Subsea
Minesto Inks Letter of Intent with Green Elements
Minesto has signed a Letter of Intent with Green Elements, a Chilean company that will develop a commercial plan for Minesto in the South Pacific region of South America. The purpose for 2014 and 2015 is to identify possible sites for electricity production and develop commercially viable projects t
Cygnus DIVE for HMS/M A7 Sub Survey
The A7 Project is part of The SHIPS Project (Shipwrecks and History in Plymouth Sound), which is being run by a local group of divers and shipwreck enthusiasts. The main aim of the project is to record the long maritime history of Plymouth and the nearby area and in doing so also raise awareness of
Bombora Conducts Wave System Field Trial in Australia
Bombora Wave Power recently received a permit and conditional license to conduct experimental trials of the Bombora system from the Swan River Trust for their Como (Wadjuk) test site, adjacent to the Como jetty. Bombora will initially field trial a scaled version of its system. A number of test conf
Statoil to Plug Oseberg Well
Statoil has received consent to use Songa Trym for permanent well plugging on the Oseberg field. Statoil is the operator on the Oseberg field, located in blocks 30/6 and 30/9 in the northern part of the North Sea. Well 30/6-B-51 AH is a subsea well tied to the Oseberg A facility. The well was drille
Dyer Expands Manufacturing Facilities
Dyer Engineering has increased the size of its manufacturing facilities to almost 90,000 sq. ft. to meet the demand for its fabrication and machining services from the oil & gas and subsea industries. The Annfield Plain-based company has leased the premises in Harelaw, which has created an additiona
Deep Trekker ROV Gets UBSL Tracking System
Deep Trekker has announced their newest advancement to the Deep Trekker DTG2 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) product line with the integration of the TriTech MicronNav Positioning System. Piloting the Deep Trekker ROVs are extremely easy to do, although there is an added complexity when you cannot s
Jee to Participate at Subsea Integrity Conference
Jee Limited’s technical director Mike Hawkins will deliver a technical case study on ‘The challenges of concealed corrosion on a critical gas riser’, at the Subsea Integrity Conference (SSIC) North Sea. Jee, will also host an innovative post-conference training workshop. Following two successful yea
Expro to Exhibit ‘PowerChokes’ at ATCE Amsterdam
Oilfield services company, Expro, is set to showcase its latest PowerChokes® technology at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from October 27-29, 2014. Expro’s new Automatic Back Pressure (ABP) System uses their field-proven technology and softwa
DNS Announces New ‘Lunch and Learn’ Event
Recent reports indicate that the scale of opportunity arising from North Sea decommissioning is growing, with industry set to spend at least £35billion by 2040. As the dedicated North Sea industry forum, Decom North Sea (DNS) facilitates and drives collaboration with the key objective of delivering
Shell Finds Gas in Leopard-1 Well, Gabon
Shell announced a frontier exploration discovery offshore Gabon, West Africa. The well Leopard-1 encountered a substantial gas column with around 200 metres net gas pay in a pre-salt reservoir. Leopard-1 is located around 145 kilometres off the Gabonese coast, west of Gamba. It was drilled in water
VideoRay in OAT for McDermott’s LV-108
A VideoRay Pro 4 Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) has supported the Offshore Acceptance Testing (OAT) for two cranes on McDermott’s newest vessel, the Lay Vessel 108 (LV-108). The LV-108 is a pipe lay vessel, measuring 434 ft long and 89 ft wide. The LV-108 currently undergoing fitting and test of tw
NOAA Discovers Two WWII Vessels Off North Carolina
A team of researchers led by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries have discovered two significant vessels from World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic. The German U-boat 576 and the freighter Bluefields were found approximately 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina. Lost for more than 70 ye
EMGS Confirms Malaysia Gig
Electromagnetic Geoservice (EMGS) has verified the contract award in Malaysia for an undisclosed client, with reference to the announcement of a letter of intent signed on October 6. According to the letter of intent (LOI) the 3D EM data acquisition contract value is $6.8 million. Following the LOI
Alcatel-Lucent to Acquire Norwegian Optoplan
Alcatel-Lucent’s subsidiary, Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), has signed a binding agreement with Sercel, part of the CGG Group, for the acquisition of Optoplan, a leading provider of 4D permanent reservoir monitoring solutions used in offshore oil and gas production. The closing of the tran