A network of more than 60 kilometres of underwater cable now spreads over the construction field of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. This is almost the length of the Eurotunnel that connects the UK with Continental Europe. The inter-array cabling was completed in altogether less than four months.
Oil & Gas UK welcomes the announcement today that Premier Oil plc’s Catcher Project is to go ahead, a project set to recover around 100 million barrels of oil from the North Sea. Oil & Gas UK operations director Oonagh Werngren said: “This is yet another clear sign that opportunity remains in the No
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has reported that the drilling of the intermediate hole section at the Phoenix South-1 well was completed on schedule and is currently setting casing before drilling the final hole section. As at 06:00 hours this morning, the well had drilled to 3,706 m MD and was in the
The fabrication of the Gode Wind foundations, which Bladt Industries are fabricating for Dong Energy, is well on the way. This week the TP mockup was upended at Bladt’s upending site. After this, the Bladt team installed the concrete platform on the TP mockup, which is the first of 97 TP’s for the G
AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, advises that the semi-submersible drilling rig “Kan Tan IV” commenced drilling the Oi-2 exploration well at 05:30 hours (5.30am) NZDT on Friday, 13 June 2014. As at 06:00 hours (6.00am) NZDT today, operations w
A team of Australian Defence Force personnel has headed to the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati to dispose of a suspected World War II sea mine. The object was discovered beneath a sunken vessel that is being salvaged by commercial operators in Betio Lagoon, South Tarawa. Six Royal Australian Navy
Whitby Harbour Board has issued an early information about a tender for early planning of Endeavour Wharf reconstruction works in Whitby Harbour, which would be used to support Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development. This may include the construction of a berthing pontoon to be used as an embark
EnQuest PLC, through its wholly owned subsidiary EQ Petroleum Production Malaysia Ltd, is to acquire ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc.’s interest in the Seligi oil field and the PM8 PSC, located offshore Malaysia. The agreement is subject to the approval of Petroliam Nasional Berha
Tower Resources plc, the AIM-listed Africa-focussed oil and gas exploration company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Neptune Petroleum (Namibia) Limited has provided the following update with respect to the Welwitschia-1A well on PEL0010, offshore Namibia. The Rowan Renaissance drillship starte
The installation vessel BOLD TERN from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is now also installing rotor stars at the Global Tech I offshore wind farm. In accordance with planning, the project company Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH is flexibly deploying its three installation vessels VIDAR, BOLD TERN and BRAVE
TNO has acquired high resolution 3D seismic survey to image the shallow water overburden above the P18 gas field. A high-resolution 3D seismic survey is an innovative combination of technologies that resulted in a very high resolution 3D image of the shallow subsurface above the P18 gas field. In Ap
Divers have been given special permission to inspect a 100-year-old Royal Navy submarine so people can learn more about shipwrecks and – the pioneers of the Silent Service. Over the next six months, frogmen will inspect the hull of HMS A7 – one of the very first boats built for the fledgling Submari
Total, operator of Block 17 in Angola, today started-up CLOV, a major deep offshore development located 140 kilometers offshore Luanda, in line with the initial project schedule. With a production capacity of 160,000 barrels per day, CLOV will develop proven and probable reserves of over 500 million
Technip Offshore Wind has started offshore operations on an array cable installation contract for the Westermost Rough development, located eight kilometers off the Yorkshire Coast. The contract has been awarded by DONG Energy, one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe. The project, which
