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  • Asda calls for fishing withdrawal

    6 September 2006

    Store chain Asda has called on the UK to abandon Europe’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and urged conservation of North Sea cod for British fishermen. The company said the protection of fishermen’s livelihoods – particularly in Scotland – required drastic measures to preserve stocks. An Asda spokesman said: “We want all the fish we sell […]

  • Germany completes its first large offshore wind farm

    19 November 2009

    A consortium has installed 12 large wind turbines in the North Sea, to complete Germany’s first offshore wind farm alpha ventus. The facility, alpha ventus, was built by EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall in the consortium DOTI (Deutsche Offshore-Testfeld- und Infrastruktur Gesellschaft GmbH) at a cost of €250 million. All 12 wind turbine units were installed […]

  • Norway: E.ON Ruhrgas Drills Duster at Breiflabb Prospect

    18 July 2011
    Research & Development

    Rocksource ASA  announced today that the drilling rig “Borgland Dolphin” is in the process of completing drilling operations on the “Breiflabb” prospect, in licence PL 416 in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The well did not encounter hydrocarbons. The well will be further reviewed in the upcoming quarterly presentation on August 17th. The […]

  • Statoil exercises option for LNG-powered PSV

    13 January 2015
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s DOF informed that Statoil has exercised its first one-year option for the LNG-powered Skandi Gamma platform supply vessel.

  • Belgium: Elia Seeks Contractors for Building Offshore Infrastructures

    19 October 2012
    Storage

    Elia is seeking for a contractor to erect offshore infrastructures off the Belgian coast in order to connect the wind farms in the Belgian North Sea. The contract stipulates the possibility of land reclamation and/or the possibility of contracting an offshore platform. Namely, the grid operator in Belgium is legally obligated to connect offshore wind […]

  • Stadtwerke München Looks to Acquire Sandbank OWF

    9 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    German utility, Stadtwerke München GmbH, is planning to acquire a stake in Sandbank offshore wind farm located in the North Sea. The 288MW project is located in the German Bight area, around 90 kilometers west of the Island of Sylt, directly on the border between Germany and Denmark. Currently, the sole shareholder Vattenfall is in […]

  • NHV takes Airbus’ first EC175 helicopters

    12 December 2014
    Equipment

    Airbus Helicopters yesterday delivered two new-generation EC175 helicopters to NHV for oil and gas missions in the North Sea.

  • Apply Oil & Gas to Build Living Quarters for West Epsilon Rig

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    North Atlantic Drilling has awarded Apply Oil & Gas (AOG) a contract for the construction of 20 new single occupancy cabins on board the West Epsilon jack-up rig. Apply AOG received the letter of intent in the beginning of January and engineering work started immediately. Vice president for AOG, Morten Solland, says that the company […]

  • UK regulator grants Centrica the go-ahead for gas storage project

    31 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Centrica has received the green light from the UK’s North Sea Transition Authority for a gas storage project in the Southern North Sea.  

  • Faroe Islands: Results of Anne Marie Exploration Well and Operational Update on Lagavulin Exploration Well

    1 November 2010
    Project & Tenders

    Faroe Petroleum plc, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announce the results of drilling on the Anne Marie exploration prospect (Faroe Petroleum 12.5%), located offshore in Licence 005 in the Faroe Islands, and provide an operational update on […]

  • Alfa Laval lands heat exchangers order

    30 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Sweden’s Alfa Laval has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to an offshore platform in the UK.

  • Shearwater in seismic survey off North Africa

    27 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Seismic player Shearwater GeoServices has signed a one-month contract with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine acquisition survey offshore North Africa.   The contract will start promptly and will be performed by Polar Marquis seismic vessel while en-route from India to the North Sea, the company informed on Thursday. According to the company, the […]

  • Spirit Energy Gets Oda Start-Up Nod

    7 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Spirit Energy has gained approval to start up the Oda field in the North Sea. Oda is a subsea development where the wellstream is sent on to the Ula platform for processing and transport. The produced gas will be sold to the Ula licensees for use as injection gas for alternating water and gas injection […]

  • Monobase Wind Starts Gravity Based Foundation Testing

    19 November 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    Monobase Wind BV has started testing its new Gravity Based Foundation at the MARIN, the Netherlands. The testing will last until November 28.  The tests include transportation, installation and the in-place condition for water depth of 45 m and a 6 MW turbine. Nacelle elevation is 97 m above sea level. The first transportation analysis (transport survival conditions) […]

  • UK regulator to ring in the new year with new boss after current one steps down

    13 July 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy

    UK’s NSTA has appointed a new Chief Executive, which will replace its current one, who is due to leave at the end of the year.

