TOKYO: An international research team is to use the deep-sea drilling vessel, Chikyu, to bore into an area where two tectonic plates meet to study the movements of the plates that caused the Japanese earthquake.  Read More →

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced that its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), has secured a S$30m contract to provide detailed design, construction and outfitting of a 228 ft seismic survey vessel for Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited.  Read More →

A medical expert is convinced that she has found a new aspect to the controversy around the treatment of the Norwegian divers that helped create Norway’s petroleum wealth beginning in the mid 1960s.  Read More →

Several of the divers who played a key role in building up Norway’s offshore oil industry are suing the state, charging that they weren’t informed about the risks of diving as deeply as they did at the time in the North Sea.  Read More →

Fugro N.V. has reached agreement with Rovtech Ltd. to acquire the company for a total amount of GBP 34.5 million (approximately EUR 51 million). The earlier announced acquisition is effective immediately and is expected to be earning enhancing to Fugro in the remainder of the current year.  Read More →

North Sea emergency response and rescue services provider Viking Offshore Services is extending its multi-million pound new-build programme to nine vessels.  Read More →

i-Tech, part of Subsea 7, has announced that it has placed a significant order for new build deepwater work class vehicles, which will be supplied with advanced, light weight, high performance handling systems.  Read More →

Statoil in Norway says it is facing a “very active” season for seismic data acquisition, both on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) and internationally.  Read More →

Subsea 7 has announced the names of the two new vessels that are currently being built in the Netherlands by Merwede shipyard.  Read More →

Coogee Resources has made a second discovery in the Timor Sea, enhancing its plans for development of the Montara/Skua oilfield later this year.  Read More →