Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has developed a pioneering system for the prevention of ice formation on wind turbine blades. This solution, called Bladeshield, consists of an anti-icing ‘paint’ which not only prevents the formation of ice but also boosts the paint’s resistance to
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and development company, provided an update on Licensing Option 11/11 (Newgrange). Providence Resources (80%, Operator) and Sosina Exploration (20%) were awarded Newgrange as part of the 2011 Irish Atlantic Margin Licensing Round. The Ne
Shell announced an exploration discovery offshore Malaysia. The successful ‘Rosmari-1’ well is located 135 kilometres offshore in Block SK318, and was drilled to a total depth of 2,123 metres. The well encountered more than 450 metres of gas column. With further exploration planned, the finding is a
After the recent naming ceremony, Kvaerner announced yesterday that the Edvard Grieg jacket of 14 500 tones has left the yard in Verdal. The “Solveig” jacket is heading south to be installed at Lundin Norway’s Edvard Grieg field in the central North Sea. The jacket will be installed in circa 110-115
TECADE has started construction of the flotation tanks, known as project “MARINER”, at oil platform in the North Sea. The project consists of two sets of floatation tanks in letter H, for the positioning of the jacket of the Mariner project. Each set consists of 4 subsets. This floatation tanks are
Royal Navy’s specialist team of sailors is currently testing the motorboat called Hazard in Portsmouth Naval Base. It can act as the ‘mother ship’ to an assortment of hi-tech remote-controlled and robot submersibles. Collectively, they can search, hunt and finally destroy mines faster then the Royal
TIME dotCom Berhad is going to participate in a consortium to build a new submarine cable system that will link Asia and Europe via the Middle East, further enhancing its global footprint. Together with 16 international service providers, TIME will construct and maintain the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AA
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, starts new subsea field development project in the Bay of Bengal working in support of Subsea 7. The project began in March and is expected to take three months. It is located in the G1 deepwater region of the highly productive G1-GS15 offshore prod
The Coast Guard federal on-scene coordinator (FOSC) for the Deepwater Horizon Response completed the transition to the “Middle Response” process and opened active National Response Center (NRC) cases for three miles of coastline in Louisiana. “Our response posture has evolved to target re-oiling eve
After the second search for the missing MH370, the Bluefin-21 AUV was forced to resurface due to a technical issue. During the AUV’s time on deck the data gathered was downloaded and analysed, after which the AUV was redeployed to continue its search. Until now no significant detections were found.
Centrica Energy is hiring new employees to meet its demand in the field of offshore wind operations in Grimsby. The company already employs 200 people in its facilities in Grimsby, where it owns an operations and maintenance base. “The positions are all newly created roles ensuring we have more manp
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited informed that the Republic of the Seychelles has signed formal documentation approving Ophir Energy plc’s previously reported farm-in to WHL Energy’s large offshore Seychelles exploration position. Under the agreement Ophir is farming-in to earn a 75% int
Oceaneering completed a challenging Australian IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) campaign within 3 months that included inspecting an unpiggable in-service pipeline and repairing a second pipeline using a custom diverless solution. To meet the schedule, a team of experts in inspection, remote
Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors, have signed a major lump-sum contract with Total E&P Angola for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI) and pre-commissioning for the SURF (subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines) part of the Kaombo project, located in Block 32 offshor
