Gills Harbour Ltd. has welcomed MeyGen’s decision to use a purpose-built catamaran for their tidal project between the mainland and Stroma, writes John O’Groat Journal. Namely, MeyGen is planning to install 400 electricity-generating turbines in the Inner Sound. For this project they primarily wante
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dimitar Gogov, Executive Director of Bulgargaz. The parties discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector and the prospects for widening cooperation in other
AS Norske Shell has received the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) consent to use the West Navigator mobile drilling facility. The consent relates to drilling and completion of production wells G1, G2, G3, and E4 and plugging and abandonment of wells A 53 and A 58 on the Draugen field. The
New seismic tools will result in 30 million extra barrels of oil from Snorre and Grane when Statoil and its partners now start using permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM). The technology will ensure a better understanding of the reservoirs. Snorre and Grane are two oil fields with large remaining res
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces the deployment of two Quasar 125 horse-power work-class remotely operated vehicle and personnel to locate and remove unexploded World War 2 bombs from the German Sector of the North Sea. Hallin has experience of doing several such projects
Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 45 million Euro contract by Statoil to supply static and dynamic umbilicals for three fast-track projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf – the Oseberg Delta field (North Sea), the Snøhvit gas field (Barents Sea) and the Smørbuk
Danish company Svitzer with its salvage headquarters based in The Netherlands, reports it has been awarded the contract for the removal of oil from the car carrier Baltic Ace. The 2007 built vessel sank in the North Sea following a collision with a container vessel on December 5. Five crew members o
Statoil Petroleum ASA has received consent to use a new production pipeline and well on Visund Sør. Visund Sør is located ten kilometres from the Gullfaks C and Visund A platforms in the North Sea and is part of production licence 120. Water depth at the site is 290 metres. [mappress] Press Release,
The Dutch coast guard has called off the search for missing crew members from car carrier Baltic Ace, which sank last week after collision with containership Corvus J near the entrance to the Rotterdam’s port. Since the accident happened outside the Netherlands’ territorial waters the Dutch police h
The Russkaya compressor station site (near Anapa, Krasnodar Territory) hosted the celebrations dedicated to the construction start-up of the South Stream gas pipeline. The celebrations were attended by Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, representatives of the participating countrie
As the regulatory requirement to assess reservoirs and lakes expands to include smaller bodies of water, HR Wallingford has developed a remote control boat which is able to collect hydrometric data quickly, simply, safely and accurately. The ARC-Boat employs a sophisticated SonTek (a Xylem company)
Eni Norge has signed a Maintenance and Modifications contract with Apply Sørco for the Goliat project. This is the third major operational contract awarded to a contractor with a local presence in Finnmark. The contract covers engineering support, studies, and maintenance and modification services.
Offshore Marine Management signed several contracts with cable suppliers and installers, in the beginning of 2012, for the upcoming Offshore Wind Interconnector installations (BorWin2, HelWin1, Dolwin1, SylWin1, Helwin2) for auxiliary works and supply and management of Guard Vessels. OMM has current
DCNS has been selected by the European Commission to lead a major collaborative research project under the broad heading of sustainable development. The aim is to protect marine flora and fauna by mitigating underwater noise footprints due to shipping. Guidelines will be drafted for the design of fu
