Oil Plume Size of Manhattan Threatens Gulf; TIE Technologies Ramps Up for OilDam(TM) Installation

Aug 23, 2010 Comments Off by john

Telemetrics and advanced IT solutions, announced today that it has completed engineering and is prepared to immediately implement its plan to roll out a multi part oil protection system, including the OilDam(TM), to protect both low energy water flow coastlines and higher energy areas.

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Norway oil giant floats idea for bobbing windmills

Aug 23, 2010 Comments Off by john

A group of scientists and engineers in Norway are testing a flotation device that could support offshore wind turbines so that they don’t have to be built on shoals.

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Commercial divers needed for wind

Aug 10, 2010 Comments Off by john

According to a new report released by Douglas Westwood on 10 August 2010, over 2200 commercial divers will be required to help build and develop Europe’s offshore wind sector over the next six years.

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Subsea 7 Announces $100m North Sea Contract

Aug 10, 2010 Comments Off

Subsea 7 is one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies servicing the oil and gas industry. Our skilled and experienced multinational workforce, in excess of 5,000 personnel, supports our onshore and offshore operations in Africa, Asia Pacific, Brazil, North America and the North Sea.

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Acergy wins $1.3B job off West Africa

Aug 03, 2010 Comments Off

Drum Rolllllll….. Here’s the big contract Acergy won! Worst around $1.3 BILLION! Now that’s a contract I think we all wish we had won!

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Acergy S.A. awarded $220 million contract in Brazil

Aug 03, 2010 Comments Off

Holy wow… It’s like Acergy is taking over the oil industry. They’ve received TWO separate contracts within four days… US$220 is the smaller of the two (BY FAR!)

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BW offshore signs US$150 million contract for completion of FPSO OSX-1 project, Brasil

Aug 03, 2010 Comments Off

A NEW contract awarded off the coast of Brasil! Find out who won this one HERE!

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Michigan Governor Warns of Oil Spill Threat

Jul 29, 2010 Comments Off

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm expressed growing worry on Wednesday that an oil spill, believed to be among the largest ever in the Midwest, might reach Lake Michigan if efforts to contain the oil were not strengthened.

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US scrambles emergency teams to new Gulf oil leak

Jul 27, 2010 Comments Off

The US Coast Guard dispatched emergency teams Tuesday after a boat crashed into an oil well off the coast of New Orleans, spilling crude into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Subsea 7 wins Petrobras ROV gig

Jul 27, 2010 Comments Off

Subsea7’s i-Tech division has won a $50 million ROV deal from Petrobras.

The contract runs for a fixed five-year term plus an option for another five-year extension.

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US fears Gulf seabed oil seepage near stricken BP well

Jul 19, 2010 No Comments

The US fears oil may be seeping from the ocean floor near the stricken Gulf of Mexico oil well. The official in charge of the clean-up, Thad Allen, said if a substance leaking from the seabed was found to be methane this might mean oil was also leaking.

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