GE Oil & Gas surface and subsea production equipment, control systems and services have been selected for the Nexen Golden Eagle Area Development project in the United Kingdom’s central North Sea. Contracts with the project operator, Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, could total more than $170 million o
The state-of-the art diving support vessel, the Seven Havila, owned by Subsea 7 and Havila Shipping, and designed and constructed by the Herøy-based Havyard Group AS, has achieved a world first in the number of divers working on the seabed. Gael Cailleaux, Vice President for Offshore Resources at Su
The Crown Estate has commissioned ABPmer to develop a regional wave and tidal model for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters strategic area. The model aims to develop a refined description of the marine energy resource as well as help to better understand the magnitude and extent of cumulative effec
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded an ‘extremely important’ multi-million pound multi-discipline five year contract with Shell UIE. Expro has won the primary Slickline/Multiline contract across Shell UIE, which includes the UK, Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands.
At this year’s Pacific Telecommunications Council conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, there was… Mia Bennett (alaskadispatch) [mappress] Source: alaskadispatch , January 30, 2012; Image: BritNed
Statoil and its partners on the Snøhvit field have increased the reserves estimate by 20 billion standard cubic metres of gas. Production experience from the field has proven that it is possible to produce more gas from the reservoirs than previously assumed. The adjustment corresponds to an increas
For the new connection of the North Sea island Borkum to the mainland power grid, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) has been awarded by EWE NETZ GmbH the order to supply a medium-voltage submarine power cable of 25 km length. The 33 kV submarine cable consists of three 120 mm2 power cores plus t
The Norwegian Government has awarded RWE Dea Norge seven new licenses, of which two as operator in the latest Awards in Predefined Areas round for 2011 (APA 2011). The two licenses awarded to RWE Dea as operator, each with a 40% share are situated next to the company’s operated license PL330 in the
Bezeq International, Israel’s leading Internet and international telecoms provider, has selected Interoute Communications Ltd, owner and operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, to expand its physical network right into the heart of Europe. “JONAH”- the 2,300km submarine cable – will co
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline started a near-shore survey near San Foca, Lecce, in Italy on Tuesday, the 24th of January. The purpose of the survey is to collect samples of the soil on the Adriatic seabed along the future route of the natural gas pipeline, which plans to bring Caspian gas to southern
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has received the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the oil and gas discovery 30/7-6 Hild in the North Sea. Total is the operator for the development. Total recoverable reserves in the discovery are estimated at 29 million cubic metres of recoverable oil
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has received the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the oil and gas discovery 16/1-8 “Luno” in the North Sea. Lundin is the operator for the development. Total recoverable reserves in the discovery have been estimated at 29.1 million cubic metres of oil
DONG Energy annouced that despite the weather, it has been possible to energise the next cable string with eight turbines. Energizing the cable string is a vital part of the commissioning of the turbines, and the eight turbines connected to the string are expected to have first power in near future
Ramboll Oil & Gas recently signed four new exciting contracts. The current demand for Ramboll’s multidisciplinary consultancy to the oil and gas industry has never been greater. The newly signed December contracts involve a rationalisation project, a subsea pipeline FEED study, an environmental deco
