Standing 140 metres tall and weighing 26 000 tonnes, the first jacket for Johan Sverdrup is the largest on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The steel jacket will carry the riser platform, which is one of four platforms being built in the field’s first development phase. It was built at Kværner’s shi
DeepOcean has acquired French company Searov Offshore SAS and has expanded its presence in West Africa. Searov, established in 2008, owns and operates ten remote operated vehicles (ROVs) from its operating bases in Pointe Noire, Congo and Port Gentil, Gabon. “This acquisition will allow DeepOcean to
Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 24 – 30, 2017.
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 24 – July 30). TechnipFMC has informed that is financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017 should no longer be relied upon because of material errors in such financial statemen
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) is looking for Lead Research Engineer for Blades to join its team in Blyth, UK.
Baker Hughes has recognized ‘pre-merger’ net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 of $179 million, or 42 cents per share, against $911 million or $2.08 per share in the corresponding period in 2016. Sequentially, net loss widened from $129 million, or $0.30 per diluted share. Adjusted net loss f
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has appointed Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers as an independent advisor for its novel wave energy converter (NWEC) stage 2 projects.
DesignPro has launched a tender seeking a certified river or estuary test site to deploy and test a 25kW hydrokinetic river turbine as part of its Horizon 2020 project.
TC’s Energy has executed a $2 billion prelisting financing term sheet with US-based equity firm Milost Global for the wave energy project in Ghana.
Saipem and Petrobel have finalized offshore contract variations worth $900 million for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) activities in relation to the “Optimised Ramp Up” phase of the Zohr field development project situated in the Mediterranean Sea off the Egyptian coast
British subsea services specialist Flexlife has signned a cooperation agreement with Brazilian artificial intelligence technology developer Rio Analytics. The deal was signed at the UK Consulate in Rio de Janeiro on Monday 24, 2017. As Brazil represents over 40 percent of the installed flexible rise
Statoil and its partners have started production on the Byrding field. Byrding is an oil and gas field north of the Troll field in the North Sea, with recoverable volumes estimated at a good 11 million barrels of oil equivalent. The partners have invested around NOK 1 billion in Byrding, which is a
have started a 2,550 km2 seismic survey on the Orinduik Block offshore the Republic of Guyana. The survey is being conducted by Schlumberger (WesternGeco) using R/V GECO Eagle and two supporting vessels, and is expected to be completed within 50 days. Eco Atlantic holds a 40% working interest in Ori
A team of scientists have discovered the deepest known occurrence of a cold water coral reef known as Solenosmilia variabilis in Irish waters at depths of 1600 metres as part of a multiagency and university collaboration using video mapping with the Marine Institute’s remotely operated vehicle ROV H