  • Germany Ports Awaiting Offshore Wind Boom

    29 November 2011

    As Germany prepares for a major expansion of offshore wind to replace nuclear power, companies like French giant Areva and US-based General Electric (GE) have flocked to the German coastlines. With wind parks planned for both the North Sea and Baltic Sea, the buildup can be felt in the country’s seaports and hinterlands. Germany Trade […]

  • Cyprus: Deep Sea Supply Sells AHTS Vessel to International Buyer

    31 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Deep Sea Supply has entered into a sales agreement for the AHTS vessel “Sea Lion” to an international buyer. Expected delivery of the vessel to new owner is 2nd quarter 2011. The vessel will leave the North Sea market after delivery to new owner. The parties have agreed to keep the terms and conditions […]

  • VIDEO: Gina Krog jacket touchdown

    9 July 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Late June 2015, the jacket for the new Statoil-operated Gina Krog platform was launched on the field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The video above shows the jacket being lowered into the sea. Including rigging and buoyancy tanks the jacket weighed more than 17 000 tons, more than twice the steel weight […]

  • Highlights of the Week

    12 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 07 – May 13). https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/09/statoil-hires-subsea-7-for-ncs-work/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/07/mcdermott-bags-qatar-petroleums-north-field-expansion-deal/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/10/technipfmc-back-in-black-with-q1-eps-of-0-20/ https://subseaworldnews.com/2018/05/08/bibby-offshore-nets-north-sea-contract-from-spirit-energy/ This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaworldnews. The Underwater Centre Stays Afloat

  • Bunker Volumes up at Rotterdam Port

    22 January 2015

    Marine fuel bunker volumes increased for the first time since 2011 in the Port of Rotterdam, from 10.4 million tonnes in 2013 to 10.6 million tonnes in 2014. The whole of the increase is marked in the sales of marine gas oil and diesel; the sales rose from 500,000 to almost 700,000 tonnes. The sales of […]

  • RVO issues Nederwiek geophysical survey tender

    12 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has issued a tender for a geophysical survey at the offshore Nederwiek Wind Farm Sites Zuid & Noord (North and South), and one other possible investigation area in the Dutch North Sea. The aim of this tender is to conclude an agreement with a tenderer who is able to carry […]

  • CGG Starts Re-Imaging of Cornerstone Multi-Client Dataset

    4 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    CGG announced that it has started the re-imaging of its entire Cornerstone multi-client dataset to create a 35,000-km2 contiguous broadband PSDM volume, covering the Central North Sea. The existing conventional north-south long-offset data will be reprocessed with a deghosting technique to produce an extended-bandwidth dataset as a complement to the growing BroadSeisTM true broadband east-west […]

  • Heerema completes Vestflanken 2 platform construction. Sends topside, jacket to Norway

    26 June 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Heerema Fabrication Group has completed the construction of  the topside for the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Unmanned Wellhead Platform with the sail away ceremony held on Sunday, June 25. The jacket followed on Monday, June 26. Statoil awarded Heerema the contract for the engineering, construction, transport, and installation of the platform in February 2016. Fabrication started in June […]

  • Hohe See Substation Topside Takes to Water

    12 June 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Storage

    ENGIE Fabricom has loaded out the EnBW Hohe See substation topside at its yard in Hoboken, Belgium. The topside is expected to leave the yard and head to the installation site in the German North Sea soon. The substation’s jacket foundation was installed earlier this month. The substation, built by a consortium of ENGIE Fabricom, Iemants […]

  • GSP Offshore buys jack-up rig from Transocean

    11 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Romanian GSP Offshore has expanded its fleet if offshore drilling units with the acquisition of the GSP Magellan jack-up rig.