Subsea
Lundin to Spend $1.7 Bln on Exploration and Development in 2013
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces its 2013 development, appraisal and exploration budget which totals USD 1,700 million. 2013 will be the busiest year in the company’s history both in relation to exploration and development activities. The 2013 expenditure on development projects is b
Subsea Vessel VOS Sweet Arrives in The Netherlands
Vroon announced that VOS Sweet has safely completed her voyage from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. Vroon Offshore Services’ latest addition to the subsea-support fleet arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday, 3 January 2013. Some final fitting work will be undertaken and her crane will be instal
UK: Isle of Wight Council to Team Up with Private Firms on SOEC Project
Isle of Wight Council plans to establish a joint venture company with private firms to develop the Solent Ocean Energy Centre (SOEC) project, according to the Isle of Wight County Press. The Council cabinet will make a decision on the establishment of the joint venture company next week and the part
RTE France Seeks Contractor for Geotechnical and Geophysical Studies
RTE France is seeking for contractors who will undertake geotechnical and geophysical studies of the seabed prior to the installation of high voltage subsea cables connecting offshore wind farms to land. This includes seabed geotechnical studies to a depth up to about 5-6 m. Works could require geot
UK: QinetiQ Uses Paramarine Marine Design Software to Develop Subhub Platform
QinetiQ GRC naval architects in combination with their Paramarine software are working with QED Naval Ltd in the development of a marine platform (Subhub) that can transport, install, anchor and maintain wave and tidal turbines through life. This will bring major cost and time advantages to tidal tu
UK: Subsea 7 Bags Western Isles EPIC Contract
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract valued at approximately US$300 million from Dana Petroleum, for the provision of subsea EPIC services in support of their Western Isles development project. The contract scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of two
Siem Offshore Sells MRSV Seven Sisters to Subsea 7 (UK)
Siem Offshore has sold the Multi Role Service Vessel (MRSV) Seven Sisters to Subsea 7. The prize is USD 84 million. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in March 2013. The sales proceeds will be allocated to repayment of mortgage debt of approximately USD 38 million and to fund equity investments in
New Study Documents Natural Relationship Between CO2 Concentrations and Sea Level
By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present (almost 400 parts per million) were systematically asso
UK: MCT’s Co-Founder Peter Fraenkel Awarded MBE in New Year Honours List
Professor Peter Fraenkel, the Marine Current Turbines co-founder and until recently its Technical Director, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for his services to the UK marine energy industry. Peter has taken a prominent role in the development of tidal current energy for (more th
UK: First Wave Energy Converters for Wave Hub Approved by MMO
The first wave energy converter (WEC) devices may now by deployed at the Wave Hub test site following approval by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The MMO has announced it has approved an application from OceanEnergy Ltd to deploy and test an OEB35 OceanEnergy buoy WEC for a period of up to
UK: ABPmer to Provide Interactive Port Management Tool for ABP
Associated British Ports’ Group Sustainable Development Team has commissioned ABPmer to develop an online interactive data viewer that will enable users to dynamically view, search, query, annotate, and print port specific infomaps. This system, based on ESRI ArcGIS Server and Geocortex, will initia
BP Starts Production from Skarv Field Off Norway
BP and partners announced the successful start of production from the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea, one of a series of new major upstream projects that BP brought into production in 2012. Production started on 31 December, 2012. “The start-up of Skarv is a key operational milestone for BP, addin
Norway: Talisman to Use Petrojarl Varg FPSO Beyond Its Original Lifetime
Talisman Energy Norge AS has received consent to use the Petrojarl FPSO on the Varg field beyond its original lifetime. Varg is an oil field located south of Sleipner Øst in the central part of the North Sea, at a water depth of 84 metres. The original design lifetime was based on the reserve estima
Statoil Gets Approval to Use Pipeline Between Heimdal and Grane Off Norway
Statoil has received renewed consent to use the pipeline between Heimdal and Grane. The background for the application is a change in how the pipeline is used. The pipeline between the Heimdal and Grane facilities was originally constructed for gas injection purposes. Statoil wants to have the optio