Neptune Energy has reached an agreement to acquire certain development and exploration assets in the UK Central North Sea from Apache. Neptune will acquire Apache’s 35% working interest in the Seagull development and a 50% working interest in the Isabella prospect; both operated by Apache. The propo
Tullow has delivered the fast track version of the recently acquired 3D seismic dataset over the Walton-Morant licence offshore Jamaica. According to Tullow’s licence partner United Oil & Gas (UOG), the high-grade Colibri target, which had previously been mapped on 2D seismic, has been clearly ident
Fugro has been awarded a hydrographic survey contract, valued at NOK 44.7 million (approximately €4.7 million), by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. The survey is part of the MAREANO seabed mapping programme, which is financed by Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, and the Ministry
TCarta Marine, a provider of marine geospatial products, has been awarded a research and development grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enhance and automate multiple techniques for deriving seafloor depth measurements from optical satellite imagery. The ‘Project Trident’ research seek
The Port of Antwerp has introduced a fully autonomous sounding boat – a prototype that is currently being developed to supplement the other operational sounding boat. Both of these carry out measurements of the water depth everywhere in the port so as to guarantee safe passage for shipping. The clou
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The second version of the Penguin wave energy converter – developed by Finnish company Wello – is said to have reached 110% increase in power production as it gears up to join its ‘younger sibling’ deployed off Scotland.
Polarcus said it has received an award for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project in West Africa. The project duration is approximately three months and is expected to start in September 2018. Following this award, the Polarcus fleet is 100% booked for Q3 2018 and 85% booked for Q4 2018. The survey
HBC Group has completed the Ørsted Subsea Inspection Campaign on four offshore wind farms in the UK and the German North Sea.
The upgrade works on the H24 wave energy converter have been completed, and the device – owned by Enel Green Power – stands ready to start producing power once again using the waters of the Ligurian Sea.
European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy is seeking technical support to examine the potential for harmonisation and alignment of health and safety standards for onshore and offshore wind farms.
Polarcus’ technical and operational support service agreement with Turkish Petroleum will come to an end on October 3, 2018, the Oslo-listed seismic player said on Friday. The deal, last extended in February this year, covered seismic data acquisition management, maritime management and crewing supp
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is starting data acquisition expedition for mineral deposits in the deeper areas of the continental shelf in western parts of the Norwegian Sea. The NPD has engaged Swire Seabed, who partners with Ocean Floor Geophysics, to carry out mapping of potential sul
