Plexus Holdings PLC, an owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering has been awarded a first time contract with Maersk Oil’s Danish business unit to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the Danish Sea. The initial value
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee held a meeting dedicated to the South Stream and Southern Corridor projects. It was pointed out that the new route of Russian gas supply meant to increase the reliability of supply to European consumers and mitigate transit risks was being
CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has announced that it has won a contract to support CT Offshore in the installation of 63 of the 161 inter-array cables at the 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm off the North Wales coast. CWind’s role involves sending a team to
Irish wave energy developer, CWE Ireland, a 100% subsidiary of Carnegie Wave Energy Limited, welcomes the Irish Government’s commitment of €26.3 million through to 2016 to develop its wave and tidal resource released by Irish Minister for Energy Pat Rabbitte in Dublin on Friday. The Offshore Renewab
Alstom yesterday signed its first export contract with Deepwater Wind, the U.S. offshore wind developer. Under the contract, Alstom will provide five Haliade™ 150-6 MW wind turbines for the Block Island offshore wind farm. The contract also includes 15 years of operation and maintenance support for
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has, as operator for PL 659, from core samples identified hydrocarbon shows in exploration well 7222/11-2 on the Langlitinden prospect in the Barents Sea. Drilling operations are ongoing and final results are thus not yet available. Det norske oljeslskap ASA is operator fo
GDF SUEZ announces that the Amstel field oil production has started from its newly installed Q13a-A production platform off the Dutch coast. After the acquisition of 50% into the Q13a offshore production licence in 2010, GDF SUEZ Dutch Exploration and Production affiliate – GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland B.
A new European FP7 project, LEANWIND, which commenced in December 2013, received funding of €10million from the European Commission. The project seeks to address inefficiencies in logistics and transport issues for offshore wind installations and so contribute to the reduction of costs. LEANWIND was
The PSA has given Talisman Energy Norge AS consent to use Island Constructor on the Gyda field for plugging wells 2/1-9 A and 2/1-11. The operation is planned to start in February 2014 with a duration of 15 days. Island Constructor is a facility designed for well intervention which is operated by Is
E.ON’s £700 million Humber Gateway offshore wind farm has reached key milestone in its construction programme, including the successful completion of the first phase foundations. Twenty four foundations consisting of a tubular steel monopile have been driven into the seabed, creating the foundation
A project between Cranfield University and Sustainable Marine Energy, funded by the Low Carbon KEEP programme, has developed an innovative ‘platform’ designed to dramatically cut the cost and risks of tidal energy projects. The UK’s aging electricity generation infrastructure and reliance on importe
The preliminary annual results for KONGSBERG shows operating revenues of MNOK 16 323, up 4.3 per cent from 2012. The cash flow from operating activities came to MNOK 1 983. The figures for Q4 show operating revenues of MNOK 4 475, an EBITDA of MNOK 611 and a cash flow from operations of MNOK 1 [&hel
The outlook for the coming year of 2014 has become even more promising for CT Offshore A/S just having signed the contract with DONG Energy to carry out the cable installation and burial of inter-array cables at Borkum Riffgrund 1 OWF. This task is going to be the first project in German waters for
Endeavour International Corporation (“Endeavour” or the “Company”) announced the East (E2) and West (W1) development wells at Rochelle, a gas-condensate field in the U.K. North Sea, have been fully completed and tied-in to the production manifolds. During the restart of production, a valve was disco
