Sweden’s Alfa Laval has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to an offshore platform in the UK.
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, has announced that 3D seismic surveying operations have started on its Drombeg oil exploration prospect in the southern Porcupine Basin, offshore south-west Ireland. The Drombeg prospect, which is situated in Front
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has been awarded LNa new $11m Australian Federal Government grant to support Carnegie’s next wave power project. The $11 million grant will be received from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s Emerging Renewables Program. This is matched by the
RDS, the rig design and engineering specialist, has been awarded a contract by Wood Group Mustang to carry out pre-FEED work on Statoil’s proposed Snorre C Tension Leg Platform (TLP) in the North Sea. The Snorre field, spanning blocks 34/4 and 34/7 in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, is l
Balltec Ltd, a subsea engineering solutions provider, has designed and deployed a new and innovative subsea PIG launcher, another world’s first for the company. The subsea PIG launcher complements other tools and services currently available within Balltec’s pipeline solutions business. The flangele
Italdraghe recently handed over a complete set of dredging equipment to a diamond mining company operating in Mali. Due to the client’s urgent need to commence river extraction operations immediately, Italdraghe agreed to overhaul a PD 200 dredger originally built by Draghe Lario (an Italian dredger
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A new Mowat Centre study conducted for the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) finds that if water levels remain low on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River they will have a negative economic impact on the region that could reach $18 billion by 2050. Following nearly three decades of high
Statoil Technology Invest and Scottish Enterprise have formed a strategic partnership to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Scotland to invest in R&D and technology development. Richard Erskine, head of Statoil Technology Invest, and Scottish Enterprise chief executive Lena Wilson
The Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway’s largest centre of marine science, has issued a tender for hydrographic equipment. The tenders are required to provide observation instrument platforms that allow simultaneous measurement of parameter changes in the marine environment. The value of the
On 17 June of this year, the Port of Gdansk Authority SA together with project contractors and building control representatives signed contracts for the execution of works under the project “Expansion of an intermodal container terminal at the Port of Gdansk’s Szczecinskie Quay”. This is the first P
Pipeline engineering specialist STATS Group has invested $850 000 (£500,000) in establishing a global training centre at its UK headquarters near Aberdeen. In response to higher demand for its patented technologies, the centre will be used to meet the group’s training and competency assessment needs
Pipeline engineering specialist STATS Group has invested £500,000 in establishing a global training centre at its UK headquarters near Aberdeen. In response to higher demand for its patented technologies, the centre will be used to meet the group’s training and competency assessment needs for its fi
Norwegian Otic Equipment AS has signed a frame agreement with Statoil for the delivery of high performance steel wire rope for uses at Statoil’s offshore cranes. The agreement starts 1st July, and is for 4 years with an option for an additional 2 x 2 years. The deliveries will be based on high perfo
