Osiris now has the capability to support East coast offshore renewables customers locally through a new shoreside support base in Grimsby. The Port of Grimsby East was chosen due to significant investment made in the area in recent years and the growing presence of renewable energy companies as an a
Council Leader, Councillor Ieuan Williams, has expressed disappointment that plans to develop a large scale wind farm off the Anglesey coast will no longer go ahead. The proposed 2.2GW Rhiannon Wind Farm, developed by Celtic Array Ltd. (a joint venture ownership of DONG Energy and Centrica), would h
TGS reports net revenues of USD 205 million in Q2 2014, compared to USD 210 million in Q2 2013. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) totaled USD 82 million, corresponding to an EBIT margin of 40%. The Company’s net pre-funding revenues were USD 60 million, up 39% from Q2 2013. Backlog of USD 22
Paradigm Flow Services, the blockage removal experts for the oil and gas sector, has invested $7.1 million (£4.25 million) in a new headquarters and test centre as it advances its global ambitions. The company is taking a 15 year lease on Paradigm House in Drumoak from MacDonald Properties (Aberdeen
For the first time in history of Arctic Rosneft will carry out integrated ecologic fishery research on three licensed sites (LS) of Laptev Sea: Anisinsko-Novosibirsky, Ust’ Lensky and Ust’ Oleneksky. The Program of ecologic fishery research realization is the first and obligatory part of licensed si
Subsea 7 S.A. has announced results for the second quarter and first half 2014 which ended on 30 June 2014. Revenue for the quarter was $1.9 billion, an increase of $224 million compared with Q2 2013.Revenue for the half year ended 30 June 2014 was $3.6 billion (1H 2013: $3.1 billion). Net income fo
TGS has announced three new multi-client surveys, a 3D survey offshore Australia, a 2D survey offshore New Zealand and a 3D survey in the West of Shetland region. Nerites Season 2 is the largest 3D survey TGS has acquired to date in the Asia Pacific region and will cover 13,000 km2 in the Great Aust
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 34/7-36 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 34/7-36 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility, after completing drilling of wildcat well 31/10-1
Apollo and Alcatel-Lucent have successfully completed a field trial on the existing Apollo South system, which connects France to the United States, achieving the transmission of 7.2 terabits-per-second (Tbit/s) of data per fiber pair, based on 100 gigabit-per-second (Gbit/s) technology. Made possib
VideoRay Pro 4 ROVs were used extensively as part of the Costa Concordia wreck removal project, which began in May 2012. The groundbreaking operation relied on 7 VideoRay Pro 4 ROV systems to provide eyes underwater in the extremely challenging and dangerous environment around the wreckage site. The
South Stream Transport has completed the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Bulgarian Sector of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The ESIA Report confirms earlier findings that construction and operation of the underwater pipeline is not expected to have a significant impact
Comsubin’s ROV Pegaso System has successfully accomplished its research in the sea bottom of Cinque Terre, offshore La Spezia coast, discovering a white coral reef. Started the past autumn and leaded by Enea and Italian Navy, the research in the sea bottom of the Ligurian Sea has now brought to ligh
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean exploration, provides an update on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed “Don Diego” project, which is currently undergoing final reviews prior to government filing. As previously reported, the EIA for the pr
GeoSea has just finalized the installation of 77 foundations on the DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm. The installation works, including transport from the fabrication yard to the marshalling harbor, have proceeded in record times and finished ahead of schedule. The 77 units consiste
