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Statoil Orders Umbilicals from Nexans for Its NCS Fast-Track Projects
Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 45 million Euro contract by Statoil to supply static and dynamic umbilicals for three fast-track projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf – the Oseberg Delta field (North Sea), the Snøhvit gas field (Barents Sea) and the Smørbuk
Belgium: Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen Becomes Board Member of EWEA
Jukka-Pekka Mäkinen has been invited to become a member on the EWEA Board of Directors. His responsibilities in this new role began already at the start of November 2012. This gives The Switch a stronger opportunity to influence European policies and communicate with other main players within the wi
Gazprom Discusses Yakutia Gas Production Center (Russia)
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Yegor Borisov, President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) discussed the progress with the Agreement of Cooperation and prospects for future partnership in light of the final investment decision on the Chayandinskoye field adopted by G
UK: RWE Wins All-Energy-Sponsored Award
All-Energy, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, congratulates RWE npower renewables for their win in the All-Energy-sponsored ‘Contribution to Supply Chain Development’ award at the annual Scottish Green Energy Awards attended by a thousand guests in Edinburgh (6 December).
Ophir: Jodari Field Has Potential to Anchor Tanzania LNG Development
Ophir Energy announced successful results of its three-well appraisal programme on the Jodari field, Block 1 Tanzania. Ophir holds 40% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4; the BG Group operates with 60%. The Ophir-BG Joint Venture has successfully completed appraisal drilling on the Jodari asset, Block 1 offshore
Crown Estate Scoops Sustainable Development Accolade (UK)
The Crown Estate has won an award for sustainable development at the Green Energy Awards, recognising the success of the enabling actions in addressing the complex challenges in developing offshore renewables. The annual Scottish Renewables event, held in Edinburgh on 6 December, saw a record 1,000
Ambassador: Dredging to Make Danube Navigable All Year (Bulgaria)
Prista Oil, Bulgaria’s largest automobile and industrial lubricant-maker, will build the first waste lubricant recycling plant in Ukraine in the spring of 2013. The news was announced Tuesday by Mikola Baltaji, Ukrainian Ambassador to Bulgaria, during a meeting with Stefko Burdzhiev, District Govern
Statoil to Use Ocean Vanguard Rig to Drill Exploration Well in PL 169 (Norway)
Statoil Petroleum ASA has received consent to carry out exploration drilling with the Ocean Vanguard mobile drilling facility. The consent relates to drilling of well 25/11-26 which is part of production licence 169. The well is located in the North Sea, west of Stavanger and is situated approx. 178
UK: Green Drinks for Humber Renewables Industry
PROGRESS in the Humber area’s renewables industry over the last year is being reviewed at an informal networking event. The Christmas Green Drinks meeting will take stock of developments across the low-carbon sector during the past 12 months and also look ahead to 2013. Renewables Network and Footpr
The Netherlands: Vripack Designs 13m Supply Vessel Ribbon Offshore
Being an experienced all-round naval architect, Vripack designed a 43ft supply vessel together with Ribbon Yachts in the Netherlands. And by looking at the correct proportions between line and surface, one can easily see that the design of the agile and modern Ribbon 45 SC is the foundation for the
The Netherlands: Vripack Designs 13m Supply Vessel Ribbon Offshore
Being an experienced all-round naval architect, Vripack designed a 43ft supply vessel together with Ribbon Yachts in the Netherlands. And by looking at the correct proportions between line and surface, one can easily see that the design of the agile and modern Ribbon 45 SC is the foundation for the
UK: OSBIT Power’s MaXccess System Receives Innovation Award
NOF Energy, the business support organisation for oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables, has named OSBIT Power (OP) as the winner of its Innovation & Technology Award 2012. The award comes in recognition of OP’s development and commercial introduction of its MaXccess offshore access system, an i
STX France Awarded DNV Certification for AG4 Innovative Jacket
STX France Solutions, subsidiary of STX France, specialized in the Offshore Oil & Gas and Marine Renewable Energy Engineering – has just joined the privileged club of certified specialists of the offshore wind foundations market. The innovative jacket design launched by its R&D team has received the
Atwood Manta Arrives at Bua Ban North B Field (Thailand)
Coastal Energy Company, an independent exploration and production company with assets in Thailand, announced that the Atwood Manta jack-up rig has arrived on location at the Bua Ban North B field and is currently rigging up. The Company plans to drill eight development and appraisal wells at Bua Ban