Helix Secures Five-Year Decommissioning Contract in Gulf of Mexico
, when the company secured a 39-well decommissioning contract in with an unnamed client.The project was awarded to Helix's Louisiana-based subsidiary Helix Alliance, which used the EPIC Hedron heavy lift derrick barge for structure removals, liftboats for plug and abandonment activities, the Triton Explorer dive support vessel for pipeline abandonments, and multiple Helix Alliance OSVs and several other Helix Alliance assets throughout the campaign.More recently, Helix Energy Solutions signed the extension of its decommissioning contract with Trident Energy for work offshore Brazil. The contract extension
Jim McNeill is Leading Earth’s Citizen Warriors Across the Sea
In the face of intensifying climate change and associated environmental unknowns, one world explorer has spent decades mobilizing individuals with the knowledge tools to better live, work and play harmoniously with nature. Many communities, particularly from the Industrial Revolution through modern society today, have an inherently discordant relationship with the earth, no longer seeing themselves and their actions as part of the global ecosystem. Enter Jim McNeill, founder of Ocean Warrior, and his accompanying ethos that to better understand the planet and how to maintain life on Earth, humans need
McDermott and Baker Hughes Install Subsea Infrastructure at Ichthys Field
of the contract included engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of umbilicals, risers and flowlines (URF), a subsea production system comprised of a new 7-inch vertical Christmas tree (VXT) system, all forming a subsea well gathering system (GS4) tied back to the existing Ichthys Explorer central processing facility.The consortium's responsibilities also included an in-fill URF EPCI involving the development of new subsea wells tied in to the existing gathering systems."The amount of collaboration shown between the consortium has been truly unique and serves as an industry
Sabah Basin Multi-Client Seismic Project Secures Prefunding
;The 2D multi-client project will provide high-quality seismic data across Sabah. I am very pleased that we have secured pre-funding and we mobilized for the project in November 2023,” added Rune Olav Pedersen, President & CEO of PGS.This project is supported by industry funding.The Eagle Explorer vessel mobilized in November 2023, with acquisition completion anticipated in February 2024. Fast-track results are anticipated to be available for evaluation during the 2024 Malaysia Bid Round, the JV partners said
Markey Wins Deal to Refurbish Winches for NOAA Research Vessel
these winches is an important part of making the Brown more efficient, cleaner for the environment, and safer to operate, and will keep the ship meeting the needs of the nation well into the next decade." Markey’s winches were similarly acknowledged recently aboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer, a NOAA partner-vessel operated by BIOS/Arizona State University.Rick Verlini, Port Captain of the Atlantic Explorer, said, “We all appreciate how much Markey has done for the R/V Atlantic Explorer. I can’t entirely express my deepest gratitude and appreciation for the invaluable support
NOAA's NDBC Replaces Weather Buoy with Saildrone USV
surface vehicle (USV) in order to continue critical weather observations and explore more sustainable marine observation methods.Station 46012, a moored buoy located in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 24 nautical miles southwest from San Francisco, has been replaced with a 23-foot Saildrone Explorer-class SD 1073. Deployed in August, the USV has been on station delivering data since September 1 and is expected to remain on station through June 2024. This collaboration was the result of NOAA's Uncrewed Systems Operations Center allocating $7.5 million for nine selected projects in uncrewed
U.S. Revives Cold War Submarine Spy Program to Counter China
;s navy, known as the Maritime Self-Defense Force, said in a statement that it was coordinating with its allies to counter China’s increased naval threat; it declined to comment specifically on surveillance operations.SEA DRONES WITH SHARP EARS USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) operates with a Saildrone Explorer in the Red Sea.RED SEA (April 21, 2022) A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel and and the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) operate in the Red Sea in support of the newly established Combined Task Force 153, April 21, 2022. CTF-153 focuses on maritime security and capacity
Saildrone Unveils New Acoustic Capabilities to Protect Marine Mammals
dolphins to mitigate impacts on those species from human activities.The capabilities of Saildrone’s vehicles have been demonstrated with almost 1,000,000 nautical miles sailed and more than 25,000 days at sea in the harshest ocean environments imaginable. Saildrone’s three USV models, the Explorer, Voyager, and Surveyor, have been developed to balance mission payload flexibility and endurance.“This milestone achievement represents a significant step forward in our ability to study and protect whales and other marine mammals,” said Saildrone CTO Brian Hernacki. “Saildrone&rsquo
Scientists to Study the Arctic in a Wooden Schooner
the marine environment in the Arctic and the impacts of global climate change will see a team of scientists and ‘citizen scientists’ setting sail from Svalbard at the start of September aboard Europe’s largest wooden schooner.Ocean Warrior is the brainchild of internationally-renowned explorer, Jim McNeill, who has been running scientific expeditions to the Arctic for over two decades and has acted as a consultant for natural history programs such as the BBC’s Frozen Planet.Designed to collect critical scientific measurements from remote areas of the Arctic Ocean in order to build
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