Pulse Tidal, the Sheffield based tidal power provider, has been awarded an Agreement for Lease by the Crown Estate for an area of seabed near to Lynmouth in Devon. The company plans to deploy a 1.2MW tidal power generating machine – England’s largest – in 2014, following consultation, environmental
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) started acquiring seismic in the southern part of the Barents Sea yesterday. “The entire first line of 67 kilometres was acquired before midnight. We are very satisfied with this start-up,” says Lars Jensen, the NPD’s project manager for this summer’s seismi
Further significant steps have been taken this week towards stopping the Elgin gas leak, including the installation of a key piece of equipment on the G4 well to divert leaking gas away from the wellhead platform. Known as a diverter, this specially manufactured device has been connected to the G4 w
Premier announces that it has received approval of its Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Solan field (Premier 60 per cent, Chrysaor 40 per cent) from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Premier-operated Solan field, located on the UK Continental Shelf West of Shetland, is expected to
E.ON has announced that Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions (BBUS) has been awarded the contract to install the cable on its Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. The contract, worth circa £19 million, will involve the design and installation of a 30km section of underground 132kV cable which will be used
Viper Subsea has signed a new collaboration agreement with Perth based Velocious. The agreement enables both companies, each of whom are already globally recognised as providers of high quality subsea solutions, to expand their offerings to overseas markets and collaborate on product supply and proj
Technip announces that its Board of Directors approved the unaudited first quarter 2012 consolidated accounts on Apr. 24. Thierry Pilenko, Chairman and CEO, commented: “Our first quarter performance was very much in line with our expectations, which enables us to reiterate our 2012 financial objecti
The Offshore business stream of the Penspen Group, Andrew Palmer & Associates, has been contracted to provide Detailed Design services to EPC Offshore Limited (EPC) in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. The contract follows on from Penspen’s recent work for EPC Offshor
Ocean trials of JSC Yantar Shipyard’s research ship Seliger, which is being built for Russian Navy, are taking place in Baltiysk, reports Central Navy Portal. JSC Yantar Shipyard got the contract for construction of the ship in the Russian Navy’s tender. The ship began first phase of ocean trials on
ABB reported higher orders and revenues in the first quarter of 2012, led by growth in North America. Operational EBITDA declined 7 percent compared to the same quarter a year earlier while net income was up 5 percent. Orders were 2 percent above the very high levels in the first quarter of 2011, dr
Nord Stream AG announces the successful completion of its complex international logistics programme. This award-winning green logistics concept enabled the most efficient and environmentally-sound way of supplying to the pipe-laying vessels the 200,000 24-tonne concrete weight coated (CWC) pipes nee
On 27 March 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Lundin Norway AS’ management of the Brynhild field development project, connected to subsea facilities and pipelines. The Brynhild field is being developed with a subsea facility with four wells that will be connec
Narec (National Renewable Energy Centre) has officially submitted an application to the Marine Management Organisation for permission to develop the Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstrator Centre, reported News Post Leader. Narec has placed the infrastructure for an offshore demonstration platform with gri
The Oceana-chartered research vessel Hanse Explorer yesterday set sail from Copenhagen on a two-month expedition, covering 7,000 miles through the waters of the nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea (Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, and Sweden). The aim of the
