During the first quarter of 2014, Blue Water has supported Swire Blue Ocean with port services for the Windfarm Installation Vessel (WIV) “Pacific Osprey” in the Port of Liverpool. The vessel has been working at wind farms Walney, Burbo Bank and Rhyl flats in the Irish Sea and Blue Water has had a c
RenewableUK commented on the news that Carnegie Wave Energy are bringing their CETO 6 device to the South West Marine Energy Park’s Wave Hub site. The site is an electrical hub 16km off the coast of Cornwall, and this development means all three berths for wave devices are now reserved by wave compa
Carnegie Wave Energy has signed a commitment agreement to secure the final berth at Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility in Cornwall, to demonstrate its next generation wave technology. Carnegie’s UK arm, CETO Wave Energy UK plans to deploy a 3MW array of its next generation 1MW CET
BW Offshore has signed a Letter of Award (LOA) with Premier Oil for a FPSO to operate on the Catcher oil field in the UK North Sea. The LOA will be converted into a final contract subject to final partner sanction and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approval, expected to be completed
The Board of Thalassa informed that WGP Group has received a service order to perform a survey in the North Sea. One of the Group’s PMSSTM units will be mobilised on an operated field platform survey vessel that will be converted into a seismic source vessel for the duration of the survey. Mobilisat
Ithaca Energy Inc. announced its financial results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2013, independently assessed year-end reserves and an operations update. The company reported growth in cashflow by 170% ( 2013 $ 244 million – 2012 $90 million ), resulting in cashflow per share of $0.81 (201
AGR was assigned by OMV to drill a well in the Barents Sea. As a result of establishing different drilling targets and challenging reservoirs, the operation ended with two wells drilled with the Leiv Eiriksson rig. AGR delivered the Wisting wells with no major delays and excellent results achieved i
Ellis, cable cleat manufacturer, has underlined the reason for its industry standing by designing an entirely new product in response to a cabling requirement from one of the biggest names in global business, Siemens. Triton is a two-in-one cable guide and clamp that was developed by Ellis following
North Sea Shipbrokers has been nominated as agents for the GMS Endeavour 6102 jack-up barge for the port of Esbjerg, the largest offshore port on the Denmark’s west coast. From 18th to 23rd of March, the GMS Endeavour 6102 had undergone required maintenance and has been prepared to carry out DanTysk
Dolphin Geophysical’s newest high capacity 3D seismic vessel, the Sanco Sword has mobilised to commence acquisition of 2 new and highly prefunded Multi-Client 3D projects in the Barents Sea. The Gohta North and Maud Basin South 3D surveys, totalling almost 6,200km2, will be acquired using the SHarp
Niels Winther supports on-going preparations for the inter-array cable installation work at DanTysk wind farm. Planning and cable installation are carried out by Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC). Most recently the barge Stemat 87 arrived at the Danish port of Esbjerg. The barge carried cables
Pipelines 2 Data (P2D), provider of intelligent pipeline solutions for the oil & gas industry, have achieved a major milestone in Norwegian expansion plans. A long-standing parallel framework agreement has been awarded to the Aberdeen based company by Norway oil giants Statoil to clean and survey th
Lundin Petroleum AB reported that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal wells 16/3-8 S and 16/3-8 S T2, located in the eastern part of PL501, have been successfully completed. Appraisal well 16/3-8 S is located on the Avaldsnes High, in the eastern part of the Johan Sverdrup discovery. The well was drilled a
DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms have set a new record in January – and then again in February. With a capacity factor of 70% in January and 71% in February, DONG Energy’s fleet of offshore wind turbines had the highest production ever. Even though the winter months usually are more windy than the
