Subsea
HR Wallingford, University of Exeter Enter Research Partnership
A three-year Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between HR Wallingford and the University of Exeter has been launched this month, funded through NERC’s Marine Renewable Energy Knowledge Exchange (MREKE) programme. The partnership builds on HR Wall
Reach Subsea Wins Contract with Calecore (Norway)
Reach Subsea ASA announced today the award of a contract from Calecore as suppliers under an existing agreement with a Norwegian Oil company. The contract is for the operation of the MPSV Bourbon Emerald on a day rate basis for around 34 days with operations starting in August 2013. The Reach work s
SAIC Awarded Deep Ocean Acoustic Detection Contract (USA)
Science Applications International Corporation announced it was awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to provide deep ocean acoustic detection for Transformational Reliable Acoustic Path Systems (TRAPS). The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee contract has a
NCE Subsea Wins Gold Label of Cluster Management Excellence Award
The cluster organization NCE Subsea gained 100 per cent of the cluster management excellence score and was therefore awarded the ‘Cluster Organization Management Excellence Label (Quality Label) GOLD’. To achieve a 100 per cent score is very rare, only achieved by a small percentage of the around 20
Swiber Revenues Increase by 30 Pct (Singapore)
Swiber Holdings Limited, a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, today reported that net profit in the half year ended June 30, 2013 (“HY2013”) rose 11.8% to US$37.4 million from US$33.5 million in the half year ended June 30, 2012 (“
Minister Hutt Visits Proposed Tidal Energy Site in Wales, UK
Finance Minister Jane Hutt AM has visited the proposed site for Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire, ahead of its deployment next year. Backed by EU funds of almost £8 million and pioneered by Cardiff-based Tidal Energy Ltd, the DeltaStream device will use t
Greater Stella Area Achieves Major Milestone (UK)
Costain Upstream’s project management and development engineering specialist EPC Offshore (EPC) has successfully marked a major milestone in Ithaca Energy’s Greater Area Stella development with the load out of the subsea structures completed on time and within budget. The Stella drill centre manifol
ABB Delivers the East West Interconnector to EirGrid (Ireland)
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group has delivered the East West Interconnector to EirGrid, the Irish transmission system operator. The 500-megawatt (MW) transmission connection is the highest capacity link of its kind, based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology, to go into
Survey of Lithuanian Section of Baltic Sea Cable Route Concluded
Calecore, a provider of offshore integrated site investigation solutions, including geotechnical, analogue geophysical, 2D High Resolution Seismic, environmental and ROV survey services, has completed a cable survey project. The survey, which started in Autumn 2012, included the Lithuanian section o
Foundations Works at German Amrumbank West OWF Set for This Fall
E.ON has begun the construction phase of German Amrumbank West offshore wind farm, the company said in its report for the first half of 2013. Installation of foundations at the project’s site is scheduled for this fall (most likely in October). In April, the company started the preparatory work for
Hunt for Lost Canadian Vessels Continues
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Canada’s Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, recently announced that Parks Canada Underwater Archaeologists will return to Canada’s Arctic to continue an expedition of international significance; the continuing search for the lost vessels HM
Kongsberg Operating Revenues Rise (Norway)
KONGSBERG is reporting operating revenues in Q2 2013 of MNOK 4 097, up 4.2 per cent year-on-year. EBITDA came to MNOK 513 in Q2, compared with MNOK 525 in Q2 2012. KONGSBERG’s earnings per share (EPS) came to NOK 2.38 in Q2, compared with 2.57 during the same months last year. The Group had an [&hel
Rosneft, SOCAR to Cooperate in O&G Projects
On August 13, 2013 Rosneft and State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) executed the Cooperation Agreement. The document was signed by Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin and SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev in the presence of Vladimir Putin, President
Subsea 7 Releases 2Q 2013 Results (UK)
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today results for the second quarter and first half 2013 which ended on 30 June 2013. Unless otherwise stated, the comparative period is the six months ended 30 June 2012. Jean Cahuzac, Chief Executive Officer, said: ‘While I am disappointed with the $300 million loss provisi