Materials technology and engineering specialists Aubin is set to transform subsea lifting after the successful completion of its first operational trial of its LiquiBuoy system. The company conducted rigorous testing of its liquid gel technology at The Underwater Centre in Fort William to prove its
As an innovation promoter, KIC InnoEnergy is interested in evaluating the impact of visible innovations on the cost of energy from various renewable energy technologies. For this purpose, KIC InnoEnergy is developing credible future technology cost models for four technologies using a consistent and
Reportbuyer.com has added a new market research report called Energy Sector Composites Market Forecast 2014-2024 to its offering. This Visiongain’s report discovers trends and segments with the highest revenue potential for composites used in the energy sector. It shows potential revenues to 2024, a
MCG has announced that the company would like to draw particular attention to the newly added blocks in the western part of the Barents Sea APA2014 area. Brand new MC2D data covering this area was acquired and broadband processed in 2013 (MCG1301). This modern dataset in a 4 km x 4 km grid provides
DEME’s marine engineering specialist GeoSea has consolidated its position in the renewable energy market by securing geotechnical site investigation works for the Fécamp offshore wind farm site in France, along with G-tec SAS. Works will be executed during summer 2014 for the account of WPD Offshore
No connection has been proven between formation of the pit and well after a pit was discovered at a subsea template at Snorre B on 17 May. On Thursday, an injection test was performed in the well that is tied in to the subsea template. The test confirmed that there is no communication between the [&
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) took place today as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014. The parties addressed the current state
A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Shell took place today as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014. The parties addressed the strategic cooperation issues, including the potentia
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7324/2-1 cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7324/2-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility. The drilling program for well 7324/2-1 relates to the
EDF EN France, Dong Energy and WPD Offshore have issued a call for bids for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of up to 83 gravity-based foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm. The contract also includes the supply of additional equipment for the gravity-based
Housed in one of the tallest single floor buildings in Europe, at 58 metres, the world’s most advanced steel tube umbilical manufacturing facility, which reinforces Technip Umbilicals’ position as a key subsea player, has been officially opened. The increased capability will allow the company to acc
Within the Petersburg International Economic Forum Rosneft and EuroChem signed a 6-year contract for gas supplies. The document was signed by Rosneft President, Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin and the General Director of OJSC “Mineral and Chemical Company “EuroChem” Dmitriy Strezhnev. T
Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, have issued an updated timeline with the latest time lapse footage of the ‘Bibby Athena’ build so far. Since the original video was made available the build has progressed substantially. Fabrication of the hull is now complete and the updated ti
The deadline for Expression of Interest (EoI) for the development of French tidal energy projects was closed on Friday, May 16th. French President François Hollande called for expressions of interest for pilot tidal farms on September 30, 2013. Under the EoI, seven zones have been provided for the i
