The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s chemical analyses of sulphides and manganese crusts from the Norwegian shelf reveal that the sulphides contain a high content of copper, zinc and cobalt.The sulphis contains mostly contain iron, but also…
US based seabed survey and ocean exploration company Ocean Infinity announced it will support Australian marine survey company Guardian Geomatics on an extensive hydrographic project for Shell.The project, which is planned to commence in June…
Denmark-based Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) has appointed Matt Bowden as the new Area Manager in Taiwan with the aim to strengthen its local business presence.SBO, which designs and develops vessels used for the installation of offshore wind turbines and foundations…
Norway’s Østensjø Rederi has outfitted the offshore support vessel (OSV) MV Edda Fonn, getting it ready for the delivery to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).The converted diving and hydrographic support vessel has started her journey from Norway to Auckland…
National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) said that U.S. territories need the Offshore Wind for Territories Act.The U.S. has five permanently inhabited 'Territories' in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands…
MacArtney Singapore delivered a TRIAXUS ROTV with customized sensor payload to the Chinese Academy of Science for oceanographic research projects in the South China Sea.The Chinese Academy of Science, via MacArtney agent Geo Marine Technology Ltd…
The first regional mapping meeting for The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has been held in Stockholm, covering the Arctic, Antarctic and North Pacific regions. The meeting, held last month, brought together ocean mapping experts…
Offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract with Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), part of DEME Group, for its construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Reach.The contract will commence in 4Q 2018 and has a duration of 4-6 months…
Deep sea minerals have been seen as a potential new source for in demand metals and rare earth elements. Offshore sector firms are eyeing the potential for a new revenue stream. Elaine Maslin reports. Many are looking to a new resource…
Cortland has won a “significant” new order from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to supply a single 12,000m length of 9/16in Plasma HiCo synthetic rope. Plasma HiCo synthetic rope…
Russia's Gazprom Neft is set to drill the first exploration well on the Ayashsky Block in the Sea of Okhotsk after signing a contract for use of a Japanese drilling rig. Gazprom acquired a license for the exploration, development and…
Searcher Seismic has started a 3D reprocessing project, offshore Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The project comprises reprocessing existing open-file 3D datasets with a modern broadband de-ghosting and pre-stack depth migration sequence…
California's governor Jerry Brown has urged US President Barack Obama to permanently withdraw waters off his state from new offshore oil and gas leasing and 'guarantee that future oil and gas drilling' is prohibited. Brown had sucessfully…
Russia's Gazprom has made a discovery on the Kirinsky block in the Sea of Okhotsk. The firm was drilling an exploration and appraisal well on the Yuzhno-Lunskaya structure within the Sakhalin III project. As a result, a substantial gas and condensate inflow was reported…
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has issued its first Approval in Principle for an ocean thermal energy converter (OTEC). The approval applies to a 1MW plant developed by the Korea Research Institute of Ships and…
