Ridgeway Renewables have successfully supplied the first “Kyowa Filter Units” from Japanese manufacturer Sumisho Kyowa Limited for offshore wind turbine monopile scour protection in Europe. Using a combination of the 4 & 8 tonne type units filled with specific aggregate in a circular formation aroun
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been engaged by Xcite Energy Resources Limited (XER) to undertake engineering services for the Bentley oil field in the North Sea. The companies have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the future field de
Statoil Petroleum AS has awarded a contract to Floatel International for provision of an accommodation and construction support vessel for the Gina Krog Field Development project. The Gina Krog field is located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, approximately 250 kilometers west of Stavanger, Norwa
Otto Energy Limited advises that the Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has approved a six month extension to the current Exploration Sub-Phase 3 of SC69 offshore the Visayas. The revised permit timing and status is as follows: Sub-Phase 3; 7 Feb 11 to 7 Nov 13 (Acquired 228 km2 3D seismic data)
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a framework contract by BP to provide environmental and related consulting services for all of BP’s assets in their upstream, refining and marketing, alternative energy and shipping businesses worldwide. AMEC has an
KCI has been awarded with the installation assistance of tripods series 3, 4, 5 and 6 for Offshore Wind farm Global Tech I in the German part of the North Sea. In September 2012, the installation of the first tripods weighing approximately 900 tonnes each started. The tripod installation is still on
Prosafe has been awarded a contract from Statoil (U.K.) Ltd (“Statoil”) for the provision of either the Safe Zephyrus or Safe Boreas accommodation support vessel at the Mariner project in the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea. The contract has been awarded following a competitive tendering proce
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Morocco) Limited, has agreed with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (“ONHYM”) a six month extension for the first phase
Building on the strengths of its consistent-parameter Central North Sea multi-client data coverage, CGG is conducting a large PSDM processing project to upgrade its Cornerstone 3D long-offset dataset. The project will use CGG’s proprietary multi-layered tomography technology TomoML to build a more a
Seatronics Pte Ltd, an Acteon company, has moved its Singapore operations to a facility with triple the capacity of the previous within the recently upgraded Toll Offshore Supply Base. The new location offers nearly 1000 m2 of specialist engineering and electronic preparation workshops and warehousi
On Sunday 26 May, the tugboat Jascon 4 ran into difficulties whilst engaged in static towing operations, capsized and sank with a crew of 12 on board. At the time, the tug was approx. 30 km off the coast of Escravos in Nigeria, offering assistance to a tanker being loaded at a Single Mooring System
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announces that INPEX has been granted the Permit WA-494-P (the Block) at the Australian Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release 2012, through its subsidiary INPEX Browse Ltd. The Block is located approximately 400km north-northeast of Broome, off the coast of Western Australia,
In the last few days on Giglio island platform n° 2 has been installed. It is the fifth of 6 subsea platforms that will provide a safe supporting structure for the wreck after it is rotated into a vertical position (“parbuckling”, as this is known). The platform, which was built at the Rosetti shipy
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a two-year contract extension from BG Group to continue to provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and project management support for all of BG Group’s facilities in the central North Sea. The
