US-based wave energy developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has named Christopher Phebus as its new Vice President of Engineering.
Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a Vryhof company, has started operations under the newly awarded contract to provide pre-lay mooring products and services to the Deepsea Bergen semi-submersible drilling rig on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Austrian oil & gas company OMV has deployed the semi-submersible
Irish company DesignPro has started with the construction of the hydrokinetic device planned for deployment this spring in France.
Shearwater GeoServices, jointly owned by Rasmussengruppen and GC Rieber Shipping, has been awarded marine seismic acquisition contract by Total and Eni for their 2018 exploration program offshore Myanmar. The survey will be conducted over a 10,000 square kilometer area located approximately 300 kilo
South Stream Transport has officially started the construction of the receiving terminal for the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline. With the start of the onshore construction in Turkey, the project is now being implemented in three construction areas: onshore Russia, onshore Turkey and offshore in th
Nord Stream has recorded the highest utilization of the Nord Stream pipeline system since the start of operation. In 2017, the Nord Stream pipeline delivered 51 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas to consumers in the European Union. This means the pipeline system operated at 93 per cent of its
Statoil has awarded a contract to Alcatel Submarine Networks for permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) on the Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway. The seismic technology will be a key contributor to delivering on Johan Sverdrup’s 70 percent recovery ambition. “Johan Sverdrup will make up a signific
Irish company DesignPro (DP) Renewables is looking to appoint Business Development Associate to identify suitable deployment sites for the company’s hydrokinetic devices.
OceanGate and SubC Imaging have formed a strategic alliance to capture the 4K images of the RMS Titanic shipwreck and debris field. SubC Imaging cameras and lights will be installed on OceanGate’s Cyclops 2, the first manned submersible to survey the Titanic since 2005. The six-week Titanic Survey E
RenewableUK has given evidence to the BEIS Committee on the cost-effectiveness of wind, wave and tidal energy, as part of the inquiry into the energy cost review conducted by Dieter Helm.
KBR’s joint venture with SOCAR has secured two Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contracts for a new production, drilling, quarters (PDQ) platform, the Azeri Central East (ACE), to be located in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Caspian Sea. The contracts, which were awarded by the Azer
BP has informed that it will take a post-tax non-operating charge of around $1.7 billion in its fourth quarter 2017 for the Deepwater Horizon claims. The Court Supervised Settlement Program (CSSP) established as part of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) class action settlement is winding down. BP now expe
Swansea Council Leader Rob Stewart has welcomed Welsh government’s offer to invest in the building of the £1.3 billion Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.
Scotrenewables Tidal Power has informed its SR2000 tidal turbine maintained tidal power generation during North Atlantic storms which battered the Orkney Islands in late fall and early winter.
