Portuguese town Peniche will soon start generating power from the waves on the power plant called WaveRoller. Estaleiros Navais de Peniche has been testing an innovative wave energy structure which weighs 280 tons and is 44 meters long. The prospect of the project is to utilize currents to trigger t
Aker Solutions has been awarded a frame agreement for engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPCI) for Talisman Energy’s maintenance and modifications projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. Scope of work includes studies, engineering, procurement, fabrication, offshore insta
London Array offshore wind farm has encountered a delay caused by shallow water and poor weather in Thames Estuary. According to London Array project director Richard Rigg, the installation of array cables should be finished on schedule, with the aid provided by Visser & Smit and Global Marine’s ves
Providence Resources P.l.c., the London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM) listed oil and gas exploration and production company, confirms that its wholly owned UK subsidiary, PR Singleton Limited, has been offered an exploration licence over UK seaward block 103/1 in the St George‟s Channel Basin, offshore Wal
BMT Reliability Consultants Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced its latest project with Stingray Geophysical Ltd, a TGS company. This partnership saw BMT provide critical analysis and reliability as
TWMA has become a member of Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum. DNS has grown since its inception in 2009, to have over 160 members drawn from operators, major contractors, service specialists and technology developers. With annual decommissioning expenditure in the
Seven oil companies have purchased the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s seismic data package from Lofoten and Vesterålen, and several more have indicated their interest. The seven oil companies that have purchased the seismic data package are Statoil, ExxonMobil, Norske Shell, RWE Dea Norge, GDF Su
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has successfully commissioned a power link between Finland and Sweden. The HVDC (high-voltage direct current) Fenno-Skan 2 link is a cable-based power transmission system that enables the exchange of an additional 800 MW of power between the tw
The Gjøa gas export riser replacement project has completed its activities within less than 10 months. The Gjøa facility is now producing according to current reservoir production potential. – The execution of the project went very well, thanks to careful planning and strict coordination, plus the a
ITF, the global oil and gas technology facilitator, has announced the challenges that its membership of operator and service companies want to see tackled as priorities in 2012. Up to 100% funding will be available for the right solutions to some of the industry’s most pressing challenges and ITF ai
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced that it has received a contract to deliver upgrades to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence’s current fleet of REMUS 100 vehicles. BlueView Technologies 3D MicroBathymetr
Technip was awarded by Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited a lump sum contract, worth approximately €135 million, for the Golden Eagle development located 110 kilometers North-east of Aberdeen in 115 meters of water. This contract is the largest ever awarded to Technip for a project in the United Kingdom C
Sea Fibre Networks, owner and operator of Europe’s most advanced subsea telecoms network, CeltixConnect, announced a major fibre contract with Colt, Europe’s leading information delivery platform. Colt’s customers will be enabled with the lowest latency solution connecting Ireland to the UK with onw
Kongsberg Maritime will support the Spanish Hydrographic Institute in expanding its survey capabilities during the first part of 2012 following official equipment acceptance, which took place 20th December 2011. The leading instrument developer will supply its sophisticated EM2040 1ºx1º multibeam wi
