To meet the growing demand for dynamic positioning (DP) services in the North Sea and broaden the reach of the company’s global offshore offering, GL Noble Denton has established a dedicated DP team at its offices in Stavanger, Norway. The company already serves a wide range of clients from its DP c
Scour – the movement of sediment that can erode the seabed around a fixed structure – is one of the major concerns when designing offshore wind turbine foundations. Indeed, turbine foundations are more susceptible to scour than predicted, as shown by Anders Wedel Nielsen, who recently joined DHI tea
Coastline Surveys has successfully completed a Pre-decommissioning Environmental Survey on behalf of Energy Resource Technology (UK) Ltd, a division of HELIX. The programme is in preparation for the decommissioning of Camelot CA production platform and associated sub-sea infrastructure, which is loc
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of Eni. The parties discussed current issues and prospects for further cooperation in the energy sector. Particular attention was p
Following Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO, proposal, the Board of directors appointed Stéphane-Paul Frydman and Pascal Rouiller as CGGVeritas Senior Executive Vice-Presidents. Stéphane-Paul Frydman will assist the CEO and head Strategy, Legal and Investor Relations departments. He will also continue his ex
Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, has announced that its Penguin wave energy converter is ready for full-scale deployment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, following successful testing. Wello’s 0.5 MW Penguin device, which produces sustainable power through wave
Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. has been contracted by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), for the supply of Cable Hang-off Systems for an offshore wind farm project in the North Sea. The second supply contract has been achieved by satisfying the technical and commercial requirements of the subject
Veripos, world leaders for provision of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, has extended the North West European sector of its global multi-source network with the establishment of new reference station facilities at Hammerfest in northern Norway. The new
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) has agreed to long-term charter the DP2 vessel MV Aura from the Finnish Meriaura Ltd for use in subsea cable installation projects in the North and Baltic Sea. Under the terms of the agreement NSW will charter the vessel starting in summer 2012. Constructed in 2
Lars Christian Bacher has been appointed executive vice president for Development and Production International (DPI) in Statoil and will take up his new position as of 1 September. Bacher will succeed Peter Mellbye who is retiring after 30 years with the company. Lars Christian Bacher holds a master
CGGVeritas Board of Directors approved on February 29, 2012, the 2011 financial statements of the Company, on which the independent auditors are in the process of completing their audit procedures. Fourth Quarter 2011 key figures: * 2011 Revenue up 10% and Cash Flow from Operations up 36% * Operatin
IHC Offshore & Marine, part of IHC Merwede, and SapuraCrest have signed two contracts for the design, engineering and construction of two new 550t pipelaying vessels. A third contract has been signed with OSX Construçăo Naval S.A. Brazil for the design and engineering of a 300t pipelaying vessel, as
Aberdeen based, BMT Cordah, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, the leading international maritime design, environmental and engineering consultancy, has announced the appointment of Norman Di Perno as its Managing Director. Dr David Sell, who has been the company’s Managing Director for the past four an
BG Norge AS has been granted consent to use subsea facilities and pipelines on the Gaupe field. The Gaupe field is part of production licence 292 and lies about 240 km southwest of Stavanger, near the border to the UK shelf. The water depth in the area is about 85 metres. Production is scheduled to
