Det norske oljeselskap ASA is, as partner in production licence 102F, in the process of completing the drilling of exploration well 25/5-9. The well encountered a gross oil column of 21 metres in the Heimdal formation, of which 19 metres had good reservoir quality. Basic data acquisition and samplin
Axis Communications has launched a new range of SAE 316L stainless steel security cameras for offshore wind farm installations. The new Axis Q60-S series can withstand the corrosive effect of sea water and has IP66, IP6K9K, NEMA 4X and MIL-STD-810G 509.5 approvals, ensuring protection against dust,
Axis Communications has launched a new range of SAE 316L stainless steel security cameras for offshore wind farm installations. The new Axis Q60-S series can withstand the corrosive effect of sea water and has IP66, IP6K9K, NEMA 4X and MIL-STD-810G 509.5 approvals, ensuring protection against dust,
Petrobras has announced that well 9-SPS-77, in the Santos Basin pre-salt Sapinhoá Field, came on-stream last Tuesday, February 18th, 2014. The well, producing 33,000 barrels per day (bpd), is connected to FPSO Cidade de São Paulo by a pioneering system in which the output pipeline riser is supported
The Dutch Department of Public Works plans to award a wreck salvage contract for the Baltic Ace car carrier to Boskalis and its partner Mammoet Salvage. The wreck and its cargo need to be removed because they pose a threat to the environment and to shipping on the busy route towards the Port of Rott
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has successfully completed a contract for providing support services to Prysmian prior to the installation of HVDC cable for the Sylwin 1 project in German waters. Using the DP2 vessel,Vos Sweet, OMM cleared the route proposed for the 160km (77 miles) high-voltage di
Tenerife Island Council President, Carlos Alonso, and Langlee Wave Power CEO, Julius Espedal, have signed an agreement to promote the installation of wave energy plants off the island of Tenerife. The aim is to install this type of sustainable energy off Tenerife as a viable, competitive and efficie
Four years after Deepwater Horizon (DwH), the PSA sees visible improvements in Norway on the key lessons from this incident. But the acid test is whether these effects are lasting. A final report was completed by the PSA in January concerning the rig disaster, which took place in the US Gulf of Mexi
Atlantis Resources Limited has successfully secured €7.7 million in grant funding from the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. The EC funding will support deployment of multi tidal-turbine arrays at the business’ MeyGen tidal energy site and
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. reported net income of $36.5 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to a net loss of $171.6 million, or $(1.64) per diluted share, for the same period in 2012, and net income of $44.6 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, in the
Statoil Petroleum AS, the operator of production licence 532, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 7220/4-1. The well has been drilled about 11 kilometres northwest of the 7220/8-1 Johan Castberg discovery in the Barents Sea and about 247 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest. T
Matrix Offshore Services & Engineering (MOSE), a division of the wider Matrix Composites & Engineering (Matrix) Group, entered into an agency agreement with Oil States Industries Inc. for the exclusive distribution of subsea pipeline products in Australia, NZ and PNG. The new agreement broadens MOSE
CAMAC Energy Inc. has signed a long-term contract for the floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (“FPSO”) Armada Perdana. The contract provides for an initial term of five years beginning January 1, 2014, with an automatic extension for an additional two years unless terminated by CAMA
Det norske oljeselskap ASA delivers a good fourth quarter with the development of the Ivar Aasen field progressing according to plan and the partners agreeing on a development concept for the Johan Sverdrup field. The development of the Ivar Aasen field, where the operator Det norske holds a 35 per
