The National Oceanography Centre’s expertise in developing robotics and autonomous systems – identified as one of the “eight great technologies” that will underpin future growth in the United Kingdom – is highlighted in a paper written by the Science Minister, David Willetts. The paper, which was la
BMT Cordah (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, environmental and engineering consultancy, has recently supported several major companies including Endeavour Energy UK Ltd, in their applications for the latest UK Oil and Gas Licensing Round. The 27th Offshore
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has discovered oil in the new Darwin oil field in the Northern North Sea area near the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Leo Koot, the managing director at TAQA’s UK oil and gas business, said: “This discovery proves that the North Sea still has great potent
The Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network for Emerging Energy Technologies (MARINET) has opened a 3rd Call for applications for free-of-charge access to MARINET facilities. Those interested in the test facilities must apply by March 27th, 2013. A cornerstone of the MARINET initiative is the offer
In its 4th edition, The World Onshore Pipelines Market Forecast 2013- 2017 from Douglas-Westwood, considers the prospects for this global business and values the future markets through to 2017 by key component, region, pipeline type and diameter. Over the past decade, persistent increase in energy d
The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today announced their approval of the Field Development Plan (FDP) put forward by Statoil and its co-venturers for the Mariner heavy oil field. The project entails investments of more than USD 7 billion and is the largest new offshor
Today, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is announcing this year’s licensing round for mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2013. The aim is to award new production licences in the announced areas at the beginning of 2014. “I am very pleased to announ
A tidal energy platform specialist, Sustainable Marine Energy (SME), working closely with Cranfield University, has completed a £150k SEIS eligible funding round which was corner-stoned by a £133k investment by a London Business Angels (LBA) syndicate, including a £40k investment by the LBA SEIS Rou
Yesterday, WWF launched a new report – Putting the EU on Track for 100% Renewable Energy – which shows where Europe needs to be by 2030 in order to reach a fully renewable energy system by 2050. It is comes just as the European Commission is beginning to consider post-2020 climate and energy plans.
Yesterday, WWF launched a new report – Putting the EU on Track for 100% Renewable Energy – which shows where Europe needs to be by 2030 in order to reach a fully renewable energy system by 2050. It is comes just as the European Commission is beginning to consider post-2020 climate and energy plans.
Last year, Vestas increased turbine capacity of V164 platform to 8 MW. The platform was developed with a possible potential of increasing the turbine size from the very beginning. In December 2012, DONG Energy and Vestas entered into a cooperation agreement on the testing of the V164-8.0 MW wind tur
Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the global market for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) in the oil & gas industry will reach a value of $2.46bn in 2013. The sector will experience strong growth over the forecast period as increasing expenditure in the deepwater and subsea construction markets c
In the framework of the Marinet program, IMDC, in a partnership with HR Wallingford, University of Ghent and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, finalised end of December 2012 the physical model tests at the University of Aalborg (DK). The test program was set-up to investigate an
In the framework of the Marinet program, IMDC, in a partnership with HR Wallingford, University of Ghent and the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, finalised the physical model tests at the University of Aalborg (DK) at the end of December 2012. The test program was set-up to investi
