Federal government’s 10-year response time and refusal to consider potentially toxic munitions, fails to ease community concerns about pollutants and oil spill response. The Gitga’at First Nation says that the federal government announcement will pump fuel from a sunken American munitions ship inspi
A new Joint Industry Project (JIP) has been launched to help improve the accuracy of wind tunnel measurements and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations. The Wind Load JIP aims to address the lack of symbiosis which exists between the two and develop a standard set of guidelines to support
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), U.S. Coast Guard, and Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (Walter), through the Unified Command, continue to oversee and coordinate response efforts to secure the South Timbalier 220 natural gas Well A-3. Safety of personnel and protection of the e
Swiber Holdings Limited (“Swiber” or together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”), a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, announced that it has clinched sizeable contracts worth approximately US$435 million. Contract wins comprise of
1. Diver Killed in Accident at Riffgat Offshore Wind Farm (Germany) A British diver was killed while performing underwater work at the Riffgat offshore wind farm, located north of Borkum in the North Sea, between Friday 12 July and Saturday 13 July. The 26-year-old was buried in 20-meter water depth
Technip was awarded by Chevron North Sea Ltd a substantial engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contract for the Alder field. Chevron is developing the Alder field as a subsea tieback to the Britannia Bridge Link Platform (BLP). This field is located in the central North Se
The Nexans Board of Directors meeting on July 24, 2013, under the chairmanship of Frédéric Vincent, approved the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2013. Sales for the first half of 2013 came to 3.412 billion euros at current non-ferrous metal prices compared with 3.577
The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that the Marine Institute on behalf of Kinsale Energy Limited is scheduled to conduct a pipeline and Platform Superstructure survey in the Celtic Sea off the South Coast of Ireland between 22nd July and 30th August 2013. The survey will
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract by Petrobras to supply three subsea boosting stations for the Parque das Baleias development, located offshore Brazil’s Espirito Santo state in the Campos Basin. The contract has an estimated value of $40 million. “The Horizontal B
The world’s leading cable protection company for the offshore wind industry, Tekmar Energy, has announced ambitious plans to return to the oil and gas market, whilst maintaining its leading position in offshore renewables. As part of the firm’s blueprint for growth it aims to generate £15million in
Siem WIS has entered into a contract with M-I Swaco for the supply of its pressure control device (“PCD”) services. The Siem WIS PCD services shall be used in connection with M-I Swaco’s manage pressure drilling (“MPD”) services for Statoil on the Gudrun and Valemon fields in the North Sea. The oper
A leading offshore survey company recently completed an acoustic metrology project 15 hours quicker than anticipated using Lodestar GyroCompatts from Sonardyne Inc. Taking place in the Gulf of Mexico, acoustic metrology was performed on four proposed jumpers, measuring from the manifold pressure cap
The 20 MW tidal energy project located on the east side of Martha’s Vineyard is progressing, the town of Edgartown, Mass, informed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The 13 cross-axial helical tidal energy units will be positioned at a water depth between 100 and 160 feet in the Muskeg
Ofgem has appointed the Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium as the preferred bidder to own and operate the high voltage transmission links to the Gwynt y Môr wind farm. At 576MW it is currently the second largest project to have reached this tender stage. The estimated value of the transmission assets
