Last month, Veolia Environmental Services, in partnership with Peterson, has been awarded a major North Sea decommissioning project. The project is for decommissioning of subsea equipment decommissioning associated with the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, a part of BP’s Quad204 project. The project w
The investigation of a hydrocarbon leak on Oseberg A in the North Sea on 17 June 2013 has identified serious breaches of the regulations. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has now notified operator Statoil of an order. Direct and underlying causes Wells on the Oseberg field centre began to
Chevron Corporation announced that its U.K. subsidiary, Chevron North Sea Limited, has reached a final investment decision and received approval from the U.K. government to proceed with the development of the Alder Field in the Central North Sea. The project has a planned design capacity of 110 mill
The Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia (Roshydromet) has embarked on a widespread program of modernization of its environmental instrumentation and infrastructure. Partly funded by the World Bank, the project will result in an enormous improvement in the abil
Renewable energy can be generated by harnessing the power from the tides, which can be predicted hundreds of years in advance. But the predicted energy gains from certain schemes have been overestimated, according to a team of researchers in Liverpool. Tidal range power generation is one way of extr
On Friday, January 3, the offshore supply vessel (OSV) Go Electra berthed at the Westhof Quay, BOW Terminal, to mobilize for Thornton Bank offshore wind farm. In co-operation with NorthSea group Zierikzee, BOW Terminal performed the reception and re-loading of all kind of offshore diving equipment o
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) announced new discoveries during the ROV expedition which was carried out in the final week of August last year in the Norwegian Sea. “We knew there was basalt in the Norwegian Sea – but we were still surprised when we found 100-metre thick columnar basalt under
Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG has invited tenders for the provision of offshore wind vessels for Borkum West 2 project. Trianel is looking for vessels which can accommodate and transfer crew to and from the construction site, as well as supply vessels to transfer goods and materials to,
The first project in the world to use a full grouting package with a compressive strength of 180-200 MPa is completed. ITW Polymers Europe (former Densit) provided the full grouting package with the use of their innovative UHPC product, Ducorit® D4 at NorthWind wind farm in Belgium. The project, whi
The Kristin gas export project (KGEP) partners made a decision to terminate the project due to unsustainable economics caused by increased investment costs and increased risk to volume availability. The Kristin gas export project (KGEP) – a pipeline connection between the Kristin field and Polarled
The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc announces that agreement has been reached with the Government of Malta for a six month extension to the Production Sharing Contract (“PSC”) covering Area 4 Blocks 4, 5, 6 & 7 (“Area 4”). This extension will enable the Contractors to the PSC to have sufficient
A body of senior business owners and directors in Wales have come together to form an independent industry advisory group focussed on realising the commercial benefits of the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. Led by Roger Evans MBE, Managing Director of Schaeffler (UK) as Chair, the Wales Tidal Lag
Ithaca Energy Inc. (“Ithaca” or the “Company”) announces completion of flow test operations on the second development well on the Stella field and provides an update on Greater Stella Area (“GSA”) development activities. Highlights – The second Stella field development well, “A2”, flowed at a maximu
As from the 1st of January, KONGBERG has installed 330 employees in a new building in Asker. Located in the heart of “Subsea Valley”, the new office building will be the main headquarters for the Group’s Oil & Gas business area in addition to accommodating some of the Group’s defence activities. “Ou
