The management of occupational health and safety of employees and environmental protection will be the focus of the seminar called “Overall Safety at Work for Offshore Wind Energy”, which will be held on March 19-20, 2014 in Essen. Occupational health and safety laws, regulations and obligations and
Maritime consultancy firm MirTac has announced that Conquest Offshore has purchased the Star software and related database and implementation services. Conquest Offshore will be implementing the maintenance, purchase and safety management software both in the office as well as onboard its fleet. The
Island of Yell, an island in the Shetlands, is about to receive the world’s first community-owned tidal energy generator. As The Shetland Times reports, the works on 30kW generator are expected to start within a week, as all the component parts have been delivered. A workboat will help install the N
Petrolia Norway AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Petrolia SE, has announced that drilling of Well 25/9-4 Tastaveden in PL 628 is about to be completed. The main objective of Well 25/9-4 was to prove hydrocarbons in the Hugin Formation of the Vestland Group. The well encountered Hugin Fm sandstones of
After a good and successful year 2013, the EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) continued its story of success already in the first month of 2014. Beside long-term clients, the EMO also attracts new customers. The EMO finds success in the offshore wind market due to its high standards in quality and safety a
Gassco has received consent for the removal of steel jackets and tripod on Ekofisk 2/4-S. Ekofisk 2/4-S was a riser platform for reception of the Statpipe pipeline at Ekofisk. The steel jackets were installed in 1983 and the topsides and bridges in 1984. The platform was part of the Statpipe system
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded its first major contract in the UK in 2014. The five year contract extension from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK is valued at $500 million USD and includes an option for two additional, two year extensions. Under the scope, WGPSN will provide engineering & modific
Marine energy technology company Minesto, together with IT Power and National Physical Laboratory (NPL), have been awarded more than £500,000 from the British Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in the 2nd round of the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund. The funding will be used for extending the
Vard Holdings Limited (VARD), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, reports its fourth quarter and full financial year 2013 results ended 31 December 2013. Record order intake translates into improved visibility as order book extends into 2017 During
AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT) today, the Pateke-4H development well was at a measured depth of 1,507 metres and 13 3/8 inch casing had been run and cemented with the casing shoe set at 1,504 metres. The subsea tree has been successfully installed, pressure tested and funct
The first of 35 foundations has been installed at Westermost Rough, marking the beginning of offshore construction at the wind farm. The first monopile foundation was installed by GeoSea Innovation, one of the largest installation vessels in the world. The Innovation carried out the first five found
BP announced the start-up of Na Kika Phase 3, a project supporting BP’s strategy of growing high-margin production at four BP-operated hubs in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The first Na Kika Phase 3 well began oil production on February 19, with a second well expected to start up in the second quart
Fortum has signed a leasing agreement with the UK-based Wave Hub in order to test wave power solutions off the coast of Cornwall. The agreement provides Fortum with a new opportunity to rapidly deploy advanced, full-scale wave power converters in ocean conditions. Fortum believes that a transition t
CAMAC Energy Inc. closed the acquisition of the remaining economic interests that it did not already own in the production sharing contract covering Oil Mining Leases 120 and 121 (“OMLs”) offshore Nigeria, which include the currently producing Oyo Field, from Allied Energy Plc (“Allied”). CAMAC Ener
