater positioning system demonstrated a highly accurate performance in a recent series of pool tests, estimating the position of a ROV for baffle bolt inspection in nuclear power plants.

ABOUT 31% of adults in the UK now own a smartphone, an increase from 13% in January 2010, according to the results of the first quarter of 2011  Ipsos MediaCT Technology Tracker.

Increasingly, people expect apps to perform like a website, enabling ease of buying or booking items.

More than 50% of smartphone owners have now completed some sort of purchase on their mobile, according to NewMediaTrendWatch.com.

Recognising these trends, Maersk Training Aberdeen has launched the first iPhone application for offshore survival training.

 New Poll added for days worked offshore in 2011.

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Clean up of the 20 December leak from the Bonga offshore oil field has now been completed successfully. Production resumed at Bonga on January 1 2012, following reinforcement of asset integrity and safety programmes.

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) had shut down production from the field after a leak occurred on one of the three export loading lines as oil was being transferred from the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to a loading tanker.

Clean up of the 20 December leak from the Bonga offshore oil field has now been completed successfully. Production resumed at Bonga on January 1 2012, following reinforcement of asset integrity and safety programmes.

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) had shut down production from the field after a leak occurred on one of the three export loading lines as oil was being transferred from the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to a loading tanker.

DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded a Frame Agreement for Offshore Survey Services by Statoil.

DOF Subsea Awarded Frame Agreement and First Call-Off by Statoil

Contract runs through 2017, Global Marine vessel Wave Venture to be based out of Victoria, British Columbia

Global Marine Systems, the independent market leader in offshore cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services, has been awarded the maintenance contract for the North America Zone (NAZ). The contract begins in 2012, extends through 2017 and covers a telecommunications cable maintenance footprint which stretches from the Eastern North Pacific down to the Equator. The cable maintenance vessel Wave Venture will be dedicated to maintaining the telecommunications cables within this geography, and be berthed at the Global Marine cable depot located in Victoria, British Columbia.

Cable installation at London Array has been rescheduled following bad weather and engineering challenges arising from operating in the wind farm’s shallow waters.

A review by London Array and cabling contractors Global Marine and Visser & Smit Marine Contracting Ltd (VSMC) will see fresh resources deployed to ensure the inter-array cables are installed on time.

Technip was awarded the last option for the Statoil frame contract for diving, pipeline repair, contingency and modification services. The frame contract has been held by Technip since January 2007 and is now extended to the latest possible completion date of December 2014. The yearly revenue under the contract is expected to be in the range of €50-80 million.

By Ross Davidson
Published: 03/01/2012

North-east oil and gas firms and workers who operate in Dutch waters could start paying millions of pounds more in tax after changes to the country’s social security regime.

FUGRO-TSM Pty Ltd, has been awarded the Greater Western Flank (GWF) Phase 1 Project Subsea Installation Contract from Woodside Energy Limited.

Scientists have successfully transitioned fundamental research in autonomy to undersea gliders, demonstrating in recent sea tests how the new software, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), can help robots become smarter at surveying large swaths of ocean.

Forum Energy Technologies Inc., (Forum) is pleased to announce the recent sale of a Sub-Atlantic Mojave observation ROV to GeoTeam S.r.l. in Rome, Italy. GeoTeam is a solutions based marine survey, construction support and geotechnical contractor with operations in the United Kingdom, Italy and the United Arab Emirates.

Emerald Networks, Inc., a subsea cable system owner/operator that provides low latency transatlantic capacity to the wholesale market, today announces that the Group is to install, for completion by the Spring of 2013, the highest capacity, low latency, transatlantic submarine cable system in order to meet the ever increasing high density data requirements between the U.S. and Europe. The Group which already has cornerstone investment from the Wellcome Trust, has recently appointed Jefferies & Company, Inc., the global investment banking firm, to complete a US$300 million fundraise in order to finance the project.

Technip announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Global Industries, Ltd. The shareholders of Global Industries approved the merger at a special shareholders meeting held on November 30, 2011 and will receive US$8.00 per share in cash. Global Industries has become an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Technip and trading of its shares will be suspended after NASDAQ closes today.