Eco Wave Power (EWPG Holding) has installed a new combined wave and solar system in the EWP grid connected wave energy power station in Gibraltar. Eco Wave Power integrated eight solar panels on the surface of its eight floaters, operational in Gibraltar. Each panel has the installed capacity of 330
TGS has completed the processing of its Erlend Wild West multi-client 3D seismic survey west of Shetland. This data, which offers an enhanced subsurface image of the region to assist in the geological understand of this highly prolific region, is now available and being delivered to first customers,
Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS said that its contract from BP for a proprietary controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey offshore Senegal and Mauritania has been postponed. EMGS said that the decision to delay the $6-million contract, secured in June last year, is based on the on
The Biscay Gulf electrical interconnection developer Inelfe has issued a tender call for geophysical and geotechnical survey services to be performed in the Biscay Gulf. The purposes of the investigations are the determination of the detailed seabed conditions and stratigraphy with detailed characte
MOL Group’s wholly owned subsidiary MOL Norge and its joint venture partners have discovered oil and gas in an offshore field located about 200km west of Stavanger in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The exploration well in the 820S licence area was drilled to a maximum depth of 2,652 meters bel
Neptune Energy has made a hydrocarbon discovery at the Isabella exploration well in the UK Central North Sea. Hydrocarbons were encountered in Upper Jurassic and Triassic sandstone reservoirs, with 64 meters net pay encountered, consisting of lean gas and condensate and high-quality light oil. The r
Global wave and tidal stream energy production has risen tenfold over the last decade, according to a report issued by Ocean Energy Systems (OES). Ocean Energy Systems (OES) annual report shows cumulative energy produced from wave and tidal stream sources surged from less than 5GWh in 2009 to 45GWh
N-Sea has started a five-year contract with the Royal Netherlands Navy. The contract, which includes two year-long extension options, will see N-Sea operate the multipurpose support vessel, Geosea, which arrived at the naval base at Den Helder, the Netherlands. N-Sea’s work scope throughout the char
Prosafe has secured a contract to provide accommodation in support of the redundant subsea tank removal and safe re-habitation of the Thistle Alpha platform in the UK North Sea. Prosafe will be using Safe Zephyrus, a DP3 semi-submersible ASV, to support the Thistle tank removal. With beds for 450 pe
WINDEA Offshore, together with its partner WP Systems, has tested the operation of the working platform SYSTEM terra for the repair of rotor blades at a Siemens SWT-3.6 offshore test turbine in the German district of Nordfriesland. The platform, which is used for maintenance and repair of rotor blad
Subsea services player DeepOcean has published guidelines and mitigating actions to safeguard its employees against the spread of COVID-19. The guidelines and mitigating actions enforced by the company are in line with the World Health Organisation’s recommendations and developed in collaboration wi
Chevron and The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) have signed an agreement that will support research at the NDC through to 2023. The anchor partnership will fund a portfolio of research projects that will aim to better quantify the environmental impacts of decommissioning and provide guidance o
Van Oord has been conducting final tests of its remotely controlled-trencher Deep Dig-It as part of the preparation for the subsea cables installation on the Hollandse Kust (South) offshore wind farm project in The Netherlands. TenneT awarded the Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium in 2018, to build
SIMEC Atlantis Energy said that its 6MW tidal energy project MeyGen has now exported 26 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable electricity to the national grid. To remind, MeyGen exported over 13.8GWh of renewable electricity in 2019, according to Atlantis’ operational update, equivalent to the average a
