Subsea
Video: PSA Seminar on Subsea Installations
PSA held a subsea facilities seminar with a focus on integrity, learning, experience exchange, continuous improvement and the prevention of major accidents. The seminar was held against a backdrop of major technological developments in the subsea domain. Subsea wells have been used in the oil indust
Rowan Renaissance – First Vessel to Apply ISQM by ABS
ABS has achieved an industry first with the completion of the Rowan Companies’ Rowan Renaissance drillship. This newbuild, which was built in the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) yard in Ulsan, South Korea, is the first in the world to have earned ABS’ Integrated Software Quality Management (ISQM) not
Cameron Bags Blowout Preventer Order from Freeport-McMoRan
Cameron has received an order from Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas to supply a 25,000 psi blowout preventer stack and 25,000 psi manifold. Cameron delivered the industry’s first and only 13-5/8″ 25,000 psi blowout preventer to Freeport-McMoRan in 2011. After successful and extensive use in the Gulf of Me
Niels Winther Supports Cable Installation at DanTysk Wind Farm
Niels Winther supports on-going preparations for the inter-array cable installation work at DanTysk wind farm. Planning and cable installation are carried out by Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC). Most recently the barge Stemat 87 arrived at the Danish port of Esbjerg. The barge carried cables
NOC Licences RSI for Probe Guard Manufacturing
The UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has signed a licence deal with Canadian company, Rockland Scientific International (RSI), giving RSI the rights to manufacture and sell a novel probe guard designed and tested by NOC engineers and scientists. The probe guard is designed to protect RSI’s Micr
Four Chinese Ships Join Search for Flight MH370
Four Chinese ships joined the HMAS Success in today’s search for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The Xue Long, Kunlunshan, Haikou and Qiandaohu ships joined the search area approximately 2500 kilometers south-west of Perth. Along with the ships, 11 aircraft are looking for the missing MH370 that
P2D Awarded Long Term Pipeline Healthcare Contract by Statoil
Pipelines 2 Data (P2D), provider of intelligent pipeline solutions for the oil & gas industry, have achieved a major milestone in Norwegian expansion plans. A long-standing parallel framework agreement has been awarded to the Aberdeen based company by Norway oil giants Statoil to clean and survey th
UC3M Scientists Work on New Tidal Energy Generator Project
Scientists from Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) are participating in a European research project that involves developing a new type of tidal energy generator that will be cheaper and more efficient. The device would replace conventional magnetic materials for new materials that are made usi
SI Ocean Project Provides Review of Current Trends in Wave and Tidal Energy
SI Ocean project published a study on the extent to which the wave and tidal energy sectors will meet their 2020 objectives and how it will be in direct proportion to the political will to implement the right mechanisms for advancing existing technologies. The Wave & Tidal Energy Strategic Technolog
Ramboll Foundation Appoints New Chairman
Ramboll Foundation announced that Flemming Bligaard Pedersen will succeed Svend Aage Nielsen as Chairman. Flemming Bligaard Pedersen joined Ramboll as a civil engineer in 1976, and became Group CEO in 1992 until he retired in 2012. He was awarded the European CEO of the year 2011 by an international
Decom North Sea Opens Bookings for Decom Offshore 2014 (UK)
Decom North Sea (DNS) has officially opened bookings for Decom Offshore 2014, which promises to provide in-depth networking for companies of all sizes within the industry. Decom Offshore 2014, a one-day event in Aberdeen, will take place on May 27. The aim of the day, entitled Realising Opportunitie
Lundin Makes Good Results with Johan Sverdrup Appraisal Wells
Lundin Petroleum AB reported that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal wells 16/3-8 S and 16/3-8 S T2, located in the eastern part of PL501, have been successfully completed. Appraisal well 16/3-8 S is located on the Avaldsnes High, in the eastern part of the Johan Sverdrup discovery. The well was drilled a
Nexans’ Largest DEH Project to Date for Shah Deniz Field
Nexans’ Direct Electrical Heating (DEH) cable systems will be installed to help in maintaining the reliable flow of products from the Shah Deniz field, located in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. The world’s largest DEH project to date will see Nexans deliver a total of 130 km of the cable
Ophir Begins Gabon and Tanzania Operations, Bags Myanmar Licence
Ophir Energy plc has been provisionally awarded a block in the Myanmar offshore licensing round. Separately, drilling operations have now commenced on both the Affanga Deep-1 well on the Gnondo Block, offshore Gabon and the Taachui well on Block 1, offshore Tanzania. Nick Cooper, CEO, commented: “We