Statoil has received consent to use the Island Wellserver mobile facility for well intervention activities on Troll Oseberg Gass Injection (TOGI). In addition to the fields included in previous consents a need has arisen to carry out minor well intervention work on TOGI. The objective of the activit
LUX Assure, a research and development company specialising in chemical monitoring technologies for the oil and gas industry, has appointed Laurence Ormerod as chairman further strengthening the firm’s focus on the global oil and gas sector. With 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry, Mr O
It stretches 260km under the North Sea, contains 23,000 tonnes of copper and lead, and may represent the first step towards a renewable ener… (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian , April 11, 2011;
Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. announces Mr. Wout de Graaf as new Managing Director of Vos Prodect Innovations B.V. Mr. Wout de Graaf, also CEO of the Vos Industrial Group, wants to professionalize Vos Prodect Innovations bringing the company to a higher level within the offshore wind energy and telec
CTC Marine has returned to Germany to continue the installation of subsea inter-array power cables on BARD Offshore 1 Wind Farm. The first array cable of the 2011 campaign has already been installed. CTC is installing 80 inter-array power cables in total on the 400MW development located in the Germa
Dr Marcus Jones has left his post as Chief Executive of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) in order to pursue new interests. He joined the Institute in January 2008 as Chief Operating Officer and took over as Chief Executive in May 2009. “Marcus has defined and led
Power conversion specialist Converteam has been selected to supply its sophisticated C-Series dynamic position (DP) control systems for two platform supply vessels (PSVs) destined for operation in the oil and gas fields of Russia’s northern seas. The award for Converteam’s sophisticated automatic po
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS) has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Stingray Geophysical Limited (Stingray). The transaction will provide TGS with a strong position in the rapidly growing market for Permanent Reservoir Monitoring (PRM) solutions. The acquisition wi
Statoil has initiated an investigation after the gas leak that occurred at Visund on April 9. The gas leak occurred in a riser carrying oil and gas from well A21 to the Visund platform. On Friday April 8, Statoil decided to shut down production from the Visund field to carry out inspections on the [
Victrex Polymer Solutions, a division of Victrex plc, the world’s leading manufacturer of high performance polyaryletherketones, and Magma Global Ltd. have signed a collaboration and exclusive material supply agreement that will enable the two companies jointly to address the increasingly harsh and
The gas leak that was reported at the Visund platform this morning was confirmed stopped just before 1pm today. Evacuated personnel will be returned to the platform. The gas leak is believed to have started at a point in a fixed riser carrying oil and gas from well A21 to the Visund platform. A gas
Provision of offshore and/or nearshore inspection surveys of two submarine gas transmission pipelines each approximately 200km long, Scotland to Ireland from shore to shore, and one spur and one umbilical approximately 10 km long to the Isle of Man. The maximum water depth is approximately 130 metre
Van Oord will join forces with Canadian based CSL Group Inc. for the technical and commercial management of flexible fallpipe vessels including the MV Tertnes, the MV Nordnes and the MV Stornes. The MV Tertnes, as well as the underlying contracts for each of the three vessels, were acquired by CSL a
DOF has entered into three long term charter contracts with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS for operation in the Norwegian Sector. DOF has entered into three long term charter contracts with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS for operation in the Norwegian Sector. The contracts will commence 4Q 2012, with
