Ramboll Oil & Gas has landed its first contract for Gazprom’s top development priority, the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field. The field is a part of the Kirinsky block in the major Sakhalin 3 area located 28 kilometres offshore the island of Sakhalin in the Sea of Okhotsk. The area is part of the
China’s manned submersible, Jiaolong, will attempt a deep-sea dive to 7,000 meters. If it succeeds in this mission, China will hold the record for performing the deepest dive. The deep-sea dive will test the vessel’s crew which will conduct a series of tests in the Pacific Ocean starting June 10. Xi
Subsea UK launched its annual scholarship initiative which is aimed at boosting the number of highly skilled subsea engineers in the industry. The scholarship programme, which enables successful candidates to study towards a post-graduate MSc in subsea engineering, was introduced last year by Subsea
Last week an initial breakthrough was made to further accelerate Germany’s shift to renewable energy. The country’s four major grid operators provided the German government with a new plan for a major grid expansion. The government is reviewing the plan and has recently intensified high-level meetin
Davie Yard Joint Venture, consisted of Upper Lakes Group, SNC Lavalin and Cecon ASA, and established to complete the three vessels under construction at Davie Yard, is about to lose one of its participants. SNC-Lavalin decided to cease its efforts to participate in the Davie Joint Venture. After an
SubC Control introduced the HD-Now conversion pod which provides older ROVs with an easy upgrade path to HD capability. Most ROVs have at least one spare fiber. Utilizing a spare presents the easiest method of getting HD video to the surface. In the cases where the ROV has HD-SDI capability, the bot
Nautilus Minerals advises that it is in dispute with the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (the State) as to the parties’ obligations to complete the Agreement entered into on 29 March 2011. Nautilus has initiated the dispute resolution process provided for in the Agreement, which may lead to a
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS and the Bøyla partners have submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Bøyla field located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Bøyla de
On 30 May 2012 two delegates from the Austrian Chamber of Commerce at the Austrian embassy in Brussels, Mr. Peter Fuchs and Mr. Henry Simon, visited Hydrex nv in Antwerp to present the company with the National Energy Globe Award for sustainability for 2012. Hydrex won the award for Belgium for its
TGS announces the release of Clari-Fi, a proprietary seismic data processing technique. TGS’ Clari-Fi technique allows broadband seismic to be generated from conventionally acquired seismic data. In order to achieve this, acquisition related frequency attenuation effects and the attenuation caused b
Research ship Yantar on May 31 left covered workshop of JSC Yantar Shipyard and was moved to open slipway, reports the shipyard’s press service. Although moving of the 2,000-ton hull took less than an hour, it needed thorough preparation. As a result, the hull was placed at a pre-launch position to
Statoil has awarded Aker Solutions early phase studies for all their recent major discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf; the Skrugard and Havis fields in the Barents Sea and the Johan Sverdrup discovery in the North Sea. Contract values are undisclosed. The past year has been unique, with J
Nautilus Minerals announced that there may be a delay in the finalisation of funding for the vessel to be used in connection with its Solwara 1 Project and a potential consequential delay to the program for the vessel build. In turn, this may result in a delay to the commencement of operations at So
Swiber Holdings Limited, a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, through its Indonesian joint venture company, PT Rajawali Swiber Cakrawala, has been awarded a contract amounting to approximately US$175 million by an oil major for offshore engine
