Fugro Geos Ormen Lange Project

01 Sep 2006

Fugro Geos, which has provided measurement support services since 2001 for development of Ormen Lange, Norway's largest gas field, due to come onstream next year, has been contracted by Norsk Hydro to provide all-important real-time current profile, wind and wave data for both the pipeline and the field itself. 

Irish Marine Institute Opens New HQ

01 Sep 2006

The Irish Marine Institute's new headquarters at Oranmore, Galway Bay have been formally opened by Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. Housing a majority of the Institute's 200-strong staff, the 50m, 11,000m 2building features 54 scientific laboratories, a crescent-shaped office facility and a 150-seat auditorium specially designed for both national and international conferences. 

Seismic Development

01 Sep 2006

Paris-based Compagnie GUnUrale de GUophysique (CGG) has announced that it is to acquire US competitor Veritas in a 2.4bn takeover that will create a giant in the supply of geophysical and seismic survey services to the worldwide oil and gas industry. 

Russian Contracts for Veripos

01 Sep 2006

Veripos in Aberdeen has been awarded two major contracts by Romona, the Russian survey company. The first is for supply of two LD2 integrated GNSS demodulator systems installed by Romona aboard its specialist survey vessel, Teknik Perdana, operating in the Sakhalin oil and gas sector in the Russian Far East using the Veripos regional DGPS network.