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Aptomar to provide services on the Titan field

Jul 06, 2015

As of June, Aptomar, a provider of integrated field monitoring sensors, systems and services for the oil and gas industry, has delivered its CTO services to 20 drilling campaigns for operators on the Norwegian Continental Shelf since 2013…

NASA tech used in oil spill drill

Jun 22, 2015

US space agency NASA deployed for the first time oil spill detection technology in Norway's annual oil spill cleanup exercise in the North Sea, June 8-11. Scientists flew a NASA airborne instrument, called the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR)…

Neptune secures two contracts

May 27, 2015

Ashtead Technology and Seatronics, providers of subsea equipment rental, sales and services, secured deals with Neptune Oceanographics, adding Neptune’s subsea pipeline leak detection systems and sensors including long range fluorescence and passive acoustics to their rental fleet…

Agency lays claims against Hibernia operators

May 26, 2015

The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has laid four charges against the consortium behind the Hibernia field after an oil spill. The charges were made against the Hibernia Management and Development…

NOAA: Deepwater Horizon responsible for dolphin deaths

May 20, 2015

As part of an unusual mortality event investigation, a team of scientists has discovered that dead bottlenose dolphins stranded in the northern Gulf of Mexico since the start of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have lung and adrenal lesions…

Shell Arctic spill plan

May 11, 2015

Shell released this video outlining its safety efforts for Arctic exploration. The company received conditional approval for its exploration plan in the Chukchi Sea on 11 May 2015. Shell is planning to spend US$1 billion to explore the Arctic…

Enhanced spill detection and SAR comes to UK

Apr 22, 2015

A consortium of three companies has joined forces to bring enhanced oil spill detection and search and rescue capability to the UK North Sea. Using technology developed in Norway, Aptomar, working with Aberdeen's Briggs Environmental Services…

Goliat arrives in Hammerfest

Apr 17, 2015

Eni's floating cylindrical platform for the Goliat field in the Barents Sea arrives in Hammerfest today (April 17) from South Korea after a 63-day voyage covering 15,608 nautical miles, the firm has announced. The 107m-diameter, 64,000…

BG inks Aptomar for Knarr monitoring

Apr 01, 2015

BG Group has awarded Aptomar a contract to provide field monitoring services at the operator’s Knarr field on the Norwegian continental shelf. As a result, Aptomar will establish a new marine control center in Trondheim, Norway. Under the five-year contract…

Aptomar gets Goliat oil spill detection gig

Mar 24, 2015

International oil spill player Aptomar entered into a service agreement with Hammerfest-based maritime electronics company O.M. Rønning Skipselektronikk to further enhance oil spill detection and combating capabilities at Eni Norge’s Goliat field…

BP: GoM returning to pre-Deepwater Horizon conditions

Mar 16, 2015

It’s been five years since BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill and in a new report, the company says that the GoM is returning to its baseline condition. Image of Deepwater Horizon. From USCG.   According…

Repsol HEADS for safety

Dec 01, 2014

As demand for oil and gas increases and shallow plays mature, operators are having to look deeper and further offshore. Drilling in more capricious environments has highlighted the importance of safety measures that can quickly and accurately identify problems remotely using automated technology…

GE and Atmos form partnership to offer leak detection solution

Sep 10, 2014

GE's Measurement and Control business announced it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Atmos International.  As part of the partnership, the two companies will offer a more comprehensive leak detection solution to pipeline operating customers…

Oil giants join oil spill project

Sep 04, 2014

Big oil companies Eni Norge, Statoil, Gdf Suez E&P Norge, OMV Norge and the Norwegian Coastal Administration are teaming up with Aptomar to strengthen technology functionality and communication infrastructure for offshore oil spill detection and management systems…

Texas A&M develops new oil detection method

Aug 14, 2014

A new method for detecting oil degradation in the water long after the spill has disappeared from the surface provides another tool for researchers studying long-term environmental impacts, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi announced on 14 August 2014…

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