Subsea
Hydro Group Starts 2014 with Securing of Strategic Contracts
Aberdeen-headquartered Hydro Group Plc, specialists in design, engineering and manufacturing of underwater cables and connectors for subsea, underwater, topside and onshore applications, announced securing strategic contracts worth more than £2million over the last quarter. The contracts mean the Gr
Fugro Receives Spotlight on Arctic Technology Awards
Organisers of the Arctic Technology Conference (ATC) have announced Fugro as the recipient of two 2014 Spotlight on Arctic Technology Awards. The company is being recognised for its integrated 3D iceberg mapping technique, which defines complex iceberg properties using high precision subsea imaging
Bibby Offshore Wins Company of the Year Award at Subsea Expo 2014
Subsea installation contractor, Bibby Offshore, won the Company of the Year award at the 2014 Subsea Expo Awards on Wednesday 5 February 2014. Celebrating the highest performing companies and individuals in the subsea energy sector, winners were announced at the awards ceremony held at the Aberdeen
Phil Middleton Promoted to Deputy Managing Director of Seatronics
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has promoted Phil Middleton to deputy managing director based in the Aberdeen office. Middleton has 18 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and 13 years within the rental market. During this time, he has demonstrated expertise in engineering, operations, comme
Gazprom to Start Commercial Gas Production from Kirinskoye Field in 2014
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Alexander Khoroshavin, Governor of the Sakhalin Region. The meeting noted a significant amount of Gazprom’s investments in the Sakhalin Region –the Company’s capital investment
Carnegie Announces Successful UK Funding Applications for Development of CETO Projects
Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces two successful UK funding applications to support technology development and environmentally sustainable development of commercial CETO projects. Carnegie recently won EU funding from the MARINETs Transnational Access initiative to support wave tank testing and
EMGS’ Fourth Quarter Results Up
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA’s (EMGS) reported revenues of USD 44.9 million in the fourth quarter 2013, up from USD 23.6 million in the previous quarter and in line with the USD 45.0 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2012. Contract sales totaled USD 40.1 million, while multi-client sales
“HVDC Transmission Market – Forecasts to 2018” Report Published
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “HVDC Transmission Market – Forecasts to 2018” report to their offering. The ever increasing demand of energy, with long distance between generation and consumption centers, is poised to change the nature of transmission and distribution. Ironic
WaveRoller Brings Wave Power Industry Closer to Commercialization
WaveRoller, the breakthrough wave energy device created by the leading wave energy developer, AW-Energy, has received independent performance verification, taking the wave power industry one step closer to commercialization. WaveRoller received its validation after operating in fully exposed ocean e
Major Flood Repair Helped by Remote Control Boat in North East of England
A remote control boat equipped with a SonTek M9 Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP®) has been employed with HydroSurveyor software to create a 3-dimensional map of a damaged (and still submerged) flood barrier, following serious damage that took place during last December’s storms. Data from the survey
Testing of Enel Green Power’s R115 Continues
The second phase of testing of Enel Green Power’s R115, the first machine in the world that produces electricity from sea waves, has begun. The machine, which has been developed by 40 South Energy, will leave once again from the port of Livorno, this time completely assembled, to be tested offshore
A&P Falmouth Bags Wave Energy Contract (UK)
A&P Falmouth has been awarded a landmark contract by leading wave energy firm Seatricity to build a wave energy device to be deployed at Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility. The company, which has a growing reputation in the marine renewable energy sector, will manufacture, fabrica
Oil Production from Siri Area Starts Again
On Thursday, 28th of January, the oil tanker Siri Knutsen was connected via pipelines to three of the Siri area’s four oil fields. Thus, E&P is again able to produce from the Siri area, and yesterday Nini East delivered the first oil drops. The fields in the Siri area have not been in operation sinc
BOURBON Full Year Revenues Up (France)
BOURBON, a company which offers the most demanding oil and gas companies a comprehensive range of surface and subsea marine services for offshore oil and gas fields and wind farms, has announced 2013 full year results. Revenues increased 10.5% vs. full year 2012 to €1.312 billion and up 6.0% vs. 4th