Business & Finance
Wales and Ireland Join Forces on New Marine Energy Project
A new €4.2-million cross-border project aiming to boost the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland has been announced by Counsel General and Brexit Minister, Jeremy Miles. Funded by the EU’s Ireland-Wales co-operation programme, the Selkie project will bring together researchers and businesses
Transocean posts $208M loss
Floating rig contractor Transocean has reported a net loss attributable to controlling interest of $208 million
Ops Setback for SeaBird
Oslo-listed seismic player SeaBird said it will experience delays on two surveys previously secured in West Africa and the Americas. Namely, the 3D survey in West Africa was initially expected to be completed early in Q3 2019 utilizing the Nordic Explorer and is now estimated to be completed in the
Boskalis Wins €145 Million Contract in North West Australia
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded the contract for the seabed intervention and shore crossing activities for Woodside’s proposed Scarborough export gas pipeline in North West Australia. According to Boskalis, the awarded contract potentially carries a value of EUR 145 milli
Vattenfall Picks Prysmian Array Cables for Hollandse Kust Zuid III and IV
Prysmian has been awarded a project by Vattenfall to provide the submarine inter–array cable systems for the Hollandse Kust Zuid III and IV offshore wind farms in The Netherlands. The award follows Vattenfall’s successful bid for the permit to develop these non-subsidised wind farms. The notice to p
Stena Bulk Demands Access to Seized Stena Impero
Stena Bulk, Northern Marine Management consider “it imperative” to be granted access to Stena Impero.
RPS Floating LiDAR Gets DNV GL Level 2 Certificate
RPS Group has secured Level 2 certification from DNV GL for its Floating LiDAR technology. According to RPS, the certification qualifies the RPS Lidar 4.5 buoy type to collect bankable wind resource data for the development of offshore wind farms. The news comes after a six-month validation deployme
Rainham Marshes Work Progresses
Land & Water, the UK’s largest environmental civil engineering company, is currently working on its wetland habitat creation project on the River Thames at Rainham Marshes – the largest habitat creation project ever constructed inside the M25 and London’s biggest wildlife haven. The project involves
VIDEO: Conversion of TSHD Samuel de Champlain
MAN Energy Solutions has just released this very interesting video about the conversion of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Samuel de Champlain to dual-fuel operations. Dragages-Ports EIG, owner of the dredger, decided in 2016 to replace the existing diesel generators of Samuel de Champlain by
TGS and EnergyIQ Roll Out Geoscience Database
TGS has developed EIQ TGS Data Loader in collaboration with EnergyIQ. According to TGS, companies can now automatically blend data with proprietary customer data in an enterprise well master data management platform for advanced analysis and decision making. The EIQ TGS Loader processes the most up-
OMV Petrom awards offshore services contract to GSP
GSP Offshore and its compatriot OMV Petrom have signed a framework agreement for integrated offshore services of the facilities and equipment of OMV Petrom’s Upstream Division in Asset X.
MPS Seeks Design & Development Engineer
Marine Power Systems is looking for a design & development engineer with expertise in computational simulation of WEC devices to join its team. The candidate will be based at the MPS head office in Swansea. The candidate’s main responsibilities will include carrying out computational simulations of
Flex LNG Wraps Up Hyundai Glovis Sale-Charterback Deal
The two units will be chartered back to subsidiaries of Flex LNG for a period of ten years.
Report: Northern Ireland Not Fit for Fixed Offshore Wind
Northern Ireland’s coastline is not suitable for fixed offshore wind farm development, according to a report by the Department of Economy. The report writes that as 99% of Northern Ireland’s potential offshore wind sites are located within 13km off the coast the visual impact would represent a signi