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SBM Offshore, Talisman Scrapping Yme MOPUstor Platform
SBM Offshore and Talisman Energy Norge AS (Talisman), have reached a decision to terminate the YME MOPUstor project in the Norwegian North Sea, including scrapping the existing above surface structure, and ending all joint activity for an agreed cost. Following an extended period of operational and
UK: Consultation Findings for Gwynt y Môr Community Benefit Fund Spending Revealed
Findings from a major consultation in North Wales into how RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Community Benefit Fund should be spent have been unveiled. The £19m fund – £768,000 per annum, index linked to inflation – will become available once Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm is fully operational in 2
Germany: MPI Adventure Awarded Trianel Wind Farm Borkum Charter Party
MPI Offshore announced today the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Adventure by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG for the installation of wind turbine generators on the Trianel Borkum Offshore Wind Farm situated off the Northern Coast of Germany. MPI Adventure is scheduled to comme
Gazprom Promgaz Gets New Head (Russia)
Yury Spektor was elected as Director General of Gazprom Promgaz. Yury Spektor was born in 1960 in Ufa. He graduated from Ufa Oil Institute, majoring in Construction of Gas and Oil Pipelines, Gas and Oil Storages. Yury Spektor is a Doctor of Engineering, Professor. Alexander Karasevich, former Head o
Denmark: Dong Halfway Done with Turbine Installation at Anholt OWF
DONG Energy is exactly halfway in the wind turbine installation project at Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. On Wednesday 6 March 2013 at 14.43, the installation vessel, Sea Jack, had lifted the tower and the nacelle in position on turbine F26, which is positioned at the northern end of Anholt Offshore Win
Spain: GL Garrad Hassan Awards Outstanding PhD Thesis
The GL Garrad Hassan PhD Award has been presented to Iñigo Martínez de Alegría of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, for his thesis “Study on Full Direct Current Offshore Wind Farm.” Dr Andrew Garrad, Non-Executive Chairman of GL Garrad Hassan, awarded the prize to Mr Martinez in
Fincantieri: 116,000t Cruise Ship Ruby Princess (VIDEO)
Cruising has become a major part of the tourism industry, especially in North America and Europe, that is why the shipyards around the world face great challenges to build ships for comfortable cruising with all the necessary luxury. One example of such ships is Ruby Princess. The 116,000-tonne crui
Blue Thunder PSV Delivered at Ulstein Verft
Blue Thunder platform supply vessel PX121 was launched at Ulstein Verft on Saturday 9 March. According to Ulstein, the vessel “is now situated quayside, bright and blue.” Two Blue Thunder‘s sister vessels were also on the move during the weekend. The hull of yno 298 was docked into the dock hall for
Wärtsilä Equips Statoil’s Heidrun FSU with Pumps
Finland’s offshore and marine equipment manufacturer Wärtsilä has won a valuable order to supply a series of pumps to be installed on a new floating storage unit (FSU). The FSU is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea for Statoil, the Norway based international energy company. When
UK: Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Could Produce First Power in 2017
The GBP 650 million worth Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project has gained support from the Swansea councilors, reports This is South Wales news portal. Robert Francis Davies, chairman of Swansea’s development management and control committee, thinks that people would be ”blown away“ by this, what could
VIDEO: Project Film for Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay
The Severn Estuary holds the second highest tidal range in the world and within this Swansea Bay benefits from spring tides of up to 12m. This tidal range offers significant potential for the extraction of long-term, low cost renewable energy through the construction of tidal lagoons and is an excit
VIDEO: Neyland Yacht Haven Dredging (UK)
A short video of the IMS Versi-Dredge 4010 operating at Neyland Yacht Haven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LdHLvHXBM “Neyland Yacht Haven location is very narrow with large tidal ranges and high siltation rates; the 4010 met our criteria for a compact, effective, and road transportable cutter su
VIDEO: BP’s Bob Dudley Speaks at IHS Ceraweek
Watch the full video of a speech BP’s CEO Bob Dudley delivered at last week’s IHS Ceraweek. The speech titled: “Challenging Opportunities: The US, Russia and the World’s Energy Journey” covered developments in US energy trends and the challenges that lay ahead while focusing on the importance of the
Total Restarts Elgin, Franklin Production (UK)
Total announced the restart of production on the Elgin/Franklin area on 9 March 2013, following the approval of the safety case by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Production resumes gradually and should soon reach close to 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed; approximately 30,00