Statoil has awarded Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies a contract worth NOK 150 million over three years to develop the world’s first integrated environmental monitoring system (EM) for oil and gas activities. Statoil currently employs several environmental monitoring methods at its installations, mai
3sun Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the energy industry has announced the opening of a new base in Westhill, near Aberdeen, on the back of a number of key contract wins in the North Sea. The company has recently secured contract wins totalling approximately £7million to car
Yesterday marked a major watershed for international connectivity between Ireland and the UK as Sea Fibre Networks (SFN), owner and operator of Europe’s most advanced sub-sea telecoms network CeltixConnect launched the first major European sub-sea cable for eleven years. The 450 foot Cable Innovator
From 13 December, 6 am CET to 15 December, 6 pm CET, the gas flow through the Nord Stream Pipeline will be temporarily suspended due to planned maintenance works at Gazprom’s connecting pipeline. During the shutdown time, Nord Stream will also carry out maintenance activities at the installations on
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with BP for the manufacture and supply of additional subsea equipment for its ongoing deepwater projects offshore Angola. FMC’s scope of supply includes four subsea trees, control systems, wellheads, tubing hangers, well jumpers and subs
Researchers studying microbes that live near deep-sea hydrothermal vents have discovered a living, biological ‘power plant’ according to… Bryan Nelson (mnn) [mappress] Source: mnn , December 12, 2011
Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering construction, and services, today announces the award of two engineering and installation contracts from Shell for the Cardamom and West Boreas Projects in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea 7’s scope of work on West Boreas is the installation of a
A remote-control robot submarine lost by university researchers has washed up on a beach on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast… By Richard Chirgwin (theregister) [mappress] Source: theregister , December 12, 2011; Image: usyd
Kenya is mapping seven deep sea oil blocks as it steps up the hunt for the black gold, an energy official has said… (ce) [mappress] Source: ce, December 12, 2011
ConocoPhillips has found gas in wildcat wells 7/11-12 S and 7/11-12 A, about 19 kilometres southwest of the Ula field in the southern part of the North Sea. The wells are the first two exploration wells in production licence 301 CS, which was carved out from production licence 301 in 2008. [mappress
Leighton Offshore officially launched its new engineering business in Malaysia. DPS Leighton Engineering Sdn Bhd (LE), a fully owned subsidiary of Leighton Offshore, provides engineering and PMC solutions for Leighton’s international EPCIC and LOFS business. Leighton’s detailed engineering and PMC a
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Powercorp. Powercorp’s portfolio includes automation and control technologies to manage the integration of renewable energy into isolated grids and keep generation in balance with consumption.
FoundOcean hit a milestone in its 45 year history in November, with a record number of personnel mobilised on offshore projects. “This is a very exciting and busy time for FoundOcean. The success of the company relies on the dedication and skill of our offshore personnel who provide our clients with
With the development of an indigenous autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) at a cost of Rs 38 crore, India has made its entry into an elite… Chethan Kumar (deccanherald) [mappress] Source: deccanherald , December 12, 2011