BMT Group Ltd, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced that it has achieved robust financial results, despite another year of challenging economic conditions across much of the world. Revenues from continuing businesses rose 8% to £127m and underlying operati
For Fugro the year 2012 started with improved performance compared to the same period in 2011. The oil price remained on average around USD 120 per barrel (Brent). The sustained high levels of exploration and production spending by the oil and gas industry result in continued improvement of Fugro’s
TGS has commenced the Europe 2012 summer season with two multi-client 2D surveys in cooperation with Fugro; North Sea Renaissance 2012 (NSR12) and Norwegian Barents Sea 2012 (NBR12). The NSR12 survey is 8,200 km and is a regional infill West of Shetland. The NBR 12 survey is 12,000 km and is a regio
On 14 May 2012, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, represented by Joergen Thiele and Phd. Silke Eckardt, held a workshop on the need for further research during the operation of offshore wind farms (OWF). The workshop was held at the House of Science in Bremen. Aroun
The installation of the second of the four export cables on London Array Offshore Wind Farm that will connect the onshore substation at Cleve Hill to the two offshore substations in the outer Thames Estuary has been successfully completed. Specialized cable-laying vessel, Stemat Spirit, installed al
EPC has contracted the Offshore business stream of the Penspen group, Andrew Palmer and Associates to provide Detailed Design services in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. The contract follows on from Penspen’s recent work for EPC Offshore on the Front End Engineering
Alex Salmond announced a £10 million package to support plans for a deep-water quay facility in Shetland to secure decommissioning work on major offshore structures from the Northern North Sea. Following a meeting in Oslo on Tuesday with senior executives of AF Group and Lerwick Port Authority, the
An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for homes and businesses on the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. The 1MW power generator
A Wirral based environmental consultancy is to manage marine-life protection measures at one of the biggest wind farms currently in construction in Europe, after securing a £multi-million contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited. CMACS Ltd will deliver a robust monitoring programme throu
JP Kenny Norway has signed a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract with Norske Shell for the high temperature, high pressure Linnorm project in Norway. Valued at approximately US$9 million (NOK 55 million), this contract forms part of a global Enterprise Frame Agreement awarded to Wood Group
Statoil transfers operatorship of the Vilje field in the North Sea to Marathon Oil Norge. The agreement does not involve any change of stakes in the production licence (PL 036D). “Statoil is interested in good area solutions. We therefore find it natural that Marathon, as the biggest operator in the
Cecon ASA presents its Consolidated Interim Financial Report for First Quarter 2012. Highlights of Q1 2012: Highlights of the quarter Q1/2012 • Successful completion of installation offshore Nigeria • Revenues Q1: NOK 93.4 million • EBITDA: for Q1 NOK 22.9 million • Pro forma result: Profit after ta
Guernsey Electricity is using a cable ship to pinpoint a fault on submarine cable linking Guernsey and Jersey to France, reports BBC. The France telecom owned Leon Thevenin vessel is expected to be in the area all week. According to BBC, Guernsey Electricity’s corporate strategy director, Sally Davi
Total is today able to announce that a well intervention operation has stopped the G4 well leak on the Elgin complex, 240km from Aberdeen in the UK North Sea. The well intervention operation, which involved pumping heavy mud into the leaking well, began on May 15th and the leak was stopped 12 hours
