Subsea
Polarcus Gets LoI for 3D Seismic Survey Off West Africa
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has received a Letter of Intent for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project for an undisclosed client offshore West Africa. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will commence in July 2014 and is expected to run for approximately thr
Top News of the Week of June 09 – Jun 15, 2014
1. Fugro’s Survey Vessel to Support Search for Flight MH370 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has awarded Fugro a contract that will see the deployment of its specialist vessel, equipment and expertise in the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. 2. Seadrill B
FSG Delivers Seismic Vessel ‘Amazon Warrior’
Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) recently marked the start of a new era by successfully handing over AMAZON WARRIOR to its customer Western-Geco. “In the specialised shipbuilding sector, this is the most important ship we have built in the past 20 years. She has opened a door for us into a m
DeepOcean To See Further Intake of Subsea Engineers
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV,has announced the continuation of their successful conversion programme for Subsea Project Engineers, with a further intake in October 2014. In 2013, to support their recruitment strategy, DeepOcean UK identified an opportunity to attract high
CLOV Adds 37,000 Barrels of Equity Oil Per Day for Statoil
Statoil has reported that the large CLOV field in Block 17 offshore Angola came on stream on June 12 in line with the initial project schedule. Statoil has a 23.33% interest in Block 17, which is operated by Total (40%). The other CLOV partners are Esso Exploration Angola (Block 17) Limited (20%) an
Historian Publishes Rebuttal to Finding of Columbus’ Santa Maria
In stunning rebuttal to the supposed finding of the Santa Maria by treasure hunter Barry Clifford, historian Manuel Rosa goes into great detail in his book “Columbus-The Untold Story.” Rosa contradicts recent news that the wreck found off the Northern coast of Haiti is Columbus’s famous Santa Maria
Ballast Nedam Marks Its 500th Foundation
In just over 2 months Ballast Nedam Offshore has installed 47 out of 80 monopiles on the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm. The installation works started at the 1st of April and on the 10th of June monopile no. 47 was installed. This demonstrates the reliable approach based on one of the best proven ins
RWE: Nordsee Ost OWF Inter-Array Cabling Finished
A network of more than 60 kilometres of underwater cable now spreads over the construction field of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. This is almost the length of the Eurotunnel that connects the UK with Continental Europe. The inter-array cabling was completed in altogether less than four months.
Statoil Publishes Its Annual Energy Perspectives Report
Statoil has published its annual Energy Perspectives report outlining the analysis of macroeconomic and energy market developments towards 2040. “Global economic development will continue to drive energy demand. At the same energy efficiency improvements, fuel mix changes and a changing economic str
Oil & Gas UK Commends Catcher Project
Oil & Gas UK welcomes the announcement today that Premier Oil plc’s Catcher Project is to go ahead, a project set to recover around 100 million barrels of oil from the North Sea. Oil & Gas UK operations director Oonagh Werngren said: “This is yet another clear sign that opportunity remains in the No
Inpex to Explore Block WA-504-P Off Western Australia
INPEX CORPORATION has announced that INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd (INPEX Browse), a subsidiary, was awarded an exploration permit for Release Area WA-504-P (the Block). INPEX Browse will hold a 40% participating interest in the Block while Santos will hold a 60% participating interest serving as Operato
Carnarvon’s Phoenix South-1 According to Plan
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has reported that the drilling of the intermediate hole section at the Phoenix South-1 well was completed on schedule and is currently setting casing before drilling the final hole section. As at 06:00 hours this morning, the well had drilled to 3,706 m MD and was in the
Niko Gets Government Approval for Sale of Block 5(c) off Trinidad
Niko Resources Ltd. has announced that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has approved the previously announced sale of a 25% interest in Block 5(c) in Trinidad and Tobago to a subsidiary of the BG Group, 75% interest owner and operator of the block, for gross proceeds of $62 million. Under the t
Foundations Fabrication for Gode Wind OWF Well on Its Way
The fabrication of the Gode Wind foundations, which Bladt Industries are fabricating for Dong Energy, is well on the way. This week the TP mockup was upended at Bladt’s upending site. After this, the Bladt team installed the concrete platform on the TP mockup, which is the first of 97 TP’s for the G