Equipment
Expro to Exhibit ‘PowerChokes’ at ATCE Amsterdam
Oilfield services company, Expro, is set to showcase its latest PowerChokes® technology at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from October 27-29, 2014. Expro’s new Automatic Back Pressure (ABP) System uses their field-proven technology and softwa
VideoRay in OAT for McDermott’s LV-108
A VideoRay Pro 4 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) has supported the Offshore Acceptance Testing (OAT) for two cranes on McDermott’s newest vessel, the Lay Vessel 108 (LV-108). The LV-108 is a pipe lay vessel, measuring 434 ft long and 89 ft wide. The LV-108 currently undergoing fitting and test of tw
Alcatel-Lucent buys 4D PRM specialist Optoplan
Alcatel-Lucent’s subsidiary, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), has signed a binding agreement with Sercel, part of the CGG Group, for the acquisition of Optoplan, a provider of 4D permanent reservoir monitoring solutions used in offshore oil and gas production. The closing of the transaction
PT-1 Jet Trencher in Action VIDEO
Statoil Snorre Permanent Reservoir Monitoring system installation and burial. Here you see what DeepOcean is working on in Norway right now, the PT-1 Jet Trencher on the Northern Wave vessel is shown cutting a very good profile trench for embedment of the cables. The PRM cable in yellow is visible a
Statoil Finds More Oil in Grane Area
Statoil has together with PL169 partners proved new oil resources in the D-structure in the vicinity of the Grane field in the North Sea. Well 25/8-18 S, drilled by the rig Transocean Leader, proved an oil column of 25 meters in the Heimdal Formation. The estimated volume of the discovery is in the
PSA probes ConocoPhillips’ Ekofisk ops
Assisted by the Civil Aviation Authority Norway, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of helideck and helicopter operations at three facilities in the Ekofisk area, in the North Sea. From 15 to 18 September 2014, the PSA, with assistance from the Civil Aviation Authority Nor
OPT to Set Up PB40 PowerBuoy Off New Jersey
Ocean Power Technologies has announced today that the PB40 PowerBuoy® fabricated for the WavePort Project has shipped from Santander, Spain to Bayonne, NJ with the intent to deploy off the coast of New Jersey in the first quarter of 2015. The PowerBuoy is expected to arrive around mid-November and h
SCHOTTEL Turbines Ready for Action
In the last months SCHOTTEL successfully tested its hydrokinetic turbines in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. The full-scale tests included 260 operating hours under realistic conditions. The results show that one turbine with a rotor diameter of four meters generates 50 kW per second at a rated
Chart, VTG LNG rail car prototype nearing completion
Chart and VTG successfully manufactured and tested the cryogenic tank section of the world’s first LNG rail car prototype at Chart Ferox facility in Decin, Czech Republic. Final assembly will happen during the next few weeks in VTG’s facility in Elze, Germany. The tank section will be mounted on the
Weather Hampers Gum Deniz Seismic Shoot
Greenfields Petroleum is continuing to acquire the 3-D survey over the Gum Deniz Oil Field offshore Azerbaijan, but weather conditions continue to hamper the seismic contractor’s operations. Approximately 75 square kilometers of seismic data has been acquired to date. It is likely that the total sur
GNF, Balearia to jointly develop LNG engine
Gas Natural Fenosa and Spanish ferry operator Balearia signed a deal to develop the first natural gas engine for passenger vessels in Spain. The cooperation was marked by the signing of the partnership agreement between the CEO of Energy Retail Business for Gas Natural Fenosa, Daniel Lopez Jorda and
Seatower Prepares for Foundation Load Out
Foundation designer Seatower that earlier this year was awarded a contract delivering the world’s first CraneFree hybrid gravity base foundation has now confirmed that the foundation will be loaded out from French port of Le Havre later this week. The installation of the single 1800 tonne, mainly co
AWI Kicks Off FRAM Observatory Project
Scientists and engineers of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are currently starting work on a long-term observatory with observation stations from the Norwegian Sea to the Arctic Ocean. In the coming years, the AWI researchers intend to upgrade their
Researchers Use New Detection for Seabed Oxygen Supply
Based on the detailed investigation and new measurement technology described by a research team led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the turnover of organic matter and nutrients at the sea floor as well as future changes within the dynamic ecosystem can be better assessed. Althoug