The Forewind consortium will employ an innovative new foundation design concept next year when it installs two meteorological masts on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, located between 125 and 290 kilometres off the North Yorkshire coast. Forewind Limited, developers of the Dogger Bank zone,
The pieces of what could one day change the whole electrical power industry in Florida don’t look impressive. By James Kirley (tcpalm) [mappress] Source: tcpalm, October 18, 2011
Petrex Limited, the Aberdeen-based provider of specialist engineering and project management services, has successfully completed… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 17 , 2011
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller met with Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni today at Gazprom headquarters. The two participants examined the ongoing situation and the prospects of cooperation development in the oil & gas sector. In particular, they discussed the realization of the gas pipeline South Stream and the fut
An underwater eruption which kicked off on Monday at two-and-a-half kilometres from the coast of El Hierro is now said to be in waters of less than 150 metres in depth. Experts say that when the eruption reaches its full force, white columns of vapour will be seen from far and wide. The volcanic ‘st
Natural gas was hailed a “game changer” as experts debated the future of the gas industry amid a global drive to secure new energy… (iii) [mappress] Source: iii, October 17, 2011
A new ultra-sensitive technology which can monitor leaks from underwater gas pipelines has been developed by scientists at the University of Southampton. The research has shown that potentially environmentally and financially disastrous gas leaks from pipelines, and methane naturally leaking from th
Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData ‘s new report “Global LNG Industry – A Study of Political, Economic, Social and Technological Factors Governing the Industry” to their offering. The popularity of LNG as a cleaner and safer fuel is increasing. With the increased need to d
ITF is calling on technology developers to come forward with innovative solutions to drilling, well intervention and subsea challenges, with the potential for successful proposals to receive up to 100% funding. Submission deadlines are fast approaching for three global calls for proposals, following
Wood Mackenzie says the pipeline of new projects and developments likely to go ahead offshore UK is looking healthy. Fifty fields, containing over two billion barrels of oil equivalent, are making significant progress towards development sanction. However, maintaining this pipeline at current levels
Fleet Survey Team (FST) is conducting a hydrographic survey in the harbor of Durres, Albania, its approaches and anchorages in a cooperative survey with the Albanian government. FST deployed a seven-person survey team, comprised of both military and civilian surveyors, and a nine-meter survey vessel
A joint industry project managed by the Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is presenting valuable findings on the technology of LNG cargo tanks. Since 2008, BW Imo has participated in a study on sloshing impact forces in LNG membrane tanks. A new method of measuring these forc
Two new volcanic eruptions were confirmed on Wednesday off the south coast of the Canary Island of El Hierro… By Mark Johanson (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, October 14 , 2011;
A working meeting took place between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Sergey Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow. The parties discussed the progress with the Agreement of Cooperation and addressed further development of the infrastructure supplying gas and electricity to consume
