The Environmental Protection Authority has accepted Chatham Rock Phosphate’s formal Marine Consent application as being complete. CRP lodged its application for a marine consent to mine phosphate nodules from the Chatham Rise on 14 May. This acceptance step begins a six-month process, starting with
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Total E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for well 34/6-3S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 34/6-3S will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility, after concluding drilling of wildcat well 35/9-6 S for RWE Dea Norge AS
Maersk Oil UK Limited has received approval from the UK and Norwegian authorities to develop the Flyndre and Cawdor fields. The fields lie approximately 293 km South East of Aberdeen in blocks 30/13 and 30/14 of the UK North Sea (Flyndre and Cawdor) and block 1/5 of the Norwegian North Sea (Flyndre
The BLG LOGISTICS Group will present its know-how from 11 to 12th of June at the RenewableUK exhibition in Glasgow. BLG has developed innovative logistics concepts for the wind energy industry via its BLG Wind Energy Logistics business. The Wind Energy Logistics division specializes in transporting,
Three Damen companies were involved in the successful Polarcus Naila refit: Damen Shiprepair & Conversion yard ‘Shipdock Amsterdam’, steel construction company ‘Niron Staal’ and Damen Marine Components (DMC). As a partner and supplier of Caterpillar Marine (formerly Berg Propulsion), DMC has provide
OAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, has begun shipments of 813 mm diameter pipes for the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The pipes are manufactured at the Izhora Pipe Mill, part of Severstal’s Russian Steel division. The Mill’s first batch of 39.0 mm w
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has advised that the Atwood Eagle semisubmersible drilling rig has started drilling operations at the Phoenix South-1 well within WA-435-P on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Drilling is expected to continue for approximately 60-70 days which includes time for l
A privately held investment fund based in the Netherlands has seen revenues from its portfolio of companies in the North-east grow by 900% in three years. Paradigm Group BV, which was established in late 2009 with a focus on investing in upstream technology, reported a rise in turnover from £1.8mill
Materials technology and engineering specialists Aubin is set to transform subsea lifting after the successful completion of its first operational trial of its LiquiBuoy system. The company conducted rigorous testing of its liquid gel technology at The Underwater Centre in Fort William to prove its
Tullow Oil plc has announced that exploration well 31/2-21S which was targeting the Gotama prospect, offshore Norway, did not encounter reservoir quality sandstones in the Upper Jurassic main target. The well encountered reservoir quality sandstones in the secondary targets, but these intervals are
SubPartners Pty Ltd has announced APX-Central connecting Perth to Sydney, complimenting the APX-West build from Singapore to Perth. APX-Central will be a subsea cable, independent of all existing trans-Australia routes. It will offer true diversity and security, as well as connectivity into poorly s
The planned interconnector between Norway and the UK will fall under UK’s new regulatory framework for electricity interconnectors. This follows from the criteria the British authorities submitted for consultation 23 May. The UK regulator Ofgem announced 23 May the framework conditions for revenue r
REACH Subsea has had success in winning new contracts during the quarter and today has an orderbook exceeding NOK 450 million, of which approximately NOK 200 million is related to work for the last three quarters of 2014. REACH delivered a strong EBITDA-margin of 14% on revenues of NOK 48 million, i
Delta Systems, which makes its début at Seawork in 2014 (stand A107), has built a reputation for enabling operations staff, technicians, subcontractors, vessel crew and base personnel to keep up-to-date with vessel and asset location and fitness for purpose – even when operating at remote sites. Ass
