Eni is set for the execution of the Merakes Development Project following the approval secured from the Minister of Energy of Indonesia and the authorization for the investment plan sanctioned by the board of directors. The Merakes development project, located in the Kutei Basin, offshore East Kalim
UK energy regulator Ofgem has put forward changes to Scottish and Southern Energy Networks’ (SSEN) plan to build a 220MW high voltage link that would facilitate the transmission of clean electricity generated from tidal power from Orkney to the rest of Great Britain.
Polarcus has received a contract for an XArray marine seismic acquisition project in West Africa. The project will start in Q1 2019, the company informed. The project is planned to last approximately two months. Following this award, the Polarcus fleet is 90% booked for Q1 2019. Polarcus did not rev
The Rufisque Offshore, Sangomar Offshore and Sangomar Deep Offshore (RSSD) joint venture has agreed to begin front-end engineering design (FEED) activities following the award of the subsea FEED contract to Subsea Integration Alliance for the SNE field development-phase 1 offshore Senegal, Woodside
Equinor and its partners started production from the Aasta Hansteen gas field in the Norwegian Sea. Gas from the Aasta Hansteen field is available to the market for the first time and together with the Polarled pipeline the field opens a new region for gas export to Europe. “Aasta Hansteen is a pion
Subsea 7 said it has been awarded a contract by Shell for the Shearwater Fulmar Gas Line (FGL) Re-Plumb Project, located some 225 kilometers east of Aberdeen. The contract value is said to be between $50 – $150 million. The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) project works
Acacia Communications announced the first 400G single carrier DWDM transmission on the 6,600 km Marea submarine cable between Virginia Beach, Virginia and Bilbao, Spain. The field demonstration was conducted by Acacia in collaboration with Microsoft and Facebook, and helped to demonstrate that impro
MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from December 10 – 16, 2018.
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In a retrospective of the past year, German wave energy start-up SINN Power has looked back on wave energy milestones the company achieved in technology, project and business development in 2018.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $100 million to establish an Energy-Water Desalination Hub that will focus on desalination R&D in low-cost alternatives that treat ‘non-traditional’ water sources to produce fresh water to cover the needs for the resource in the United States.
Solstad Offshore, together with its local partner Petro Services, has entered into a contract with Total Exploration & Production Congo for the CSV Far Sleipner. The contract has a duration of two years firm plus four six-month options. The vessel will function as a field support vessel with ROV sys
Scottish marine survey specialist Partrac has conducted a detailed geophysical survey of the Morlais Tidal Demonstration Zone offshore Anglesey in Wales as part of a wider site characterization project.
Coretrax, the independent wellbore clean-up and abandonment specialist, said it has received a substantial investment from private equity firm Buckthorn Partners to accelerate its international growth plans. The Aberdeen headquartered company, which supports global well construction, completion and
