Statoil and partner Petoro have proven considerable additional resources in the Shetland Group/Lista Formation in the Gullfaks licence. The Shetland Group and the Lista Formation are younger and slightly shallower deposits with different properties compared to the deposits of the Brent Group where t
On Tuesday evening, an employee of a contractor working for transmission grid operator TenneT suffered a severe injury during work at sea on the HelWin1 offshore grid connection project. The employee’s life is not in danger. The responsible authorities have been informed about the accident. TenneT i
Kvaerner has been selected to lead a Norwegian petroleum industry initiative with the objective to review competitiveness, competence and technology development for Norwegian offshore yards (Konkraft working group). Representing Kvaerner, Liv Monica Stubholt will lead the working group over the next
Alstom, a world leader in transport infrastructure, power generation and electrical grid, shows tidal stream power animation. Tidal power is a major growth area, with a potential global electricity generation estimated up to 100 gigawatts. The Company offers proven, reliable and efficient technologi
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a two-year integrated services contract renewal by BP to provide operations, maintenance and project support to the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) in the North Sea. The contract is valued at between £10 million and £
In July 2011, several members of the BAUER group executed a drilled monopile foundation for a tidal turbine at the Scottish coast under most difficult conditions. A 23m-long monopile with a diameter of 2m was installed 11m deep into the rock bed 37m under sea-level. The foundation of tidal energy tu
Claxton, an Acteon company, which specializes in engineering and services for jack up environments, has presented its SABRE subsea abrasive cutting system. The Claxton SABRE abrasive cutting system is capable of simultaneously severing all the casings in a well, regardless of casing loading, eccentr
Iona Energy Inc. (“Iona” or the “Company”) announces that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) has advised the Orlando joint venture partners that it has approved the Orlando Field Development Plan (“FDP”) submitted by the partners. The Orlando Field is owned by Iona (Operator 75%) a
Offshore Installation Services (OIS), an Acteon company, has successfully completed its sixteenth rigless suspended well abandonment campaign involving multiple operators in the Southern North Sea. The multi-operator model for programmes of this kind can deliver significant customer benefits in term
MMT (Sweden) has just completed a site clearance survey in connection to the planned Kårehamn wind farm. E.ON Vind Sverige AB contracted MMT for a Site Clearance Survey at the new Kårehamn wind farm outside the island of Öland. MMT conducted a geophysical survey followed by target an inspection, usi
Leading UK consultancy, KGAL, has been appointed as the M&E design specialist for the proposed £650m state-of –the-art Swansea Bay tidal lagoon – the first of its kind in the world. KGAL will provide the detailed design and coordinate all the mechanical and electrical works, forming an integral part
Rapidly growing international energy services company Proserv has officially launched a global research and development (R&D) hub in Norway to design innovative subsea controls and communications technologies. This new group strengthens Proserv’s evolving international infrastructure in support of i
This year Ocean’s Business got off to a dramatic start when Sonardyne International Ltd.’s trials vessel, Sound Surveyor, was involved in the rescue of a yacht drifting perilously close to the rocks off Portland. Sound Surveyor, which is hosting technical demonstration throughout the show, was en ro
DeepOcean UK, Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, today announced an award from leading contractor Technip for trenching services on the Stella Field Development, Operated by Ithaca Energy. The contract includes project management, engineering and associated trenching and backfilling w
