Aberdeen-based Exceed, a well management and performance improvement specialist, has been awarded a contract by Alpha Petroleum for its Cheviot field development campaign. The Cheviot field is 100 per cent owned by Alpha Petroleum and its core development will consist of drilling and completion of a
Irish tidal energy developer GKinetic Energy has completed a new round of testing on its optimized 1:10 scale tidal device at the Limerick Docks testing facility in Ireland.
OSS International informed that its semi-submersible accommodation crane vessel OOS Gretha has completed a subsea lift of a gangway that was broken off several months ago in Campos Basin, Brazil. OSS performed the work for Petrobras, after its request for assistance. For this task the OOS Gretha dis
The French port of Brest has begun upgrading its quay areas to better serve the needs of the marine renewable energy industry.
Aberdeen-based downhole technology specialist, Well-SENSE, has appointed Craig Feherty as its new chief executive officer. Feherty joins Well-SENSE from GE Oil and Gas, where he was Product Line Director for Wireline Products. He managed a portfolio of technologies designed to measure downhole well
Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) has issued a request for proposals to determine if there is a practical business case for establishing and operating a small-scale tidal test facility in Nova Scotia.
Petrofac and Danos, a US-based oilfield services provider, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU). The MoU is structured to progress discussions towards the formation a joint venture (JV) Agreement for the pursuit of opportunities to deliver services across the oil and gas asset life cycle,
Benthic said it has decided to officially expand into offshore renewables market by establishing a new business line. Recognizing the potential of the emerging US offshore renewables industry, the company providing offshore marine geotechnical investigation, survey, analysis and design, has opened a
Six manifold modules built by TechnipFMC for Total’s Egina project have been installed in the field located offshore Nigeria within OML 130 block. They have been manufactured at the Aveon yard in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. TechnipFMC provides project management, engineering, procurement, and constructi
Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative (MRECo) has received final approval from the US Army Corps of Engineers to install the Bourne tidal test site within the Cape Cod Canal. “We are very pleased the Corps of Engineers has determined that the Bourne tidal test site will have no impact on the critica
Wave Hub is looking to expand its team with new job openings for Research and Business Development Manager, and Electrical Development Engineer.
The Marine Offshore Renewable Energy (MORE) team from the University of Algarve has redeployed the Evopod E1 tidal energy device off Portugal.
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have signed a contract with Kokusai Cable Ship (KCS) for the design and manufacture of cable lay equipment and a plough A-frame, to be installed on KCS’s new purpose-built cable laying vessel. SMD will produce two self-fleeting drum cable engines, complete with an integra
Norway has given the go-ahead for the Statoil-operated Snefrid Nord gas development as a satellite linked to the Aasta Hansteen field, the ministry of petroleum and energy said on Tuesday. Plan for development and operation (PDO) was submitted earlier this year by Statoil (51%) and its partners Wint
