Dr Hideo Nishida, of the Japan Hydrographic Association, has been presented with the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office’s (UKHO) Alexander Dalrymple Award at a ceremony in London. Dr Nishida was honoured for his outstanding contribution to Hydrography over a long and illustrious career with the Japa
Energi Coast launched norstec, the new industry and government initiative to maximise the renewables energy potential of the North Sea. Seven members of the Energi Coast steering group are among the network’s first signatories. – Deep Ocean – JDR Cables – Modus Seabed Intervention – OGN Group – TAG
The UK Government signed a new order for development of the former Swan Hunter shipyard, which will allow simplified planning process, the Bdaily news site reports. The shipyard will become one of five Centres for Offshore Renewable Engineering (CORE). Developers would not need to seek formal planni
Robert Kleiburg, Chief Operating Officer of the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) will give a key note speech on the importance of natural gas in energy transition on 23 October as part of the official opening of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference. In a recent article published by
BP announced the successful start-up of the Devenick gas project in the central North Sea. The Devenick project is a subsea tie-back to Marathon Oil’s East Brae platform and provides an important new source of domestic gas for the UK. Trevor Garlick, Regional President for BP’s North Sea business, s
The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that Subsea Rock Installation works will commence along the pipeline route from 54°20.34’N, 011°03.51’W (Corrib Offshore Field Location) to 54°19.70’N, 009°59.41’W (WGS84). Work will commence in mid October 2012 and is expected to be co
Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) has been awarded a new contract in the North Sea, to be performed by GSP Falcon, the DNV class pipelay vessel. The operations under the new contract with Perenco are scheduled to start in mid October 2012 and involve all engineering, procurement installation and pre-co
With over 80 orders already taken for its sophisticated K-Master aft- and forward-bridge workstation, Kongsberg Maritime has completed development and the pilot course for a specialised training course designed to enable offshore support vessel crew to enhance operational safety and efficiency using
Providence Resources P.l.c., the London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM) listed oil and gas exploration and production company, was awarded a Foreshore Licence (“Licence”) over an area in the Kish Bank Basin, offshore Dublin. The Licence was awarded by the Foreshore Unit of the Irish Department of Environment
Scottish Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, is to urge subsea companies to exploit Brazilian opportunities at an inaugural “Maximising Our Future” business seminar being held in Aberdeen next week (October 9). With around 2.5 million recoverable barrels per day projected by 2015 and subsea Capex worth a
Apply Nemo AS (AN), the subsea unit in Apply, has been awarded a contract with Det norske oljeselskapet ASA for the delivery of thirteen remote controlled tie-ins, up to 14”, for installation on the Edward Grieg and Ivar Aasen jackets. The contract value is approximately 60 mNOK, and the equipment d
Danish marine technology company MacArtney has developed a wet-mate connector, which is a new way to connect and disconnect power. The wet-mate connector is a 1kV device that enables two power cables to be linked together underwater. According to Social.tidaltoday.com, the project was successfully d
Champion Technologies has been awarded a contract by Eni Norge for the provision of production chemicals and associated technical services for the Goliat development in the Barents Sea in Northern Norway. The contract, worth over £3million {$5.5million} per year, has been agreed up until the end of
According to the States renewable energy policy advisor, Matt Des Forges, the Guernsey electricity sources will not be replaced by wind, wave and tidal power. He added that the renewable energy sources will take at least another eight years to become fully operational. Until then, the cost of these
