Subsea
Germany: ‘Amazon Conqueror’ Seismic Ship Launched
Amazon Warrior only left the outfitting quay at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) a short while ago. On June 12, her sister Amazon Conqueror (FSG Hull No. 763) berthed there for completion by autumn after a successful launch by the shipbuilders in Flensburg. Both newbuildings are special offs
Govt Extends Costa Concordia Transportation and Dismantling Evaluation Deadline
The Costa Concordia sponson installation marked its 12 sponsons installed, and the Government has set the June 26th as the deadline for the evaluation of the transportation and dismantling project. The Italian Council of Ministers, upon proposal from the Commissioner for the Concordia Emergency, has
Sercel Introduces QuietSea Marine Mammal Monitoring System
Sercel has launched QuietSea™, its new passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) system designed to detect the presence of marine mammals during seismic operations. Totally different from other commercially available PAM systems, QuietSea is set to revolutionize PAM within the seismic industry. Unlike other
Thalassa: WGP Starts First PRM Survey on Snorre
The Board of Thalassa announces that WGP Group has completed mobilisation for the first 2014 permanent reservoir monitoring (“PRM”) survey over the Snorre field in the North Sea. The first good shot point has been achieved and production is underway. Statoil’s D-PMSSTM unit has been mobilised on the
NPD Completes Drilling of Boreholes in Norwegian Sea
On 9 June, The NPD completed the drilling of shallow boreholes in the western Norwegian Sea. Three holes were drilled on the Mørerand High, 293 kilometres northwest of Kristiansund. The deepest hole was terminated 170 metres below the seabed. The drilling was carried out by the company Fugro Seacore
Nova Innovation, ELSA to Build Shetland Tidal Array
Following the successful deployment of the world’s first community owned tidal turbine in Shetland, Nova Innovation (Scotland) and ELSA (Belgium) have secured funding to construct the Shetland Tidal Array, potentially the world’s first in-sea tidal array. The £3.75M investment package supported by S
Top News of the Week of June 09 – Jun 15, 2014
1. Fugro’s Survey Vessel to Support Search for Flight MH370 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has awarded Fugro a contract that will see the deployment of its specialist vessel, equipment and expertise in the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. 2. Seadrill B
FSG Delivers Seismic Vessel ‘Amazon Warrior’
Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) recently marked the start of a new era by successfully handing over AMAZON WARRIOR to its customer Western-Geco. “In the specialised shipbuilding sector, this is the most important ship we have built in the past 20 years. She has opened a door for us into a m
DeepOcean To See Further Intake of Subsea Engineers
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV,has announced the continuation of their successful conversion programme for Subsea Project Engineers, with a further intake in October 2014. In 2013, to support their recruitment strategy, DeepOcean UK identified an opportunity to attract high
Ballast Nedam Marks Its 500th Foundation
In just over 2 months Ballast Nedam Offshore has installed 47 out of 80 monopiles on the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm. The installation works started at the 1st of April and on the 10th of June monopile no. 47 was installed. This demonstrates the reliable approach based on one of the best proven ins
RWE: Nordsee Ost OWF Inter-Array Cabling Finished
A network of more than 60 kilometres of underwater cable now spreads over the construction field of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. This is almost the length of the Eurotunnel that connects the UK with Continental Europe. The inter-array cabling was completed in altogether less than four months.
Statoil Publishes Its Annual Energy Perspectives Report
Statoil has published its annual Energy Perspectives report outlining the analysis of macroeconomic and energy market developments towards 2040. “Global economic development will continue to drive energy demand. At the same energy efficiency improvements, fuel mix changes and a changing economic str
Oil & Gas UK Commends Catcher Project
Oil & Gas UK welcomes the announcement today that Premier Oil plc’s Catcher Project is to go ahead, a project set to recover around 100 million barrels of oil from the North Sea. Oil & Gas UK operations director Oonagh Werngren said: “This is yet another clear sign that opportunity remains in the No
Foundations Fabrication for Gode Wind OWF Well on Its Way
The fabrication of the Gode Wind foundations, which Bladt Industries are fabricating for Dong Energy, is well on the way. This week the TP mockup was upended at Bladt’s upending site. After this, the Bladt team installed the concrete platform on the TP mockup, which is the first of 97 TP’s for the G