Decom North Sea (DNS), the organisation that represents the North Sea’s oil & gas decommissioning industry, has welcomed changes in the Budget that will boost the sector leading to new jobs and investment in new equipment. With annual decommissioning expenditure in the North Sea forecast to top £1bi
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Det norske oljeselskap to conduct a front-end, engineering and design (FEED) study for the Draupne field on the Norwegian continental shelf. The study will be carried out by Aker Solutions’ newly established engineering office in London, and delivered to the li
Dolphin Geophysical announced that Gil Howell has been named Manager Multi-Client NASA. Gil will manage the Design, Marketing and Sales of Multi-Client 2D and 3D seismic surveys, in the NASA region. Gil brings a wealth of knowledge from the oil and gas industry, with a career that has spanned over 2
Five grid initiatives, representing a range of global energy actors, today called on decision makers to accelerate the transition to a pan European electricity infrastructure. At their inaugural conference “Supergrid 2012”, the Friends of the Supergrid today signed a Joint Declaration with represent
Leading subsea equipment rental company Ashtead Technology has made a substantial investment in order to operate established equipment calibration facilities in all its office locations. In addition to the standard range of product calibration services, the Singapore and Aberdeen branches offer the
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is to begin consultations on the expansion of its pioneering facilities in response to rapidly growing demand for its full-scale test sites. The move comes as one of Europe’s largest electricity producers, Vattenfall, is confirmed as the latest utility to sec
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has officially submitted its Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to the Ministry of Environment in Italy. The TAP project aims to deliver secure natural gas supplies from the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan to western Europe, transporting the gas via Gr
Saab Seaeye announced that it will showcase its four key underwater vehicles at this year’s Seawork 2012 at the stand D16, including the new double-hulled Sabertooth AUV/ROV. Double-hulled Sabertooth AUV/ROV The new double-hulled version of the Sabertooth offers twice the operational duration of the
Last Monday No Limit Ships shipyards of the Netherlands succesfully launched building number 26. This Hydrographic Survey vessel is ordered by a Russian customer and will be delivered at her homeport Archangelsk around 1 May. No Limit Ships shipyards is builder of workboats upto 35 meters and specia
A&P Tyne ship repair yard has made a good start to 2012 with a multi-million pound order book for the first quarter of the year. The Hebburn yard, which suffered a disappointing end to 2011 with the unexpected loss of an aircraft carrier contract, has bounced back and is now bustling with activity a
The marine environment and bird life in and around Walney Offshore Windfarm have been carefully studied before construction of the wind farm was authorised. During the two years of construction, additional work has been done to check that construction activities remained within acceptable limits for
With demand for multibeam echosounders on the increase, Ashtead Technology has invested in six new Reson SeaBat 7125ROV2 high-resolution multibeam echosounders. SeaBat multibeam sonars are designed to meet surveyors need for fast and reliable operation with ultra wide swathe coverage and outstanding
The first survey of the impact of offshore wind farms on fish life is available. It shows that wind turbines and fish live in perfect harmony. The number of some fish species has actually increased. While the last wind turbines are being put into operation in the world’s largest offshore wind farm,
Schlumberger announced that it has entered into an agreement with Altor Fund II to acquire SPT Group—a privately owned software company specialized in dynamic modeling for the oil and gas industry. The company provides a combination of software and consulting services for multiphase flow and reservo
