Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has announced a multi-million pound investment in marine assets for its core North Sea market. From January 2012, the DP3 Diving Support Vessel, Toisa Polaris, will come under the control of Bibby Offshore. The vessel will be taken on a 2-
Energy consultancy Xodus Group has launched a £5 million office in The Hague bringing a truly integrated subsurface and surface capability to the global oil and gas industry. A number of key appointments have been made and Xodus aims to have 20 people operating from The Hague by the end of the year.
The Vilje partners have taken the investment decision to develop Vilje South, an extension to the main field included in its original plan for development and operation (PDO). An oil producer, Vilje lies just to the north of Heimdal in the northern part of Norway’s North Sea sector. The well planned
C-Tecnics introduces the Mantis 20 HD Camera, world’s first underwater inspection camera with a 20x zoom capability. The MANTIS 20 is a compact, full high definition (HD) colour focus and zoom camera. The 1/3‐inch CMOS sensor provides exceptional picture quality with full HD levels of resolution and
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen have acquired geological material from steep parts of the seabed on the Jan Mayen Ridge. The new knowledge reinforces the belief that there could be petroleum in the area. ”The samples from the seabed at Jan Mayen are remarkable;
FES International has secured a $4.7M deal to supply, Maersk Oil UK with 22 bespoke diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSC) for its Gryphon floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the North Sea. The FES DBSCs are designed to enable quick, efficient and cost effective installat
A research financed by the EU’s INTERREG IVA Programme has identified that subsea power grid between Scottish and Irish offshore renewable sites is feasible and could drive development in the sector. ISLES says that interconnected transmission network would generate revenues, and create jobs. The st
About 40 energy-company representatives participated in an EMGS executive briefing in London on the 16 November 2011. The forum facilitated open and constructive dialogue. Candid reports on the application of 3D EM methods by Shell and Emergy Exploration were a particular source for lively discussio
WFS Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, announces a new industry partnership with UK supplier of instrumentation and data loggers, Omni Instruments, based in Dundee, Scotland. Omni Instruments Ltd. Es
Lansdowne Oil & Gas, announces that it has taken delivery of the processed 3D seismic surveys carried out this summer over the Amergin, Rosscarbery and Midleton Prospects in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Commenting on this development, Dr Steve Boldy, CEO of Lansdowne said: “We are p
Leading Dutch offshore energy company Bluewater Energy Services has secured a tidal demonstration berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for demonstration of its floating Tidal Energy Converter, BlueTEC. Bluewater has successfully completed its development and design phase including model
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its wholly owned Norwegian subsidiary, Oceaneering AS, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AGR Field Operations (AGR FO) from AGR Group ASA and FieldCo Invest AS. AGR FO, headquartered in Bergen, Norway, is a provider of inspection, maint
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has announced that recent modifications to its Azipod propulsion unit frame design have seen hydrodynamic efficiency improved by more than two per cent. The modifications include a newly optimized Azipod fin shape and a new pod cap structure, c
The Energy Institute (EI) has published new guidelines for improving reliability and obsolescence in subsea systems with the support of Subsea UK. These guidelines provide a framework for reliability assessment and use of field data as well as the management of obsolescence to help support continued
