Eni has started production of the first gas from the giant Zohr field, in the Shorouk Block, offshore Egypt. The Zohr gas field was discovered by Eni in August 2015 and is estimated to have a total potential of up to 30 trillion cubic feet of gas in place. It is the largest gas discovery […]
TGS and Schlumberger have secured a 2D seismic project in the Red Sea offshore Egypt. The project will comprise acquisition of a 10,000 km 2D long-offset broadband multi-client seismic survey. Acquisition will start mid-December and is expected to complete in late Q1 2018, the company informed. This
The developers behind the pilot hydrokinetic tidal farm have signed a financing agreement for the project which will be installed on the river Rhône in the eastern France.
Seabed Geosolutions, a joint venture between Fugro and CGG, has secured two contracts for 3D and 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisitions. The 3D OBN seismic acquisition will be undertaken for BHP over the greater Angostura field in shallow waters, offshore Trinidad. The 225 km2 Trinidad proj
The Irish government has granted a foreshore lease to the Marine Institute to install a quarter scale renewable energy test site at Galway Bay.
Spectrum has started Phase III of the Brazilian Santos Campos multi-client 2D acquisition program. The survey is an extension of Spectrum’s 2017 Santos Campos Phase II survey, covering an area in the southern Santos Basin. With this additional program, Spectrum will provide over 47,000 kilometers of
TechnipFMC has received an integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCI) contract from VNG Norge. The contract covers the provision of subsea equipment including umbilicals, risers, flowlines and the subsea production system for the Fenja project, previously known as Pil
Repsol has submitted a revised plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Yme field to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The revised PDO is based on re-use of existing facilities to the extent possible, a new wellhead module on top of the existing caisson and the lease of the a mo
Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) has welcomed Tawna Morgan to its Power Systems Integration (PSI) team.
The Ørsted-led PISA (Pile Soil Analysis) project has won the Fleming award from the British Geotechnical Association for the new shorter design of monopile foundations said to reduce green energy costs.
The Port of Milford Haven has allocated £650,000 to start dockyard improvements as part of a project set to make Pemborke Dock a center for marine renewable energy research and development.
VNG Norge has submitted a Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) of the Fenja field to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Fenja will be developed with two subsea templates with six wells, three producers, two water injectors and one gas injector, connected to the Njord A platform for
DOC-Swan Hunter, a joint venture partnership between Dutch Offshore Contractors and Swan Hunter, has completed spooling operations for their first onshore cable storage project at the newly established storage & cable spool yard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. The re-scheduled and expedited project
Wood has been awarded two new contracts by Woodside to deliver engineering and rig modification services offshore Australia and a concept definition study for the Julimar Phase 2 project. The engineering and rig modification services will be executed under a three-year non-exclusive outline agreemen
