ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $130 million from Kraftnät Åland AB to supply a new power transmission link between the Finnish mainland and Åland. The high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system will be capable of transmitting 100 MW
John Wood Group PLC (“Wood Group”) issues the following pre-close trading update for the year to 31 December 2012. Full year results will be announced on 5 March 2013. Overall, conditions in energy markets remain favourable. The Group expects to deliver good growth for the year in line with expectat
Gills Harbour Ltd. has welcomed MeyGen’s decision to use a purpose-built catamaran for their tidal project between the mainland and Stroma, writes John O’Groat Journal. Namely, MeyGen is planning to install 400 electricity-generating turbines in the Inner Sound. For this project they primarily wante
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dimitar Gogov, Executive Director of Bulgargaz. The parties discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector and the prospects for widening cooperation in other
AS Norske Shell has received the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) consent to use the West Navigator mobile drilling facility. The consent relates to drilling and completion of production wells G1, G2, G3, and E4 and plugging and abandonment of wells A 53 and A 58 on the Draugen field. The
New seismic tools will result in 30 million extra barrels of oil from Snorre and Grane when Statoil and its partners now start using permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM). The technology will ensure a better understanding of the reservoirs. Snorre and Grane are two oil fields with large remaining res
TGS has commenced acquisition of a 3D multi-client seismic survey, The Three Bears, which covers 460 km2 in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore NW Australia. This survey is located adjacent to the Clio and Gorgon gas fields which are currently in the development stage. Upon completion of this survey, the
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announces that it has received two Letters of Intent for contracts totalling approximately 10 weeks of 3D EM data acquisition in Asia. The surveys will be performed using the vessel EM Leader following completion of the previously announced contract for Shell i
Cue advises that it has been awarded a new exploration permit in the Taranaki Basin in New Zealand’s offshore waters. Cue has been successful in a bid for a 20% interest together with Todd Exploration (80%) interest in permit PEP 54865 which lies immediately adjacent to PEP 51313 and the Maari and M
Afren East African Exploration (EAX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Afren plc (“Afren”) announces that it has commenced a major 3D seismic programme in the Seychelles, the first 3D survey to be conducted in the country. The programme will consist of two surveys in Afren’s licence areas that extend ov
Environment Canada and the Hamilton Port Authority are launching a structural test project that will provide further information to help in the development of the proposed Randle Reef sediment remediation project. The test project will involve pile driving on Randle Reef in order to confirm engineer
FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, provides the following update in respect of 3D seismic operations. The PGS M/V Ramform Sterling has commenced a 3D seismic survey over the mid Cretaceous Diomedia fan compl
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces the deployment of two Quasar 125 horse-power work-class remotely operated vehicle and personnel to locate and remove unexploded World War 2 bombs from the German Sector of the North Sea. Hallin has experience of doing several such projects
Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 45 million Euro contract by Statoil to supply static and dynamic umbilicals for three fast-track projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf – the Oseberg Delta field (North Sea), the Snøhvit gas field (Barents Sea) and the Smørbuk
