UTEC, a global surveying company in subsea services group Acteon, recently commissioned its new LARS for the fleet of seven autonomous underwater vehicles it uses for seabed surveys in the oil and renewables industries.
Following the sale of Ecosse Subsea to Oceaneering earlier this year, subsea entrepreneur Mike Wilson has launched Ecosse IP Ltd. (EIP), with start-up investment of £2 million ($2.6 million).
The plan for development and operation for the Wintershall Norge-operated Nova Field has been approved by Norwegian authorities, Wintershall said in a news release.
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has deployed a motorboat to survey the waters off Dominica as part of the Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme.
Aker Energy has contracted the ultra-deepwater drillship Maersk Viking to drill the Pecan-4A appraisal well in the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points block offshore Ghana.
