Offshore structures expert Naval Sondhi recently joined FoundOcean to lead its SMR design services division. Jim Bell, FoundOcean Managing Director said, “Naval’s 30 years’ detailed knowledge of the design and analysis of strengthening, modification and repair systems for jackets marries perfectly w
Sonardyne International Ltd. has announced its participation in a new Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) project within the Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) programme to develop a Carbon Dioxide (CO2) marine and shallow subsurface monitoring system for underground CCS sites in the North Sea. The system
Operator Statoil has together with PL532 partners made an oil and gas discovery in the Drivis prospect in the Barents Sea. This concludes the 2013/2014 exploration programme around the Johan Castberg field. Well 7220/7-3 S, drilled by the rig West Hercules, has proven a 68 metre gross gas column in
3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the global energy industry, has established a new training program as part of the Group’s continued commitment to developing future industry talent. The program, which has been created in collaboration with the international engineering a
CMS-Geotech Ltd has launched its new operations base in Lowestoft, Suffolk, providing specialist marine geotechnical support to a wide variety of marine sectors in both offshore & coastal waters. It is envisaged that CMS-Geotech will build on their traditional links with the marine aggregate and por
Researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, the University of Southampton and the Australian National University developed a new method for determining sea-level and deep-sea temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years. The research provides new insight into the climatic relations
Deloitte’s Petroleum Services Group (PSG) has provided detailed information on proposed new and completed wells and an overview on all licensing and deal activity in North West Europe. This review is collated from information produced by PSG’s Weekly Service, a report distributed to subscribers each
First hydrocarbons have flowed from Dana Petroleum’s flagship Western Isles Development Project. The first production well has now been successfully completed and flow tested and a further three wells have been drilled and cased to surface casing depth. All four subsea christmas trees have also been
Det norske oljeselskap ASA is, as partner in production licence 265, in the process of completing drilling of appraisal wells 16/2-19 and 16/2-19A in the Johan Sverdrup oil discovery. The objective of the wells was to examine the extent and properties of the reservoir rocks in the northernmost part
AGR’s Reservoir Management UK division (RM UK) is gearing up for a busy year ahead and has grown its sub-surface department with the addition of Steve Adams, Principal Geologist. Steve, who will be based in AGR’s Aberdeen office, has over 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, with a stro
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 090, is in the process of concluding drilling of wildcat well 35/11-17. The well was drilled about one kilometre south of the Fram field in the North Sea. The well’s primary exploration target was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir ro
The GICON Group will receive a pro-rata funding of EUR 5.25 million from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Ministry of Economy, Construction and Tourism for their floating offshore foundation, the GICON® SOF. The official notification of the funding confirmation secures fabrication, construction and testing
The GICON Group will receive a pro-rata funding of EUR 5.25 million from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Ministry of Economy, Construction and Tourism for their floating offshore foundation, the GICON® SOF. The official notification of the funding confirmation secures fabrication, construction and testing
Aker Solutions’ revenue rose to NOK 11.2 billion in the first quarter of 2014 from NOK 10.3 billion a year earlier, driven by sales of subsea products and services, single drilling equipment and umbilical systems in the U.S. and Norway. Revenue also increased in the process systems unit, bolstered b
