Subsea
Bladt Industries Gets Steel for Innovative ‘Suction Bucket’ Foundation
Tata Steel, Europe’s second largest steel producer, in conjunction with German pipe manufacturer Eisenbau Krӓmer, has successfully completed delivery of 400 tonnes of 3D profiled and submerged arc welded (SAW) tubular steel to Bladt Industries which is being used for an innovative suction bucket fou
FloWave Names New Business Development Manager
FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility has appointed marine specialist Dr. Jamie Grimwade as their new Business Development Manager. Dr Grimwade’s role is to further develop FloWave’s growing pipeline of commercial and academic test clients in wave, tidal, offshore wind and vessel design. Jamie come
Experts to Discuss Decommissioning at UK Event
Decommissioning North Sea oil and gas facilities is projected to cost £40.6 billion over the next 25 years in the North Sea. When the time is right, oil companies will seek to decommission as efficiently and cost effectively as possible while ensuring they meet their safety and environmental obligat
Jan De Nul Provides Scour Protection for Butendiek OWF
In early 2014 the construction of the offshore wind farm Butendiek, located in the North Sea west of Sylt, started. Butendiek comprises 80 turbines with each 3.6 MW, resulting in a total capacity of 288 MW. Jan De Nul Group is in charge of the installation of scour protection for the 80 monopiles. T
SPE to Tackle Discrimination in O&G Industry
A Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) event next week is set to shake up the oil and gas industry by focusing for the first time on critical HR, diversity and inclusion issues. The ‘Breaking the Cycle of Discrimination – workplace challenges in the oil and gas industry’ workshop will analyse the is
Faroe Sells Glenlivet Field Interest to Total E&P UK
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, announces the sale of its ten percent interest in the undeveloped West of Shetland Glenlivet gas field to Total E&P UK Limited. The consideration for
Top News of the Week of Sep 15 – Sep 21, 2014
1. Subsea 7 Reduces Norwegian Workforce Oil services company Subsea 7 is reportedly reducing its Norwegian workforce between 100 and 150 employees due to project delays. 2. Scientists Find Large Submarine Canyon in Med A massive underwater canyon has been discovered in the Mediterranean near Italy b
RWE Dea Postpones Zidane Subsea Project
The Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Zidane development will not be submitted to the authorities in October as planned. ”Further value enhancement is required to make the project more robust,” says Managing Director Hugo Sandal of RWE Dea Norge. RWE Dea Norge is operator of the Zidan
Drilling of Pingvin Prospect in Barents Sea Completed
As a partner in production licence 713, North Energy is completing the drilling of the Pingvin prospect in exploration well 7319/12-1. The well has identified gas in a sandstone reservoir. Extensive data have been acquired from the well through coring, wireline logging and liquid sampling. Updated i
SEGC Topo to Conduct Bathymetric Survey Off Nice
SEGC Topo has, through tender procedure, secured a contract by Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur for bathymetric survey services. The contract has a value of approximately $137,000 (106,000 EUR). The work consists of bathymetry surveys of the seabed in the region of the Metropolis Nice Cote d’Azur, includi
UK Ministry of Defence to Acquire New UUVs
UK Ministry of Defence, Ships from Bristol has issued a tender for the provision of unmanned underwater vehicles. The tenders are required to supply two unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) with side scan sonar and bathymetric capability (conductivity and temperature Sensors), navigation system, thro
MacArtney Norge to Supply Cables for IMR’s MUST System
MacArtney Norge AS has, through tender procedure, secured a contract for the supply of electro-optical cables for the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research’s (IMR) MUST system on the “G.O. Sars” research vessel. The contract has a value of approximately 965,000 NOK (152,217 USD). MUST (Multi-Usage
Farm-Out Discussions on Lansdowne Exploration Prospects On-Going
Lansdowne Oil & Gas plc (“Lansdowne”) announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Lansdowne is an upstream oil and gas company, focused on exploration and appraisal activities in the North Celtic Sea Basin, off the south coast of Ireland. The Company has targeted the Irish o
VIDEO: FPSO Petrojarl Knarr Sailaway
Petrojarl Knarr is one of Teekay’s largest FPSO projects to date. In 2011, Teekay Corporation announced an agreement to provide BG Norge Limited with a FPSO unit for the Knarr field. Earler this week, the new floating production vessel Petrojarl Knarr has arrived from Korea at Aibel’s shipyard in Ha