Subsea
Bayerngas UK Purchases Shares of Babbage Gas Field
Bayerngas UK Ltd announced it has agreed to purchase from Centrica Resources Ltd their 13% interest in UKCS License P456 containing the Babbage Gas Field. The Field is located in UKCS Block 42/2a in the Southern North Sea and came on-stream in 2010. Current production is from three wells. A second p
Centrica Extends Production at Chestnut Field with Hummingbird Spirit FPSO
Centrica Energy has announced that it will extend its contract for the Hummingbird Spirit until March 2016. The cylindrical FPSO, owned by Teekay, has been operating on Centrica Energy’s Chestnut field in the Central North Sea since 2008 and has already produced over 13 million barrels of oil. The C
Scientists Study Marine Life Damage from OWF in Westermost Rough
Scientists are studying damage caused to marine life from building offshore wind turbines off the East Yorkshire coast. The studies are undertaken on a marine habitat at Westermost Rough as Dong Energy plans to build 35 offshore wind turbines in the area in 2014. Scientists from the University of Hu
UK: VSMC Completes Works at London Array OWF
VSMC client London Array Limited has instructed the company to demobilize following completion of the last remaining part of the project, the shallow water trenching programme. VSMC started working at the wind farm site in 2009. For VSMC, the London Array project consisted of the installation and bu
Cork County Council Invites Tenders for Seabed Investigation Services
Cork County Council is inviting tenders for seabed investigation services. The ground investigation is necessary to determine the condition and engineering properties of the estuary seabed along the proposed routes of the proposed foul rising main between Cobh and Monkstown. The objective of the gro
Top News of the Week of Sep 02 – Sep 08, 2013
1. DOF Subsea Rederi Sells Skandi Bergen Vessel DOF Subsea Rederi AS, an entity in the DOF Subsea Group, has entered into an agreement where the vessel Skandi Bergen is sold to an international buyer. 2. GE Oil & Gas Launches New Subsea Manifold Design and Delivery Strategy Facing a surging global d
Wave Hub Applies for Floating Wind Consent
Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility in Cornwall, has applied for consent to install and operate a floating wind platform demonstrator. The application for both a Section 36 electricity consent and a Marine Licence has been submitted to the UK’s Marine Management Organisation and fo
Van Oord Orders DP2 Cable-Laying Vessel for Wind Park Construction
Van Oord has ordered a new cable-laying vessel. The ship will be built at Damen Shipyards’ wharf in Romania and will be completed at the end of 2014. The ship is intended for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind parks. Van Oord is making preparations for the Gemini wind park proj
DNV Launches ‘Enhancing Offshore Safety and Environmental Performance’ Report
In the report entitled ‘Enhancing offshore safety and environmental performance’, DNV suggests six critical levers to provide a more holistic safety framework across the oil and gas industry. CEO Remi Eriksen, DNV Maritime and Oil & Gas, says new regulations, such as the EU directive, mirror society
Kaycom, J+S Merge into JSK Naval Support
A joint venture between established Canadian defence systems specialists Kaycom inc, and UK defence systems specialists J+S Ltd., one of the world’s leading providers of acoustic and subsea technologies, is being launched at DEFSEC Atlantic 2013. JSK Naval Support Inc. is a new venture that builds o
Statoil, OMW Pleased with Wisting Central Oil Discovery in Barents Sea
Statoil is a partner in the OMV-operated Wisting Central oil discovery in the Hoop area. This represents a new oil play in the Norwegian Barents Sea. “Statoil is very pleased with the discovery in the Wisting Central well. This is the first well drilled in the frontier Hoop area. It gives us valuabl
AMEC Bags Brownfield Modifications Deal for TAQA’s Cladhan Field
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by TAQA’s UK business, to undertake the engineering, procurement and construction of modifications to the Tern oil production platform to accommodate a new subsea tie-back to the Cladhan field in the northern Nort
Bord Gais Eireann Looks for Hydrographic Survey Services
Bord Gais Eireann, on behalf of Tidal Ventures Ltd, a joint venture between Bord Gais and OpenHydro, is seeking a contractor to undertake hydrographic survey services for a tidal energy project. Tidal Ventures wishes to procure an offshore hydrographic survey for a tidal energy development at Torr H
Tullow Hits Oil in Wisting Central Well Offshore Norway
Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”) announces that the Wisting Central exploration well (7324/8-1), offshore Norway, has made the first ever oil discovery in the Hoop-Maud Basin in the Barents Sea. Results of drilling, wireline logs and samples of reservoir fluids show that the well has encountered 50-60 metr