Polarcus Naila has continued to deliver superior performance since her propulsion upgrade in April this year. The modern 3D seismic vessel has recently completed a two month program for TGS-NOPEC towing a large 12 streamer spread offshore of the UK Shetland Islands. This complex program comprised tw
Ofgem shortlisted four bidders competing to own and run transmission links of Westermost Rough and Humber Gateway offshore wind farms, both located in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. The shortlisted bidders go through to the final bid stage where Ofgem will appoint the Offshore Transmissio
EMAS AMC, the Subsea Services arm of Ezra Holdings Limited, continues its winning momentum in the North Sea with the award of the frame agreement from Apache. The awarded frame agreement includes, among others, pipeline construction, umbilical/cable lay, structure installation and other typical rela
Havyard’s newbuild, a Havyard 832 SOV design (Service Operation Vessel), arrived at the yard in Leirvik last week. This is the first of two vessels that will be built to provide service and maintenance for offshore wind power installations. Four newbuilds are now being fitted out at the yard. After
Atkins has been appointed by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc to act as the client’s engineer for its Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in Wales, UK, the first renewable energy scheme of its type in the world. Under the contract, Atkins will provide specialist design and engineering support acting on beh
Petrex announces that it has successfully managed Causeway subsea water injection project for Ithaca Energy. The Causeway and Fionn field has been developed as a tie-back to TAQA’s North Cormorant (NC) platform comprising two ESP driven production wells (Causeway & Fionn) and a single water injectio
Rosneft together with Norwegian company Statoil Petroleum AS started exploration operations at the Pingvin License PL713 prospect in the Norwegian section of the Barents Sea. The first exploration well Pingvin-1 will be drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen rig. The water depth is 422 meters and the
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract by Atlantis Resources Limited to provide the onshore grid connection for Phase I of the MeyGen tidal stream project in Scotland’s Pentland Firth. The MeyGen tidal stream project is at the forefront of world marine en
HARKAND has been awarded a contract to support Apache with inspection, repair and maintenance work (IRM) as well as light construction (LC) across their assets in the North Sea, following completion of a competitive tender exercise. The award includes the provision of vessels, ROV and diving service
Providence Resources P.l.c. announces that 2D seismic surveying operations have now commenced over Frontier Exploration Licence (“FEL”) 6/14 (“Newgrange”). The Newgrange prospect area lies in c. 1,000 metre water depth in the Goban Spur Basin and is located c. 260 km off the south west coast of Irel
1. VIDEO: ‘Princess Marseilles’ Crashes into German Cruise Ship (Norway) The 76 meter long seismic survey vessel Princess Marseilles collided with the 260 meter long German Century class cruise ship Mein Schiff 1. 2. Subsea 7 Wraps Up AIV Mission for Shell Subsea 7’s Autonomous Inspection Vehicle (A
SeaBird, a global provider of marine 2D and 3D seismic data for the oil and gas industry, has delivered results for the second quarter of the 2014. The company reported a net loss of $7.9 million for Q2 2014 (loss of $4.1 million in the same period in 2013). The loss for the first half of […]
GMB, the union for engineering construction and energy workers, commented on the unveiling of the first full-scale tidal energy generator in Ramsey Sound, off St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire in Wales. Phil Whitehurst, GMB National Officer for Engineering Construction, said: “This project is a very wel
Composites are complex. Working with them requires knowledge, skills and experience. However, composites are also extremely strong, robust materials used widely in industry and society. It is time for a national turbine blade repair standard to open up the wind market to new, highly-competent compet
