A new audit of the offshore renewable energy industry in the North of England and Scotland has identified strong economic and job growth opportunities the region can make for the UK. The Offshore Renewable Energy Science and Innovation Audit (SIA) highlights the area’s world-class research in the fi
Nord Stream AG has conducted annual maintenance works on its twin gas pipeline system between September 11 and 22, 2017. After the temporary shutdown of both lines, gas transmission resumed today, and the full capacity of the pipeline system is now available again, Nord Stream noted. Nord Stream AG’
TSG Marine and SPS have introduced a permanent class approved alternative to conventional ‘crop and replace’ pipework and tubular product renewal, undertaken whilst the pipe is in-service. TSG/Pipe Repair with SPS, a no hot works bolted solution, designed and tested by TSG Marine and SPS has been ve
Polarcus said it has been awarded a contract for a broadband 3D marine seismic project in Asia Pacific. The contract follows another Asia Pacific deal Polarcus announced in August this year. According to the Oslo-listed seismic contractor, the project is is due to begin in the fourth quarter 2017, a
Glasgow-based tidal energy developer Nautricity plans to retrieve its CoRMaT tidal turbine for maintenance purposes in the coming weeks.
Take a look at the video of the installation of Waves4Power’s WaveEL wave energy device conducted early in 2016 ahead of today’s inauguration of the system which has been supplying power to the Norwegian grid for over three months.
Welltec Oilfield Services has been awarded a two-year contract by Petronas for the provision of downhole tractoring equipment and services for its operations offshore East Malaysia. The scope of the work is for rig support and rigless well intervention including tractor conveyance, mechanical servic
Orkney-based marine consultancy Aquatera has won an award at the annual SCDI Highlands and Islands Business Excellence Awards for its worldwide marine renewables activities.
Aberdeen-based ROV services provider M2 Subsea has unveiled its recently commissioned purpose-built test tank at the company’s base in Westhill. The indoor fresh water tank, which can hold 73,600 litres of water, has been created for the primary purpose of testing ROVs and ancillary equipment. The f
Infinera and Seaborn Networks (Seaborn) have completed subsea field trial demonstrating the Infinera XTS-3300 meshponder on the Seabras-1 subsea cable. The 8QAM trial demonstrated 4.5 bits per second per hertz on the Seabras-1 cable, connecting North and South America, owned and operated by Seaborn,
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean informed that a subsidiary of Chevron has exercised its contractual option to terminate the drilling contract for the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Clear Leader. The termination is effective in November 2017, prior to its expiration in October 2018, the
NEC Corporation has completed the Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia (SKR1M) 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) submarine cable linking Peninsular Malaysia with Sabah and Sarawak. SKR1M was established through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) collaboration between Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) and the Malays
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Statoil for front end engineering and design of a module that will increase output at Troll, one of Norway’s largest natural gas fields. The order includes an option for engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the module, which will receive a
DesignPro Renewables is recruiting for the role of Renewables Electrical Systems Technician who would support the lead engineering team working on the development of hydrokinetic turbines.
