A grand opening ceremony for the TurkStream gas pipeline, laid in the Black Sea, took place today. TurkStream is a link between the gas transmission systems of Russia and Turkey. The gas pipeline has two strings with a combined throughput capacity of 31.5 billion cubic meters. The first string will
Equinor, along with its partners in the Statfjord area, has identified and approved plans to extend production from the field towards 2040. A new business plan will ensure the higher use of resources, extract more value from the field, and allow plans for decommissioning Statfjord A in 2022 to be de
UK-based oil and gas technology development company, Deep Casing Tools (DCT), together with its partner Innovaciones Petroleras Omega (InPO), has signed a master service agreement with a national oil company. The agreement will see the operator award DCT contracts and orders with an initial value of
Shearwater GeoServices has received Letters of Intent for three Isometrix 4D towed streamer projects by Equinor, and a 4D Qseabed Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBS) project by Lundin Norway for the 2020 North Sea summer season. “We are delighted to see clients booking 4D capacity early for the 2020 season,
A hybrid remotely operated vehicle developed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) took the first known automated sample performed by a robotic arm in the ocean. Last month, an international team of researchers used one of WHOI’s underwater robots, Nereid Under Ice (NUI), to explore Kolumbo
The Montrose Port Authority (MPA) has signed a seven-year extension to its contract with Baker Hughes for the provision of internal and external storage facilities. Captain Tom Hutchison, CEO of Montrose Port Authority said: “We are delighted to extend what is already a long-standing and mutually be
The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has expanded its leadership team with three recent appointments. Scott Robertson has been promoted to director of operations, and replaces Gunther Newcombe who will be retiring in March 2020. Robertson will be responsible for the OGA’s Exploration, Production, Deco
AIS Training and Survivex, part of the 3T Energy Group, has secured a contract with well decommissioning specialist, Well-Safe Solutions, to manage and deliver all of its training requirements and provide an IT platform to support its Competence Management System. The three-year contract will see AI
Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup field centre will be officially opened by Norway’s prime minister Erna Solberg today. The Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Sylvi Listhaug, will also attend the opening, Equinor informed. Since Equinor and the Johan Sverdrup partners Lundin Norway, Petoro, Aker BP and Total
Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering (DEME) has completed the installation of 58 monopile foundations and two offshore substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. Installation works kicked off in September 2019 with DEME’s offshore installation vessel
Energean and the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA) have agreed to cooperate to further support the EastMed Pipeline Project. Ahead of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the EastMed Pipeline, to be signed later today by the Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel responsible for Energy, Energean
Pandion Energy has completed the sale of 10% non-operated interests in PL 636, comprising the Duva oil and gas field, and PL 636B to Solveig Gas. The Duva oil and gas field is located in the northern North Sea and was discovered in the autumn of 2016. The Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) was
Port of Antwerp has recently deployed a system to catch plastic designed by Allseas. The port authority said that the introduction of a passive catcher system will significantly reduce the quantity of pollutant plastics found in the waters around Doeldok. The plastic catcher is working on the basis
Malta’s telecommunications provider, GO, has announced a multi-million investment in a new submarine cable system. GO’s third submarine cable will connect Malta to Marseille, a port city in southern France. “As a leader in its field, GO is once again responding to the country’s need for a more robus
