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
CNOOC Limited has made a discovery, Kenli 6-1, in Bohai Bay, which is expected to be the first large-sized oil filed in Laibei lower uplift. The Kenli 6-1 structure is located in Laibei lower uplift in southern Bohai basin with an average water depth of about 19.2 meters. The discovery well KL6-1-3
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
EGS has completed a geophysical and geotechnical survey for the second submarine cable of Seychelles. EGS survey vessel, the RV Geo Resolution, completed the survey to support the construction of a branch on the PEACE system which connects Seychelles to the main network. The survey started from Momb
Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) submarine cable system has landed at it’s final stop – the great Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa. The cable is being developed by Djibouti Telecom, Somtel, Telkom Kenya and SubCom. When completed, the DARE1 network will land across 3 countries and 4 cities,
NOAA Fisheries scientists have started a three-year study of Atlantic cod and other commercial fish species in Southern New England, to gather baseline data to address how offshore wind development in the region could affect these animals. An autonomous underwater glider is surveying areas in and ar
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
Marine services contractor Phoenix has recently carried out a mudline tree recompletion for Walter Oil & Gas in the Gulf of Mexico. Utilizing its atmospheric diving system (ADS), the project took place over 15 days, in two phases, operating at a water depth of 200 fsw (61 msw). The first phase of th
Stress Engineering Services (SES) has developed a digital flex joint angle measurement system for monitoring real-time drilling operations. The digital flex joint system uses the core technology of the real-time fatigue monitoring system (RFMS) and subsea vibration data logger (SVDL) system. SES sai
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
