Scientists funded by NOAA and the National Science Foundation recorded the deepest erupting volcano yet discovered, describing high-definition video of the undersea eruption as “spectacular.” Eruption of the West Mata...

Schlumberger has signed a joint cooperation agreement with the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) to build an international research centre on the university's campus. The agreement marks the...

The "mce Deepwater Development" 2009 technical conference is, for the first time, to be held in Copenhagen (Denmark). It features a packed technical programme and is supported by an exhibition...

DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract by EnCana Corporation to provide specialist subsea services from its multipurpose support vessel, the Skandi Bergen on the Deep Panuke project, offshore Nova...

Spool and jumper metrologies constitute a critical path in the subsea pipe installation process. They can often occupy large construction vessels ‘just’ for survey operations that may last more than...

Cold water coral reefs, notably the stone coral Lophelia pertusa, have been found extensively in deep Arctic waters such as the Norwegian Sea. The use of multibeam echosounding, together with...

GEBCO uses deepwater survey data to produce bathymetry maps and grids. Published maps appear complete but are in fact based on very little data. Only a portion of the deep...

The Indian National Hydrographic Office, Dehradun has recently published a hardbound book in an attractive format that elucidates the 300 years history of the Indian Naval Hydrographic Department. ‘Charting the...

On 14 May 2021, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship Okeanos Explorer departed from Port Canaveral in Florida on a two-week expedition led by NOAA Ocean Exploration, featuring...