Business Developments & Projects
Bureau Veritas delivers first certification of an unmanned surface vessel
Bureau Veritas has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to iXblue for its innovative unmanned surface vessel (USV) DriX.
Russia’s Lukoil joining BP’s exploration project in Caspian Sea
Russia’s oil and gas company Lukoil is entering BP’s exploration project located in the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan.
SIMEC Atlantis brings in £2.6 million through share placing
SIMEC Atlantis Energy, the developer behind the MeyGen tidal energy project, has conditionally raised £2.6 million in gross proceeds through the issue of new shares that will be used to fund the delivery of the company’s ‘first-of-a-kind’ projects.
Equinor and Rosneft in carbon management tie-up
Norway’s and Russia’s oil and gas giants, Equinor and Rosneft, have signed an agreement on collaboration in carbon management.
FSRU Marshal Vasilevskiy loads LNG cargo in Sabetta
Russia’s only FSRU Marshal Vasilevskiy has loaded an LNG cargo from the Novatek-operated Yamal LNG facility, after sailing across the Northern Sea Route.
Vroon’s retrofitted ship achieves 22 pct fuel saving
A recent retrofit to optimize a container ship’s propeller blade design has brought performance and fuel efficiency gains that are measurable in real-world conditions.
IOG boasts successful flow test at Blythe development well
IOG has flow tested the Blythe development well in the North Sea with gas in place and recoverable volumes in line with prognosis.
Jan De Nul uses biofuel for Hamburg dredging project
For the first time in Germany, Jan De Nul Group is using solely second-generation biofuel for maintenance dredging works in the Port of Hamburg. This fuel contains no petroleum, but processed vegetable waste oil as a raw material, entirely in line with the principles of a sustainable circular econom
Hellenic Cables hires Tekmar for subsea cable protection
Tekmar Energy has secured a contract with Hellenic Cables to supply bend restrictors for subsea cable projects in Denmark and Greece. The contract will see Tekmar Energy design, manufacture, and supply bend restrictors for the København02 (KBH02) submarine cable project in Denmark, to protect a 145k
Nexans rolls out solution against cable theft
Nexans has introduced Vigishield, a range of protection measures and solutions, in order to prevent cable theft.
North Sea Link trial operations set for Friday launch
The 720-kilometer North Sea Link between Norway and Great Britain is set to begin transmitting power on Friday, 1 October. The cable was completed in early June and on 18 June transmission between the two countries was tested for the first time. The three-month test period is now over, and the inter
Klaveness completes biofuel trial on transatlantic route
Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA (KCC), part of Norwegian shipping company Torvald Klaveness, has completed testing of 30% biofuel aboard its CLEANBU vessel MV Baru on its voyage from the Netherlands to Brazil.
Wedge testing wave energy converter prototype for Sea-Titan
Spanish company Wedge Global is designing a new wave energy converter model for the Sea-Titan project. Wedge Global is currently conducting factory acceptance tests on the prototype and initial results are “positive meeting expectations”, the Flow Accelerator stated in its recent post. According to
Equinor bites the dust in Norwegian Sea
Equinor has completed drilling operations on an appraisal well southwest of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea and the well is dry.