African Petroleum informed the Ayamé-1X exploration well, offshore Ivory Coast, was spudded on Saturday April 29, 2017 using the Seadrill West Saturn drillship. The well, operated by Ophir Energy, is located on the CI-513 licence. African Petroleum holds a 45% interest in the licence, with Ophir Ene
Cowes-based offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator, Seacat Services, has launched two vessels with the capacity for 24 industrial personnel – the newly-accepted Seacat Enterprise, and the upgraded Seacat Courageous.
Dutch subsea and survey specialist Fugro said it has generated some 16 percent less revenue on a currency comparable basis, compared to prior-year comparable period. The company’s revenue fell from €441 million in Q1 2016 to €377 million for the period ended March 31, 2017. Fugro said it expects fur
Block Island is no longer powered by diesel generators after the Block Island Power Company transferred the Island’s electrical system to Deepwater Wind’s 30MW Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in US waters.
Ocean Infinity said it has purchased two more autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) from Kongsberg Maritime. This will increase Ocean Infinity’s fleet of HUGIN 6000 AUVs from six to eight vehicles, which will be used worldwide to collect seabed data. The fleet of AUV’s will be operated simultaneously
4Subsea has been awarded a new contract for integrity management with Shell, using the digitalised web solution FlexTrack for integrity monitoring on Draugen, Knarr and Ormen Lange fields. The contract is a continuation and further development of cooperation between Shell Norway and 4Subsea, enablin
Conservation groups have moved to intervene in an industry challenge to the federal government’s denial of permits for seismic testing in the Atlantic. The Southern Environmental Law Center filed motion on behalf of the North Carolina Coastal Federation, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation Leagu
Tidal Energy Today has recapped the news from wave and tidal energy sectors that have marked the month of April 2017.
Protean Energy plans to deploy its wave energy device for trials in the second half of 2017 following the upgrades to the design of the device.
The Oil and Gas Authority UK (OGA) has awarded £1.5 million of contracts to purchase subsurface databases and information sources to encourage further exploration in under explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The datasets purchased will underpin much of the OGA’s work across the explor
Schlumberger has signed an agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to license data from the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) multi-client seismic survey in the Salina del Istmo, Gulf of Mexico. The agreement also includes collaboration with WesternGeco in the seismic processing phase of th
Dril-Quip has reported net income of $94 thousand, or $0.00 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2017, versus net income of $36.8 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2016. The first quarter 2017 results were negatively impacted by after-tax severance paym
Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Kongsberg Maritime, and Stress Engineering Services (SES) have formed a strategic alliance. The aim of the alliance is to better serve existing and new clients with cost effective engineering services and fully integrated technical solutions wi
A team at Canadian nanotechnology accelerator Ingenuity Lab has developed a piece of technology to aid in the cleanup of oil spills. The device consists of a carbon nanotube mesh, supplemented with minerals and polymers that cause it to act as a sponge, drawing in and retaining oil. What really diff
