Nautronix have been certified with the international software standard TickIT in a move to highlight high standards within the organisation.
The company who specialise in acoustic signalling technology solutions for communication and positioning in the subsea environment were audited against the TickIT standard which puts best practices into software development, implementation and control proc

Seismic acquisition has now been initiated on the Justice Wide Azimuth (WAZ) 3D project in the Gulf of Mexico. The Justice project is a northeast expansion of the existing and contiguous Freedom and Liberty WAZ projects. The survey adds more than 7,800 km2 of WAZ coverage to the TGS portfolio and covers portions of the hydrocarbon rich areas of Mississippi Canyon, Viosca Knoll, and De Soto Canyo

Hydroid has recently announced that they have received the Certificate of Registration of Quality Management System to I.S. EN ISO 9001:2008. The company has been assessed and deemed to comply with the provisions of the above standard in respect of scope of operations for the design, manufacture, sales and service of autonomous underwater vehicles. Christopher von Alt, President of Hydroid, state

SeaZone took a major step forward in December 2009 towards its aim to create a high resolution and accurate bathymetry model of the UK Continental Shelf by completing the first phase of its Bathymetry Improvement Programme for the northern English Channel between South Foreland and Land’s End. The new bathymetry model will become a core reference dataset in SeaZone’s digital marine mapping product

Neptune Marine Services has been awarded a major subsea inspection contract from Qatargas Operating Company (Qatargas), one of Qatar¡¯s leading producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The three year multi©\million dollar contract involves the inspection of Qatargas platforms,offshore pipelines and subsea connection facilities located within the Arabian Gulf.

Under the terms of the

FIRST OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE SONAR INSTALLED ON A TANKER
A forward-looking sonar from Marine Electronics Ltd of Guernsey, UK, has been installed aboard a British-operated tanker as a major initiative to refine operational safety. The See Echo system was developed by Marine Electronics in cooperation with the ship owner to provide a three-dimensional image of the sea up to one kilometre ahead of th

BP Norge has awarded Aker Solutions an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for a tie-back from Oselvar to the Ula platform. Aker Solutions estimates the contract value to be approximately NOK 450 million.
"This contract is of great importance to us. We see it as a confirmation of our consistent and predictable execution performance for one of our key clients

LDC, the private equity arm of the Lloyds Banking Group, has invested in fast-growing Aberdeen-based business, Subocean Group.

The subsea construction company, which is now one of the largest providers of services to the marine renewables sectors in Scotland and the UK, will use the investment to double the business in two years and achieve a turnover of £300million by 2014.

The com

Technip, in association with JGC and Modec Inc has been awarded by
Petrobras a lump sum contract for the front-end engineering design (FEED) of a
proposed floating liquefied natural gas unit (FLNG), as part of a design competition.

This FLNG project is being conducted by the joint venture formed between
Petrobras, BG, Repsol and Galp Energia for the challenging pre-salt reservoirs

The Barents 2020 cooperation project on safeguarding petroleum activities in the Barents Sea has been concluded at a conference in Moscow. More than 100 Russian and Norwegian experts have worked together for close to three years on identifying common rules and standards for health, safety and the environment in the Barents Sea. Today they presented their recommendations in front of more than 200