Operations & Maintenance
Ferromanganese Nodules Found Off Minamitorishima Island
A research group led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), The university of Tokyo and Chiba Institute of Technology found a dense field of ferromanganese nodules at a depth of 5,500 meters – 5,800 meters on seafloor from southern to eastern part of the Japanese Excl
Diving Ops Underway to Clean Up Transocean Winner Debris
Divers have located around 40 pieces of debris around the site at Dalmore Bay, on the Isle of Lewis, where the Transocean Winner drilling rig originally grounded on August 8. They are currently working to recover the debris which ranges from laptop size to scaffolding poles with one piece which is t
Island Offshore, Centrica Scoop ONS 2016 Innovation Award
Island Offshore/Centrica were among announced winners of the ONS 2016 Innovation Awards, at the Innovation Awards Ceremony Tuesday, August 30. Island Offshore and Centrica were selected winners of the Innovation Award, (for large companies), for the innovative system riser-less coil tubing drilling.
Statoil and Petrobras in Brazil Alliance
Statoil and Petrobras have signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthening their cooperation in Brazil. The intention of the MoU is to evaluate joint participation in future tenders for exploration areas and to increase upstream collaboration in producing fields in the Santos and Campos of
NorSea Group Opens Offshore Wind Company in Esbjerg
NorSea Group has set up an offshore wind company, NSG Wind A/S, in Esbjerg, Denmark, which has been set up to deliver the full range of offshore wind industry services to wind farm operators, wind turbine manufacturers and sub-suppliers, among others. “European offshore wind markets continue to grow
NorSea Group Opens Offshore Wind Company in Esbjerg
NorSea Group has set up an offshore wind company, NSG Wind A/S, in Esbjerg, Denmark, which has been set up to deliver the full range of offshore wind industry services to wind farm operators, wind turbine manufacturers and sub-suppliers, among others. “European offshore wind markets continue to grow
NPD Spotlights Åsgard Subsea Compression Technology
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has awarded its improved oil recovery (IOR) prize for 2016 to the licensees of the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea for their subsea wet gas compressor. This will yield almost 50 million standard cubic metres (306 million barrels of oil equivalent) in addit
E.ON Piles On Rampion Foundations and Noise Complaints
E.ON’s Rampion Project Team has completed piling work on 55 out of 116 foundations on the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm, off the coast of Sussex, UK. The update on the project was revealed in E.ON’s apology to residents living near the Sussex coastline who once again complained about suffering sl
CGG and GOSCO Establish Seismic Joint Venture in Ghana
French seismic contractor, CGG, has signed an agreement with GNPC Operating Services Company (GOSCO), an independent Ghanaian E&P services company, to form a joint venture company dedicated to conducting 2D, 3D and 4D marine seismic acquisition and related services in the territorial waters of the R
Wood Group Lands DONG Energy Deal
Wood Group has been awarded a new engineering services framework agreement by DONG Energy, to support their oil & gas assets across the Danish, Norwegian and UK continental shelves. Front end development, maintenance and modifications, engineering, and late life and decommissioning services, for bot
Statoil Starts Up Gullfaks Satellite
Statoil’s Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) field came online, below budget and ahead of schedule, Norwegian oil and gas major informed on Tuesday. The project, previously scheduled for start-up on Christmas Eve this year, is more than NOK 1 billion below the estimate of the plan for development and opera
WATCH: Mariner FSU Parks at Nigg Energy Park
The Mariner B vessel was this weekend safely berthed at Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy Park, north of Inverness, after completing the 15,800 nautical miles journey from the Samsung construction yard in South Korea. Mariner B, the floating storage unit (FSU) for the Statoil-operated Mariner field
Viper Subsea Buys into LiveWire Innovation
Viper Subsea has acquired a 33 percent equity stake in US-based spread-spectrum time domain reflectometry (SSTDR) specialist, LiveWire Innovation. LiveWire’s SSTDR technology transmits small signals along communications or power cables and detects any anomalies along the length of the cable. Proprie
Flexlife Teams Up with Afar Engineering in China
Flexlife and Afar Engineering of China have signed a cooperation agreement to work with each other in China. Flexlife is a service provider of specialized engineering, design, delivery, integrity and technology in the area of subsea and topside flexible risers and flow-lines. Afar Engineering is a s