Each year, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), taking place May 5-8 in Houston, recognizes innovative technologies that have industry-changing potential in the energy sector. The “Spotlight on New Technology Awards” showcase the latest and most advanced hardware and software solutions that are
Tata Communications, a leading provider of a New World of Communications™, Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider and Huawei Marine, a global submarine cable network provider, announced the successful completion of a 400G field trial on a subsea n
GE Oil & Gas unveiled its next-generation blowout preventer (BOP) program that will make 20,000 pounds per square inch (20 ksi) subsea formations the next frontier in offshore oil and gas exploration. BOPs are critical pieces of subsea drilling equipment—in effect, 60-foot tall valves weighing sever
EMGS has signed a multi-client license agreement with Nalcor Energy, the Provincial Energy Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador, for the acquisition of up to 13,500 km2 in a multi-season campaign. The CSEM survey is expected to begin in June of this year and will target the Flemish Pass Basin, w
Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a leading supplier of mooring solutions and services for the offshore industry, is backing the launch of a new, specialist business dedicated to subsea installation solutions. Deep Sea Installation (DSI), which will initially focus on the FPSO segment, is opening in Singapore
When Green Marine Solutions (GMS) saw the market need to develop ROAM, it came to Sunderland, a community with a strong maritime history and an equally impressive reputation for IT excellence at the Sunderland Software Centre. Backed by Government innovation funding, the high-specification Centre is
In the course of the next month Aibel will perform 100,000 hours of work in connection with a shutdown that will improve the stability of the Snøhvit facility at Melkøya near Hammerfest. “The keyword is improvement. The goal of Statoil with all the projects in this shutdown is a more robust and stab
The development of the Hejre field will be the largest oil and gas development in the Danish sector of the North Sea for many years, and will significantly boost Denmark’s status as being self-sufficient in oil and gas. The field is located in the central part of the North Sea near the Danish/Norweg
Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) analyzed April 2014 figures from Renewable Energy Planning Database created by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, and came to a conclusion that the UK already has enough renewables projects to fulfil the 2020 renewable energy target. According to DECC’s
Following the merger of DNV and GL, one leading pipeline integrity software solution will now incorporate both previous brands, DNV’s Synergi Pipeline and GL Noble Denton’s Uptime. The single next-generation system will be branded under the Synergi Pipeline name. Pipeline integrity software As the f
Apache Corporation said that two recent hydrocarbon discoveries illustrate the continuing reserve upside to be found across the company’s 6.8 million gross acres in Egypt’s Western Desert. The Herunefer-1X discovery, located in the Matruh Basin in the eastern portion of Khalda Offset Concession, enc
James Fisher Marine Services Ltd (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc – the UK’s leading marine services provider, announces the signing of a cooperation agreement with Mammoet Salvage B.V a division of Mammoet. Operating for over 200 years and with a global office network, Mammoet is the world
Gardline’s Paul Salmon presented on best practice methods for marine Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) whilst Andy Campbell from Asian Geos and Gardline presented on International Standards of Marine Environmental Sampling at a knowledge-exchange event in Myanmar. In March 2014 Myanmar provision
Good Energy is to invest for the first time in a tidal energy project, the Tidal Lagoon in Swansea Bay, Wales. The Swansea Bay project is projected to deliver renewable power to more than 155,000 homes in the Swansea area and to save the equivalent of 236,000 tonnes in carbon dioxide emissions a yea
