The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7324/2-1 cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7324/2-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling facility. The drilling program for well 7324/2-1 relates to the
Housed in one of the tallest single floor buildings in Europe, at 58 metres, the world’s most advanced steel tube umbilical manufacturing facility, which reinforces Technip Umbilicals’ position as a key subsea player, has been officially opened. The increased capability will allow the company to acc
Nautricity, the renewable energy company, has been given the go-ahead to develop one of the UK’s first ‘next generation’ tidal energy schemes in waters off the Mull of Kintyre. Marine Scotland has given consent for the deployment of the first Contra Rotating Marine Turbine device, capable of generat
DONG Energy is well on its way with the construction of the first German offshore wind farm, Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the North Sea. After nine months of construction work, things are now moving fast. On Friday, 16th May 2014, the team completed the first half of the foundation installation when they i
International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has recently undertaken an industry first use of Drop Down Video (DDV) surveys at Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm. E.ON’s Robin Rigg Wind Farm, located in the Solway Firth is the first commercial wind farm in Scottish waters. The technology, des
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum), through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway), announces that drilling of appraisal well 7120/1-4s in PL492 has commenced. The well will appraise the hydrocarbon potential of the Gohta discovery in PL 492, which is located 155 km northwe
North Queensland Bulk Ports has announced that the Port of Abbot Point’s annual hydrographic survey is scheduled to start this Saturday, May 24, 2014. The survey will last for four days and will end on Wednesday, May 28. The hydrographic survey will be performed by Queensland Government’s hydrograph
Vermilion Energy Inc. informed that tunnel boring operations beneath Sruwaddacon Bay have been completed at the Corrib project in Ireland. The tunnel, which reached its total length of 4.9 km on May 21, will serve as a conduit for the gas pipeline between the Bellanaboy gas processing facility to th
The Costa Concordia sponson installation is back on track after the recent difficulties caused by S13 sponson disequilibrium. The S13 sponson collapsed after it lost balance due to the movement of internal water within the sponson. According to The Parbuckling Project, the S13 sponson reached Genoa,
Endeavour International Corporation has announced that the West Rochelle W1 well has been returned to production. Both West and East Rochelle wells are now flowing together and Rochelle production will be optimized between the two wells in the coming days. The Rochelle field came online in October o
LDD, an Acteon company, continues to enhance its global footprint by installing drilled and grouted piles as part of the Etame Marin block field expansion programme, offshore Gabon, West Africa. VAALCO Gabon (Etame) Inc. is the operator of the Etame Marin block. LDD will deliver a specialist foundat
MENCK, a provider of specialized hydraulic pile driving solutions to the offshore oil, gas, wind farm, bridge and harbor industries, will take part in WindEnergy Hamburg 2014, from 23-26 September 2014. The company’s team will be located at hall B4 Booth416, where visitors can meet its experts to le
For the second year in a row, Huisman is awarded most successful Dutch manufacturing company. On behalf of Huisman, the award was collected on Wednesday 21 May by COO Dirk Leenheer. The Manufacturing Industry Top 100 lists the 100 best performing Dutch manufacturing companies in the category small b
Odfjell Drilling and Dalseide & Fløysand Invest have, as owners of the PSW Group (“PSW”), agreed to sell all shares in the oil service company to Herkules IV. “Our investment in PSW is outside our core activities. We have enjoyed contributing to PSW’s development and growth since 2010, and we now be
