Island Offshore has taken delivery of its 10th vessel of Rolls-Royce UT 776 CD design, built at Vard Brevik in Norway. M/V Island Condor is a flexible offshore support vessel with good sea-keeping capabilities, excellent station keeping performance and low fuel consumption, Island Offshore said. It
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) have joined forces to boost marine research activities, education and technology at Gran Canary. The three partners signed an agreement at the
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Statoil consent to use the Songa Dee semi-submersible drilling rig for production drilling on Gullfaks satellites, well template P, in the North Sea. The PSA says that the consent entails an extension of an existing consent for Songa Dee at Gullf
Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents for well plugging at Draugen, in the Norwegian Sea. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwgeian Sea in 250 metres of water. A/S Norske Shell (Shell) is the field’s operato
AMEC plc and its subsidiary AMEC International Investments BV, have announced today that the offer to purchase all of the issued and to be issued registered shares of Foster Wheeler AG has been successfully completed. The company says that all conditions to the offer have been satisfied. AMEC is mak
PA Resources has been provisionally awarded Blocks 22/18c and 22/19d, located in the North Sea Central Area, in the UK’s 28th Seaward Licensing Round. PA Resources has been awarded these blocks as part of a group comprising of PA Resources (25 percent), E.On (40 percent), Cairn Energy’s wholly-owned
GTT signed a technical service agreement with Palumbo Malta Shipyard awarding the company rights to carry out maintenance and repair works in membrane type cargo tanks of LNG carrier
The Panama Canal Expansion reached another major milestone with yesterday’s arrival of the final shipment of gates. The gates for the new locks will be used for the Atlantic side of the project, two gates, and two for the Pacific. The four gates arrived on board the Post-Panamax vessel Xia Zhi Yuan
On 23 and 24 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of BP Norge AS (BP) and Valhall Flank North located in the North Sea. The PSA says the audit was focused on working environment and emergency preparedness. Valhall Flank North is an unmanned well head platf
FoundOcean, the experts in subsea grouting for the offshore energy construction industry, have signed a strategic agreement with chemicals company BASF. “Marrying BASF’s world leading chemical manufacturing capabilities and FoundOcean’s extensive offshore grouting experience means that foundation in
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled its latest generation ship’s bridge simulator, K-Sim Navigation. The company says that the bridge simulator meets the requirements of the most demanding navigation training for merchant, offshore and naval vessels. Designed for the future of advanced and integrated si
Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from MeyGen Ltd. to supply three 1.5-megawatt tidal current turbines to the planned tidal array in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, Scotland. Tidal current turbines are anchored to the sea bed in co
Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company that provides hammer services to install conductors and drive piles, announced that it has entered into a global master services agreement with Weatherford International. The agreement requires CIS to supply conductor and pile installation
Denmark has completed the geotechnical surveys for the upcoming 350 MW nearshore wind tender. Danish TSO, Energinet.dk, was in charge of conducting the surveys, while the Danish Energy Agency will present the findings on 27 November. Energinet.dk has also released the cost projections for the prelim
