NOAA’s Ship Okeanos Explorer will explore deep-sea habitats in the Gulf of Mexico from April 12-30. Members of the public are invited to join. “Virtual ocean explorers” will have the chance to see canyons, deep-sea coral communities, and shipwrecks dating to the early 1800s via live video transmitte
First Flight Wind Ltd has announced that a geophysical survey off the south east coast of County Down, which was due to start later this month, is being delayed to later in 2014 or early 2015. “In the areas we were intending to survey we had agreed disturbance payments with fishermen for them to rem
The Chinese Government might significantly spur offshore wind development this year with a new tariff policy for the sector. In 2013, investments from offshore wind developers were clogged due to unclear tariff incentives, so the Government’s new policy would aim to ensure investment return for deve
Enegi, the independent oil and gas company, provided an update on its marginal field initiative through its joint venture, ABT Oil and Gas (‘ABTOG’), with Advanced Buoy Technology (ABTechnology) Limited. This update provides further information on the development of the Fyne field and details of the
National Oceanography Centre (NOC) reported that its researcher, Dr Elizabeth Kent, has been awarded the Adrian Gill Prize by the Royal Meteorological Society for her dedicated research into air-sea interaction and marine climatology. The prize is named in honour of Dr Adrian Gill, meteorologist and
Ezra Holdings Limited, a contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, maintained its operational progress, led by the Group’s Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC. Revenue for the Group in the six months ended 28 February 2014 (“1H14”) grew 22% to $640.3 millio
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the Åsgard subsea compression project at Aker Solutions in Egersund. The objective of the audit was to acquire a status update for the project and to review the equipment that will be produced in Egersund. There was an additional object
The Ormen Lange Licence has decided to postpone the Offshore Compression Project for Ormen Lange, and stop the ongoing concept select work. The licence has been working towards a concept select decision for offshore compression, either a subsea compression solution or a tension leg platform solution
Statoil has together with the Valemon Unit partners made a gas and oil discovery in the Valemon Nord prospect in the North Sea. The discovery wells 34/10-54 S and 34/10-54 A, drilled by the drilling rig Transocean Leader, are located approximately 10 kilometres north of the planned Valemon installat
The Shah Deniz consortium informed that the Stage 2 project continues to progress on schedule with further major construction and supply contracts recently awarded. The contract for the fabrication of the jackets for the two planned offshore platforms, pin piles and subsea structures has been awarde
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL advised that an extensive 3D seismic survey has been completed within its highly prospective offshore acreage in licence area EL 0037 offshore Namibia, southwest Africa. The 3D acquisition, over approximately of 3,000km2, covers a number of strong “Leads” that have alread
DOWES (Dutch Offshore Wind Energy Services) has developed an innovative ICT system for asset management and maintenance of offshore and onshore wind farms. Workshops are being organized throughout this year to make the participants acquainted with the advanced system. The first workshop is scheduled
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been investing to further boost its submarine project execution capabilities in the conversion of its vessel “Cable Enterprise” from a moored cable laying barge into a DP2 cable laying barge able to use its own propul
National Hyperbaric Centre opened a new facility in Singapore. The new centre will meet increasing demand for training and consultancy services in the area. NHC also announced the launch of a new ROV System Auditing & Assurance course, which will be kick-starting of their presence in Asia-Pacific. T
