During her recent port visit to the Seychelles, the EU Naval Force flagship, FGS Brandenburg conducted an oil spill exercise with units of the Seychelles Coast Guard, Air Force, Fire and Rescue Services, Port authorities and Maritime Safety Administration. The command team of FGS Brandenburg coordin
High and low water, the weather and the wind governs the working day for Mark Williamson, marine coordinator at the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. “Each day is different, and that is part of what makes the job exciting,” says Mark Williamson. Statkraft took over as the operator of the wind far
Polarcus has successfully executed acquisition of the Breagh multi-client project in the UK Southern North Sea five days ahead of schedule. The 840 sq. km RightBand project was acquired by Polarcus Naila towing an 8 x 75 x 6,000m spread and utilizing Polarcus’ infill management solution ensuring hig
This week, Uljanik Brodogradilište (Uljanik Shipyard) in Pula, Croatia, started with the construction of Jan De Nul’s new Multi-Purpose Vessel JDN8628. The versatile vessel will operate as a trenching and offshore support vessel, a subsea rock installation vessel and a cable laying vessel. It can be
The two Pelamis P2 machines currently deployed at the wave test site of the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney have this week collectively reached a milestone 10,000 hours of grid connected operations. The machines, which are undergoing a progressive test programme at the Billia Croo wav
KrisEnergy Ltd. has successfully priced an aggregate amount of S$130 million 6.25% Notes due 2017 under the S$500 million Multicurrency Medium Term Notes Programme (the MTN Programme) established on 26 May 2014. The Notes will bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.25% payable semi-annually in arrears.
On May 8, one of three offshore wind supply chain workshops for the Moray offshore wind farm was held. The workshops are organized by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise on behalf of Moray Offshore Wind Limited (MORL). Those attending the event could hear about the contracting s
Energinet.dk is preparing for the construction of a traditional grid connection system for the wind turbines at Kriegers Flak. Originally, the grid connection should have been based on a DC system to be combined with an electrical connection to Germany via the Danish and German offshore wind farms i
Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has secured a contract with Saipem SA for the engineering of two complete deep water Turret Mooring Systems and the related procurement and construction of two Turret and Swivel Systems. The Turret Mooring Systems will be part of two converted FPSO units, owned by Tota
As of 1 January 2015, Blue Water Shipping (BWS) will take over the daily operation as well as sales and marketing responsibility for the private Port of Bandholm on the island of Lolland in Denmark. ”We believe that the combination of Blue Water Shipping and Knuthenborg/Bandholm port is perfect. Our
Salamander has signed a non-binding HoA with SONA to sell an effective 40% working interest in both the B8/38 concession (containing the Bualuang Field) and the surrounding G4/50 concession for a total cash consideration of $280 million. Under the terms of the Transaction SONA will pay Salamander US
NOAA and its partners have completed the work of restoring the damaged reef, after the cargo ship M/T VogeTrader ran aground and was later removed from the waters of Kalaeloa/Barber’s Point Harbor. While a few young corals have begun to repopulate this area in the time since the grounding, even fast
Tower Resources plc, the AIM-listed Africa-focussed oil and gas exploration company, provides an update on drilling operations for the Welwitschia-1 well. Tower Resources, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Neptune Petroleum (Namibia), has announced that it has received notification from Repsol Ex
Installing new loading buoys is one of several projects intended to extend Gullfaks’ life towards 2040. 2.55 billion barrels of oil from the Gullfaks field have passed through the existing loading buoys since first oil. Statoil has reported that the towing of the first loading buoy, due to come on l
