On 25 March, Total reported that a gas leak following a well operation occurred on the same day at the wellhead platform on the Elgin gas field which is located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen. Total immediately launched internal emergency procedures and Crisis Management T
Pharos Offshore Group announces the addition of Scott Gartshore as Chief Technical Officer to the executive team. A marine industry veteran, Scott’s previous roles include Project Manager and Senior Engineer, as well as Trenching Systems Sales Manager at IHC Engineering Business Ltd. Pharos Offshore
Roc Oil (GB) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, advises that production from the Enoch oil and gas field (ROC: 12% interest), located in the North Sea, is anticipated to be offline for the remainder of 2012 due to mechanical issues related to subsea equipment. ROC is awaiting advice from the
Seajacks reported that on February 26th 2012, Seajacks Kraken completed 1000 days without a lost time incident. This achievement marks a significant milestone in Seajacks’ goal to create an incident and injury free environment and demonstrates the company’s on-going commitment to promote best workin
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by A/S Norske Shell, to deliver subsea connection systems for the Draugen field on the Norwegian continental shelf. Contract value is approximately NOK 105 million. Scope of work includes the delivery of complete tie-in connection systems for production flo
The development of the Åsgard subsea gas compression was approved in the Storting (Norwegian parliament) on 27 March 2012. This signals the start for implementation of one of Statoil’s most demanding technology projects aimed at improving recovery. Åsgard subsea gas compression will increase recover
The Royal Netherlands Navy has successfully executed the final contractual tests of its System for Hydrographic Information Processes – Part 2 (SHIP2) project. The SHIP2 project was implemented to produce a new production system for the Netherlands Hydrographic Office. The project will deliver a sol
BMT Cordah, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, environmental and engineering consultancy, and InterAct, a member of the Acteon Group of companies, the leading well engineering and well abandonment specialists, have announced a collaboration to provide UK oil an
The owners of the Johan Sverdrup field have signed a pre-unit agreement. According to the agreement the owners of production licences 265 and 501 will cooperate in the planning of the Johan Sverdrup field towards an investment decision and submission of the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO).
The agreement for the final leg of a Israel-to-Europe submarine power cable has been signed on Friday, the Financial Mirror reported. According to Nasos Ktorides who is the project’s chief executive, the cable will have a capacity to carry 2,000 megawatts across 1,000 kilometres from Israel to Greec
On 24th March SMIT Salvage successfully completed its assignment on the removal of fuel from the Costa Concordia. Over the last couple of days, the SMIT Salvage diving team was transferring HFO from the last settling tank in the engine room. Early this morning, the last tanks were completed, closed
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) 17-th Diving School based in Sevastopol trains divers for the whole Russian Navy. Having passed theoretical course, cadets started practical dives. Servicemen directed by experienced instructors are practicing submersion at coast-based training range and at sea from a special v
Technip’s UK entity has been awarded a contract by BP and partners to develop the subsea infrastructure for the Quad 204 project, located West of Shetland. This is Technip’s largest contract to date in the UK North Sea, worth approximately €600 million (around £500 million). The Quad 204 project, ap
Monitoring the environment at sea in a region where waves are usually some five metres high is obviously challenging. That is what Vattenfall plans to do off the coast of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, the site of the company’s first wave-energy farm. The location for the wave energy farm was cho
