Subsea
Briggs Marine Diving Division Gets ISO Certifications
Briggs Marine announces that their Diving Division, which launched in April of this year, has recently been awarded accreditation of ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001 by NQA, the UK’s leading assessment, verification and certification body. Alistair Blue, Dive Superintendent said: “Our personnel, equi
BASF MasterFlow 9500 Obtains DNV GL Certification
BASF A/S, the Danish legal entity of BASF’s Construction Chemicals Division, are the first company to obtain the Type Approval Certificate (TAC) from certifying body DNV GL for the company’s offshore grout MasterFlow 9500 used in the grouted connections of offshore wind turbine foundations. MasterFl
Blue Offshore to Participate at Offshore Energy 2014
Blue Offshore announced that it will attend the Offshore Energy 2014 Exhibition and Conference in Amsterdam on 28 and 29 September 2014. Visitors at the stand number 9.048 will have the opportunity to learn more about Blue Offshore and their modular offshore equipment solutions and services. The Off
IWCF to Offer Free Online Well Control Course
Oilennium™ Ltd., a Petrofac Training Services (PTS) company that provides eLearning training services to the oil and gas industry, has been retained by the International Well Control Forum (IWCF) to produce a new eLearning course to explain the life cycle of a well, with primary emphasis on well con
PGS Makes Organizational Changes
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), a seismic industry focused company, announces organizational changes in its team. PGS’ General Counsel Rune Olav Pedersen’s role is expanded to also include the following departments from corporate communications; investor relations (IR), internal and external communica
Atkins Appointed as Client’s Engineer for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon
Atkins has been appointed by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc to act as the client’s engineer for its Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project in Wales, UK, the first renewable energy scheme of its type in the world. Under the contract, Atkins will provide specialist design and engineering support acting on beh
Petrex Manages Causeway Subsea Water Injection Project for Ithaca
Petrex announces that it has successfully managed Causeway subsea water injection project for Ithaca Energy. The Causeway and Fionn field has been developed as a tie-back to TAQA’s North Cormorant (NC) platform comprising two ESP driven production wells (Causeway & Fionn) and a single water injectio
Rosneft, Statoil Begin Pingvin Drilling in Barents Sea
Rosneft together with Norwegian company Statoil Petroleum AS started exploration operations at the Pingvin License PL713 prospect in the Norwegian section of the Barents Sea. The first exploration well Pingvin-1 will be drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen rig. The water depth is 422 meters and the
ABB to Provide UK Grid Connection for Phase I of MeyGen Tidal Project
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a contract by Atlantis Resources Limited to provide the onshore grid connection for Phase I of the MeyGen tidal stream project in Scotland’s Pentland Firth. The MeyGen tidal stream project is at the forefront of world marine en
Seabased Prepares to Launch Thirty WECs Off Sweden
In early July 2014 Seabased launched the first ten WECs outside Smögen/Kungshamn. The operation took two days and the generators are located in the southeastern part of the park. In the next few months, a further thirty units is to be launched and anchored with buoys. The units will then be connecte
Jee to Search for more Business Opportunities in Norway at ONS 2014
Representatives of Jee will attend this year’s Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) exhibition and conference between 25-28 August, as a result of increased demand for the firm’s subsea training and engineering services in Norway. Jamie Burrows, Jee Engineering Business Development Manager and Rob Haylock,
Harkand to Support Apache and EMAS North Sea Ops
HARKAND has been awarded a contract to support Apache with inspection, repair and maintenance work (IRM) as well as light construction (LC) across their assets in the North Sea, following completion of a competitive tender exercise. The award includes the provision of vessels, ROV and diving service
Fastnet Releases Financial Results
Fastnet, the UK and Irish listed E&P company focused on near-term exploration and appraisal acreage in Morocco and the Celtic Sea, announces its audited results for the year ended 31 March 2014. Operational Highlights · Fully funded to meet all current licensing phase commitments and obligations, in
2D Seismic Survey Starts on Newgrange Prospect Off Ireland
Providence Resources P.l.c. announces that 2D seismic surveying operations have now commenced over Frontier Exploration Licence (“FEL”) 6/14 (“Newgrange”). The Newgrange prospect area lies in c. 1,000 metre water depth in the Goban Spur Basin and is located c. 260 km off the south west coast of Irel