Subsea
Antelope Acquires Advanced Composite
Antelope Oil Tool & Manufacturing Co., LLC (“Antelope”) has acquired Advanced Composite Standoff SRL and Advanced Composite Systems SRL (“Advanced Composites”). Led by Dave Levie and Richard Baynham, Advanced Composites is a manufacturer and supplier of composite centralizers and other composite pro
PSA Audits Premier Oil’s Bream Development Project
On 29 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Premier Oil’s management of the early phase of the Bream project prior to the plan for development and operation (PDO). Objective The objective of a pre-PDO audit is to monitor that the operator’s plans and decisio
Tritech Sells Gemini Profiling Sonars to STR
Tritech announces the sale of multiple Gemini 620pd multibeam profiling sonars to Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR), Great Yarmouth. The sales of Gemini 620pd, the latest technology for subsea profiling operations, are significant for Tritech as they follow on from the successful introduction of t
Carbon Trust OWA Awards Contracts to Three Cable Manufacturers
Following an international competition the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has awarded contracts to three cable manufacturers to help commercialise the development of 66kV offshore wind farm intra-array cables. It is providing funding of £400k (£133k to each cable manufacturer) to acc
Saipem Nets $600 Mln FPSO Contracts in Brazil and Angola
Saipem has been awarded contracts for the extension of leasing and upgrading works of the Cidade de Vitoria FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel) in Brazil. The company has also been awarded a lease extension and operation contract for the Gimboa FPSO in Angola. These contracts ar
UK: National Horizons Centre Gets Go Ahead
Plans for a state-of the-art centre for skills, leadership and innovation in emerging technology sectors have been given the green light by Government. The Darlington-based National Horizons Centre (NHC) is a partnership between Teesside University, the Centre for Process Innovation, Darlington Coll
Burges Salmon Assists in Getting Seabed Zone Rights for Wave Hub and Minesto
The renewable energy team from Burges Salmon have assisted in securing seabed rights for a total of four wave and tidal energy zones for their clients Minesto and Wave Hub in a leasing process managed by The Crown Estate. Swedish marine energy technology company Minesto has acquired the rights to a
Update: First Phase of Concordia Refloating Finalized
The first day of the refloating operation of the Concordia has concluded successfully yesterday. Confirming technician’s estimations, the wreck is afloat thanks to the buoyancy given by sponsons, 22 meters off the false sea bed, and it has been towed for about 30 meters eastwards. The wreck is secur
Blackbird Field 2nd Production Well Test Complete
Atlantic Petroleum announces that the initial production testing from the Blackbird Field second production well, 20/02a-B3, has achieved sustained rates of over 7,000 bbls/day (c. 660 bbls/day net to Atlantic Petroleum), which was constrained by surface equipment. The well is being drilled and test
New Zealand Oil & Gas Works on Abandoning of Oi-2 Well
Operations this morning are continuing to plug and abandon the Oi-2 well in Petroleum Mining Permit 38158, offshore Taranaki, New Zealand. The next operation will be to abandon Oi-1 prior to releasing the rig. The well intersected the primary target Kapuni F10 sands and underlying secondary targets
Corps Charleston District Integrates RAMbLr Mapping System
The Charleston District’s survey section is no stranger to using advanced visualization technologies to support the District’s decision makers. Recently, while hosting a seafloor mapping S.T.E.M. outreach event with the College of Charleston’s Marine Geology Mapping Group, the survey team was introd
Norshore Completes Langsa Field Contract for BlueSky, Indonesia
Norshore Atlantic has recently successfully completed its first contract with BlueSky Langsa. The technical uptime for the complete operation was 98.3%. The work has been a combination of ROV inspection and well intervention work on 2 subsea wells on the Langsa Field in Indonesia. The well intervent
Makai Releases Version 6.0 of MakaiPlan
Makai has released version 6.0 of MakaiPlan, the industry standard GIS cable route engineering software. MakaiPlan is a tool to create and edit submarine cable routes, define cables and in-line bodies, define and adjust slack, instantly create Route Positioning Lists (RPLs) and Straight Line Diagram
FES to Supply DBSCs to GE Wellstream for Kraken Project
FES International, a recognised leader in fluid transfer solutions, has won a contract worth $300,000 to supply 12 Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) to contractor GE Wellstream. FES International has supplied DBSCs to GE Wellstream for more than a decade. The product is one of the firm’s m