Subsea
Subsea Cabling Works to Begin at Four UK’s Offshore Wind Farms
Subsea works on the inter array and export cables at locations of four UK’s offshore wind farms are about to commence. Divers from the Dive Support Vessels ‘HBC SUPPORTER’ and ‘TERRAMARE 1’ will carry out construction works on subsea cables inside the perimeter of the West of Duddon Sands offshore w
Fugro Undertakes Geotechnical Investigation for Rampion Offshore Wind Farm
Fugro is undertaking offshore geotechnical investigation operations for the proposed Rampion wind farm, which is developed by E.ON Climate and Renewables. The geotechnical investigation is carried out from the vessels MV Markab and MV Bucentaur at the wind farm’s location in the eastern English Chan
Augean’s CEO Appointed to Board of Decom North Sea
Augean, one of the UK’s leading specialist waste management businesses, announces that its CEO, Dr Stewart Davies, has been appointed to the Board of Decom North Sea, the offshore oil & gas supply chain forum established to formulate effective contracting strategies for the forthcoming decommissioni
AGR’s Expertise in Reservoir Evaluations on Show at Risk and Uncertainty Conference
The expertise of AGR’s highly skilled reservoir evaluations team will be showcased at a leading symposium this week. Tim Wynn, Lead Geologist, and Liz Chellingsworth, Principal Geophysicist, both based in AGR’s Aberdeen office, have been selected to address a prominent technical conference titled “C
Substation Grouting at Borkum Riffgrund 1 Completed
8-legged substation was grouted in the North Sea by pioneering grouting expert. The turn-key grouting solution was provided to Volker Staal en Funderingen by Densit. The complete grouting package included the supply of UHPC grouting material, grouting equipment, supervisor assistance, as well as the
Geotechnical Survey on Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm Site
Mainstream Renewable Power is undertaking planned survey work on the Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm site from Thursday December 12th 2013 (earliest) for approximately 26 days. The work relates to the site of the proposed 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm which is located in the outer Fo
Seatricity to Deploy Second Generation Device at Wave Hub
UK based Seatricity plans to deploy its second generation device at Wave Hub next year before building out to a full scale grid-connected array in 2015. Seatricity managing director Peter Mitchell said: “Our first generation Oceanus 1 device has undergone extensive and successful sea trials in Scotl
SeaBird Secures Contract for Harrier Explorer in North West Europe
SeaBird Exploration Plc (“SeaBird”) announces that the Harrier Explorer has been awarded a contract as a source vessel in North West Europe. The contract has an estimated duration of about 110 days and an estimated value of approximately USD 8 million. Startup is expected around the 20th of December
Technip Installs Sonardyne’s Technology on Its G1200 Vessel
A new acoustic positioning technique to improve the quality and accuracy of pipeline touchdown monitoring has been successfully utilised by leading project management, engineering and construction company Technip. The company has installed a Sonardyne GyroUSBL transceiver on the stinger of its rigid
17 Companies Join Forces in Seismic Acquisition in Southeastern Barents Sea
A group comprised of 17 oil and gas companies has established a project for joint seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea. Statoil is the operator of the project. At the request of the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE), the industry, via the Norwegian Oil and Gas Associati
CGG, NPD Ink Diskos Data Management Contract
CGG announced today that it has signed a contract with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) relating to the Seismic, Well and Production modules in the Diskos database, the National Data Repository of Norway. The scope of the contract includes implementation of software during 2014 and operatio
ISS Expands Services. Buys Marine Surveying Company.
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, is expanding its services into the maritime survey sector following its acquisition of Christy & Griffin, a leading marine surveying and consultancy business in New South Wales. The acquisition is an important mileston
TE SubCom Begins Survey Work on USA and Ireland’s Emerald Express Submarine Cable
Emerald Networks, a new undersea fibre optic network provider, and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, announced that the survey of USA and Ireland territorial waters has commenced. This is a key milestone for enabling the construc
LPA and AutoNaut Sea Trials Show Success
J+S Limited’s first deployment of its miniaturised low profile acoustic array (LPA) off Plymouth Sound proved a resounding success. J+S were very pleased with the performance of the array when towed by AutoNaut® a newly developed UK unmanned surface vessel (USV). Ease of handling and the robust natu