Pulse Tidal, the Sheffield based tidal power provider, has been awarded an Agreement for Lease by the Crown Estate for an area of seabed near to Lynmouth in Devon. The company plans to deploy a 1.2MW tidal power generating machine – England’s largest – in 2014, following consultation, environmental
Dyneema® Max is the culmination of a systematic development programme by DSM Dyneema to improve the creep performance of high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) yarn. First trialled as a mooring rope over 10 years ago, the early results with HMPE were promising, however, creep prevented its use as a deepwa
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) started acquiring seismic in the southern part of the Barents Sea yesterday. “The entire first line of 67 kilometres was acquired before midnight. We are very satisfied with this start-up,” says Lars Jensen, the NPD’s project manager for this summer’s seismi
Modus Seabed Intervention, one of the North East’s leading subsea specialist companies, believes membership of a new industry partnership will bring even greater success in the North Sea renewable energy market. Provisionally known as Norstec, the partnership is a global network of businesses aimed
Former EVP of AGR Field Operations Åge Landro returns to AGR as EVP of Strategy & Integration. Landro moved to Oceaneering in December 2011 when AGR Field Operations was sold from AGR to Oceaneering. Landro will rejoin AGR’s Leadership to help grow the firm across all key markets. He said: “After le
Leading specialist subsea services group Acteon has appointed Lester Clark as vice president. Lester has more than 20 years of industry experience and joins Acteon from Baker Hughes, where he was director for drilling systems in the Russia Caspian region. This involved leading a multidisciplinary te
SeaHold GEOSHIPS Ltd, a marine and subsea services shipping company, held an open day on board the newest addition to its vessel fleet. Formed in 2003, the Aberdeen-based company took delivery of Loch Roag, its second multi purpose support vessel (MPSV), earlier this month on a contract valued at ov
Further significant steps have been taken this week towards stopping the Elgin gas leak, including the installation of a key piece of equipment on the G4 well to divert leaking gas away from the wellhead platform. Known as a diverter, this specially manufactured device has been connected to the G4 w
Premier announces that it has received approval of its Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Solan field (Premier 60 per cent, Chrysaor 40 per cent) from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Premier-operated Solan field, located on the UK Continental Shelf West of Shetland, is expected to
The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £1 million in feasibility studies, to be led by SMEs, which will stimulate innovation in the oil and gas sector and accelerate the development and deployment of new technologies. Proposals for the studies should focus on the areas of increasing oil an
Dr Peter Heffernan CEO, Marine Institute, and Prof Ian Wright, Deputy Director, Science and Technology, National Oceanography Centre (UK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, to foster closer co-operation
E.ON has announced that Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions (BBUS) has been awarded the contract to install the cable on its Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. The contract, worth circa £19 million, will involve the design and installation of a 30km section of underground 132kV cable which will be used
Viper Subsea has signed a new collaboration agreement with Perth based Velocious. The agreement enables both companies, each of whom are already globally recognised as providers of high quality subsea solutions, to expand their offerings to overseas markets and collaborate on product supply and proj
Technip announces that its Board of Directors approved the unaudited first quarter 2012 consolidated accounts on Apr. 24. Thierry Pilenko, Chairman and CEO, commented: “Our first quarter performance was very much in line with our expectations, which enables us to reiterate our 2012 financial objecti
