TUC Relaunches Closed Bell Course
The Underwater Centre, has become the world’s only commercial diving school to offer a closed bell saturation diving system with a self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboat (SPHL), following a major refurbishment. Thanks to investment and support from the global oil and gas sector, The Underwater Centre relaunched its three-week closed bell diving course in June. The first […]
ONGC Charters Seamec III Vessel
A consortium between Seamec and Adsun Offshore Diving Contractors has secured a charter contract for Seamec III multi-functional diving support vessel from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) India. The charter is for a period of one year, Seamec informed. The total contract value is approximately USD 22.1 million. The vessel is likely to be […]
NEC to Build Chennai-Andaman & Nicobar Islands Subsea Cable
NEC Corporation’s subsidiary, NEC Technologies India (NECTI), has secured a contract to design, engineer, supply, install, test and implement an optical submarine cable system connecting Chennai and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N Islands). The contract was awarded by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), an Indian state-owned telecommunications company headquartered in New Delhi. Under the contract NEC will […]
Fairfield vs Seabed Patent Infringement Case Continues
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas has ruled that Fairfield Geotechnologies’ ongoing patent infringement case against Seabed Geosolutions may go forward, denying a request by Seabed Geosolutions to stay the case. Namely, Fairfield Geotechnologies has filed four patent infringement complaints against Seabed Geosolution’s MANTA system. Subsequently, Seabed Geosolutions […]
Handal and Petronas to Jointly Develop Subsea Tech Solutions
Handal Resources has entered into an agreement with Petronas for a joint development of subsea technology solutions. The duration of the contract is for a fixed period starting from June 13, 2018 until August 12, 2018. The details of the scope of work in relation to the contract are in accordance with the detailed […]
Profits Rise for Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions has seen its profit go up in the second-quarter 2018 at NOK 117 million, or NOK 0.42 per share, versus net income of NOK 33 million, or NOK 0.08 same time last year. The market activity boost allowed the Norwegian services company to generate quarterly revenue of NOK 6.3 billion ($778 million), up from […]
SeaBird Acquires Seismic Vessel from CGG
SeaBird Exploration has started the acquisition process of the seismic vessel ‘Geowave Voyager’ and certain seismic equipment from Exploration Vessel Resources II, a wholly owned subsidiary of CGG for a cash consideration of USD 17 million. The acquisition also includes 40 km of Sercel Sentinel solid streamer. The Geowave Voyager was built in 2009 for an […]