Subsea
RWE Dea Norge Completes Drilling of Two Wells in Licence 420
RWE Dea Norge AS, operator of production licence 420, has completed drilling of appraisal wells 35/9-11 S and 35/9-11 A on the 35/9-6 S oil, gas and condensate discovery. The discovery was proven in Jurassic reservoir rocks in the winter of 2010. Appraisal wells 35/9-11 S and 35/9-11 A were drilled
GeoSea Wraps Up Foundations Installation for Westermost Rough (UK)
GeoSea has finalized the installation of the foundations for the Westermost Rough (UK) offshore wind farm project. This DONG Energy project consists of 35 wind turbine positions 9 km from the coast near Hull in the north east of England, UK. As main contractor for the foundations GeoSea has been res
Faroe Encounters Oil on Pil (Norway)
Faroe Petroleum, has announced the completion of a successful initial side-track appraisal well on the Pil oil and gas discovery (Faroe 25%) in the Norwegian Sea. The Pil side-track well (6406/12-3 B), to appraise for additional hydrocarbons along the Pil structure and down-dip from the initial disc
EMGS Proposes Board Changes
Electromagnetic Geoservices’ nomination committee has proposed Guro Høyaas Løken to be elected as a new board member for 2 years at the AGM to be held on 3 June 2014. In addition, Jeffery A. Harris and Berit Svendsen are proposed to be re-elected for 2 years. Background Chairman Bjarte Bruheim and b
Eye4Software Releases New Version of Hydromagic
Eye4Software B.V. has announced that the latest version of their single beam hydrographic survey package, Hydromagic version 6.0, has been released to the public. The main purpose of this software is to map the bottom of a river, reservoir or pond in 3D, by using a GPS, RTK or total station position
New Operations Manager for RMEC
OILFIELD services company RMEC Ltd has strengthened its recently forged management team with the appointment of a new operations manager. Dean Greig joins the Forfar-based well intervention equipment firm as it embarks on the next stage in its growth strategy following the £7.5million investment by
Agility Delivers Hydro Carbon Vent System to Island Frontier
Agility Group has been awarded an EPCIC contract with Island Offshore for delivery of a Hydro Carbon Vent System to Island Frontier. Island Frontier is a riserless well intervention vessel that provides access to the subsea well through a Well Control Package. As a preparation for the well intervent
Tendering for Fehmarn’s Tunnel Installations Begins
The tendering process for the construction of the world’s longest tunnel across the Fehmarnbelt has now entered its next phase. The dialogue with the major tunnel contractors on the conditions for building the concrete tunnel itself began last year. Tendering for the tunnel’s extensive electrical an
Costa Concordia Sponson Installation Progresses
The installation of sponson S7 at the Costa Concordia wreck site has been completed. According to The Parbuckling Project, the Barge Micourier2 with sponsons S6 and S5 on board arrived at the site and the installation of S6 started yesterday. As previously reported the installation of the starboard
MMT Carries Out Side Scan Sonar Survey for Nord Stream
MMT (Sweden) has been awarded a contract for side scan sonar survey and a camera based study of benthic fauna by Nord Stream AG. The scope of Nord Stream´s monitoring campaign is to assess the impact of the presence of the pipelines on the near seabed currents through the observation of potential lo
Scana Completes Sale of Daughter Companies to HitecVision
Scana Industrier ASA (“Scana”) has completed the transaction regarding the sale of its daughter companies Scana Offshore Services Inc, Scana Offshore Technology AS and the service part of Scana Offshore Vestby AS. HitecVision fond VI acquired the companies for $22.5 million. Scana Offshore Services
Rosneft and ONGC Videsh Sign MoU
Igor Sechin, President and Chairman of the Management Board, Rosneft and Dinesh Kumar Sarraf, Chairman of the Board of Directors, ONGC Videsh Ltd and Chairman & Managing Director, ONGC signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, in the presence of Vladimi
MCG Offers Barents and Norwegian Sea MC2D Data
MCG has announced that the company would like to draw particular attention to the newly added blocks in the western part of the Barents Sea APA2014 area. Brand new MC2D data covering this area was acquired and broadband processed in 2013 (MCG1301). This modern dataset in a 4 km x 4 km grid provides
DEME Maintains High Level of Orders
Since the beginning of 2014, DEME managed to maintain its order book at a fairly high level of about 3.0 billion EUR thanks to new orders, well spread worldwide across dredging, energy related and environmental activities. The total value of these new orders represents approximately 660 million EUR.