Subsea
DNS Announces New ‘Lunch and Learn’ Event
Recent reports indicate that the scale of opportunity arising from North Sea decommissioning is growing, with industry set to spend at least £35billion by 2040. As the dedicated North Sea industry forum, Decom North Sea (DNS) facilitates and drives collaboration with the key objective of delivering
VideoRay in OAT for McDermott’s LV-108
A VideoRay Pro 4 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) has supported the Offshore Acceptance Testing (OAT) for two cranes on McDermott’s newest vessel, the Lay Vessel 108 (LV-108). The LV-108 is a pipe lay vessel, measuring 434 ft long and 89 ft wide. The LV-108 currently undergoing fitting and test of tw
Alcatel-Lucent to Acquire Norwegian Optoplan
Alcatel-Lucent’s subsidiary, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), has signed a binding agreement with Sercel, part of the CGG Group, for the acquisition of Optoplan, a leading provider of 4D permanent reservoir monitoring solutions used in offshore oil and gas production. The closing of the tran
Statoil Finds More Oil in Grane Area
Statoil has together with PL169 partners proved new oil resources in the D-structure in the vicinity of the Grane field in the North Sea. Well 25/8-18 S, drilled by the rig Transocean Leader, proved an oil column of 25 meters in the Heimdal Formation. The estimated volume of the discovery is in the
RV Hespérides Takes Part in Spanish Antarctic Campaign
The oceanographic research ship ‘Hespérides’ has set sail from her home port in Cartagena on October 20th to participate in the 28th Antarctic campaign. 15 research projects will be carried out, nine of them financed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Competitiveness. This year’s campaign is ex
OPT to Set Up PB40 PowerBuoy Off New Jersey
Ocean Power Technologies has announced today that the PB40 PowerBuoy® fabricated for the WavePort Project has shipped from Santander, Spain to Bayonne, NJ with the intent to deploy off the coast of New Jersey in the first quarter of 2015. The PowerBuoy is expected to arrive around mid-November and h
IBERDROLA Chairman Gets CBE Award
IBERDROLA chairman, Ignacio Galán, has been awarded as Commander of the Order of the British Empire, by the British Ambassador in Spain, Simon Manley. This honorary award, bestowed by HM Queen Elizabeth II on recommendation of the British Government, recognises the important role played by Galán in
SCHOTTEL Turbines Ready for Action
In the last months SCHOTTEL successfully tested its hydrokinetic turbines in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. The full-scale tests included 260 operating hours under realistic conditions. The results show that one turbine with a rotor diameter of four meters generates 50 kW per second at a rated
Weather Hampers Gum Deniz Seismic Shoot
Greenfields Petroleum is continuing to acquire the 3-D survey over the Gum Deniz Oil Field offshore Azerbaijan, but weather conditions continue to hamper the seismic contractor’s operations. Approximately 75 square kilometers of seismic data has been acquired to date. It is likely that the total sur
Seatower Prepares for Foundation Load Out
Foundation designer Seatower that earlier this year was awarded a contract delivering the world’s first CraneFree hybrid gravity base foundation has now confirmed that the foundation will be loaded out from French port of Le Havre later this week. The installation of the single 1800 tonne, mainly co
Nimrod Sea Assets Buys into Volstad Maritime
Nimrod Sea Assets has completed its fourth transaction for USD6.65m by way of a 17.5% stake in Volstad Maritime II DIS, a partnership which owns the M.V. Oceanic Endeavour. Oceanic Endeavour is a high-end, 16 streamer, seismic vessel bareboat chartered to CGG Eidesvik and then time chartered to CGG
AWI Kicks Off FRAM Observatory Project
Scientists and engineers of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are currently starting work on a long-term observatory with observation stations from the Norwegian Sea to the Arctic Ocean. In the coming years, the AWI researchers intend to upgrade their
Researchers Use New Detection for Seabed Oxygen Supply
Based on the detailed investigation and new measurement technology described by a research team led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the turnover of organic matter and nutrients at the sea floor as well as future changes within the dynamic ecosystem can be better assessed. Althoug
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Gets New Funding
Prudential has been named as the cornerstone investor in the £1 billion Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Project, a world-leading infrastructure development designed to generate electricity by harnessing the power of the sea. Prudential’s commitment is a significant step to securing the future of the power