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Room for improvement found on Johan Sverdrup welding work
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has found two improvement points during an audit of detail engineering and fabrication of Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup drilling platform. Johan Sverdrup is an oil and gas field under development at the Utsira High in the North Sea, 16
Oceanscan Buys Teledyne BlueView Subsea Sonars
Oceanscan has purchased several Teledyne BlueView M900-130 subsea imaging sonars. The M series sonars are 30% smaller than the older P Series, the company noted. The Teledyne BlueView M series is commonly used as a pilot aid when navigating unmanned underwater vehicles especially in turbid and low l
Talks underway to ship east Mediterranean gas to EU via pipeline
European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete has said that the gas found in the Mediterranean Sea will be one of the keys towards boosting European energy security. He said this during the ministerial meeting at EastMed Energy Summit hosted by Isreali energy minister Yuval
Rampion OSS Topside En Route to OWF Site
The topside for the Rampion offshore substation has departed Rosyth and is on its way to the project site.
Unite says BP’s Forties sale is ‘bad for Scotland and UK’
UK’s largest union Unite on Monday called for the Scottish and Westminster parliaments to carry out urgent inquiries following the sale of the Forties Pipeline System from BP to Ineos. Unite opposed the move in March while the two companies were still in talks for the potential sale. Earlier on Mond
Siem Offshore Sticks to Ampelmann’s E1000
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has awarded Ampelmann with a contract extension for the E1000 motion compensated access system.
Shell confirms job cuts in Norway
Oil giant Shell has confirmed it will be making job cuts in Norway as workload on projects reduces. Following last week’s reports by the Norwegian oil workers’ union Safe that Shell would be laying off both permanent workers and contractors, due to completion of projects at Draugen and Nyanma, this
Eni orders 3D seismic program over Irish offshore license
Italian oil major Eni and its partners have agreed to underwrite and license 1,800 square kilometers of new multi-client 3D seismic data over the Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 3/04 offshore Ireland. FEL 3/04 is situated in a water depth of 1,500 meters and is located some 200 kilometers off the
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The Re-Emergence of Wind Power
A recently published report entitled “Study on the Analysis of Market Potentials & Market Barriers for Wind Propulsion Technologies for Ships” highlights the future potential for wind power in the shipping industry. The report’s principle author, Dagmar Nelissen, Senior Researcher and Consultant at
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DSME: world’s first Arctic LNG carrier completes ice trials South Korean shipbuilding giant Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) said the world’s first ice class LNG carrier, Christophe de Margerie, completed the ice trials in the Arctic Ocean. Update: Petronas’ floating LNG producer load
Report: Shell cutting more than 200 jobs in Norway
Shell is reportedly set to lay off more than 200 workers in Norway, Safe, a Norwegian oil workers union said on Friday. According to a statement by SAFE (in Norwegian) Shell has said it will cut 75 permanent positions and 156 contract workers as projects at its Nyhamna plant and Draugen field in the
SCF’s ice-breaking carrier in Yamal LNG first
Christophe de Margerie, the world’s first ice-breaking LNG tanker, has become the first vessel to dock at Yamal LNG’s terminal at Sabetta Port in Russia. The LNG carrier sailed through a new route that could open the ice-bound Arctic Ocean to ships carrying LNG and oil. The vessel was designed to or
Tempest Hits Underwater Object at Kentish Flats
RNLI crews from Whitstable and Sheerness were called around 9.50am on 30 March to assist the Tempest crew transfer vessel (CTV), which had struck an unknown underwater object and was taking in water at the Kentish Flats offshore wind farm area.