Subsea
Another Contract for EMGS in Norwegian Sea
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a contract from an oil and gas company worth USD 1.0 million for acquisition of 3D EM data in the Norwegian Sea. The Company will be using the vessel Atlantic Guardian. Acquisition is scheduled to be completed early in October, after which the vess
Dolphin Cleared for Russian Gig
Dolphin has received confirmation from the Export Control Division of the Norwegian Foreign Department that the recently announced contract in the Kara Sea is not subject to the current trade restrictive measures against Russia. Atle Jacobsen, Dolphin CEO, stated: “Dolphin is extremely appreciative
Ewing Welcomes MeyGen Deal for Pentland Tidal Power
SNP Energy Spokesperson Fergus Ewing has welcomed the news that MeyGen have signed a multi-million pound deal to sell electricity from the planned tidal energy scheme in the Pentland Firth. Construction on one of the world’s largest tidal power projects will begin in the Pentland Firth later this ye
BAS Scientist’s Perspective on Decreasing Arctic Sea Ice Trend
The Arctic sea ice minimum marks the day – typically in September – when sea ice reaches its smallest extent at the end of the summer melt season. The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land and Arctic sea ice is the thin layer of frozen ocean water that forms and grows during the winter, […]
Balmoral to Kick Off Brazilian Production in 2015
In an announcement at the Rio Oil and Gas show in Brazil, Aberdeen-based deepwater buoyancy, insulation and elastomer product specialist, Balmoral Offshore Engineering, said its new Brazilian manufacturing facility will be up and running in the second quarter of 2015. Alex Ellis, the British Ambassa
Decommissioning Leaders to Meet at TotalDECOM 2015
Over 400 decommissioning leaders are set to attend TotalDECOM™ 2015 on the 20th – 22nd April 2015 at the Hilton, Glasgow, to discuss ‘The global decommissioning legacy’, where they will gain insight into the current thinking of some major sector players. The conference is predicted to double in size
JDR CEO Quits
JDR, a provider of Subsea Production Umbilicals, Subsea Power Cables and other technology for the offshore energy industry, has announced that after three years leading the company through a significant investment programme, Andrew Norman will be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer, and as a Di
SMD Wraps Up Auxiliary Cutter Assembly
Secretary-General Nii Odunton accompanied by his Deputy and Legal Counsel, Michael Lodge, had the opportunity to visit the Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) facility in Newcastle upon Tyne to get a look at Nautilus Minerals’ Polymetallic Sulphides Mining Technology. The newly assembled Auxiliary Cutter (A
RentOcean’s Equipment for Storage of Gemini OWF Cables
RentOcean, a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Oceanteam Shipping ASA, has been awarded a contract to supply Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects BV a 3000t demountable onshore turntable system and accompanying equipment for a long-term storage project. The turntable and additional equipment will be used f
Kongsberg’s AUV Pioneer Wins MTS Award
Bjørn Jalving, Executive Vice President Subsea at maritime, offshore and subsea technology developer Kongsberg Maritime has been given the Compass Distinguished Achievement Award from the Marine Technology Society. The award ceremony took place on September 16 at the OCEANS 2014 MTS/IEEE conference
Atlantis Completes Financial Close for MeyGen Project
Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen Limited (“MeyGen”), announces that all conditions have been satisfied under the terms of the funding package announced on 21 August 2014 to enable the drawdown of funding for the project. Financing to fully fund Phase
North Sea Energy Starts Bagpuss Site Survey
North Sea Energy Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary North Sea Energy (UK N02) Ltd. (NSE-2), has announced that the Bagpuss Site Survey has begun and should be completed in the next 7 days. The purpose of the survey is to collect high resolution digital seismic, soils data and a full range of
Plexus Gets New Board Member
Plexus Holdings PLC, owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering has appointed Charles Edward Jones to the Board of Plexus as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Jones’ role will include advising the Board in respect of interacting with US oil and gas
Subsea 7 Brings Back Two Directors
Subsea 7 S.A. has re-appointed (co-opted) Allen Stevens and Robert Long to the Company’s Board of Directors with immediate effect. The announcement comes further to an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of the Company on Friday 12 September 2014, at which the Company’s Articles of Incorpo