Carnegie Wave Energy Limited concluded the offshore foundation installation activities for the Perth Project off Garden Island, Western Australia. The subsea drilling and installation of all pile type foundations has been successfully completed with the third and final pile completed over the weeken
AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT) today, the Pateke-4H development well was at a measured depth of 1,507 metres and 13 3/8 inch casing had been run to the planned depth of 1,504 metres. Preparations are being made to cement the casing and prepare for the installation of the su
Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) announces that drilling operations have now commenced on the Padouck Deep-1 well on the Ntsina Block, offshore Gabon utilising the Vantage Titanium Explorer drillship. Ophir has a 40% operated interest in the Block. Padouck Deep-1 is the first well targeting the pre-salt pla
Alstom participated in a €30 million Ocean Lider R&D project directed at the sustainable use of marine energy sources and its future objectives. In this 4-year project, led by Iberdrola Engineering and Construction, Alstom’s assignment concentrated on the integration of marine energy sources into th
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO) has awarded SRM Projects two ocean energy investigative licenses. The licenses are for south Discovery Passage and Seymour Narrows tidal energy sites. South Discovery Passage investigative area is between the City of Campbell Ri
Benefits to asset integrity and environmental monitoring of oil and gas installations will come from a project developed by Eni Norge and Tecnomare called Clean Sea (continuous long-term environmental and asset integrity monitoring at sea). The Clean Sea team have found answers to key issues, like t
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) plan to sign a contract for SEA-ME-WE-5 submarine cable system. As The Daily Star reports, SEA-ME-WE-5 will connect 20 countries in the Asia-Pacific and Europe. The landing of a cable in Kuakata in Pa
Meta, the premium downhole isolation company offering complete integrity across the life of the well, has successfully completed three contracts for a major Norwegian North Sea operator with its Meta Casing Reconnect™. Following the success of the first project, which saw production triple for what
Dana Petroleum has recently celebrated a milestone achievement on its flagship Western Isles Development Project (WIDP) with the hull launch of the floating production, storage offloading vessel (FPSO) in China. The project achieved more than 1.5 million man hours incident-free during construction a
Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Nautilus) announces that contrary to the arbitrator’s award of 2 October 2013, the Independent State of Papua New Guinea has not completed the purchase of its 30% interest in the Solwara 1 Project. In accordance with the State Equity Option Agreement signed by the parties in
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced the completion of two progress milestones for the pipeline and CETO unit components of the Perth Wave Energy Project. Carnegie received $937,200 for completion of two milestones from the Western Australian State Government under its LEED G
VSMC has been contracted by DanTysk Offshore Wind to complete the installation and termination of infield cables for the DanTysk offshore wind farm. Cable activities in the German North Sea started in July last year. VSMC will step in this month to complete the termination of the cables that have al
OneSubsea™ has signed a five-year frame agreement with Woodside to supply subsea equipment and services for developments in offshore Australia. The agreement covers the potential to provide subsea engineering services, subsea production systems and life of field services. OneSubsea opened a new faci
SAL Offshore has published a video which provides great insight into an example of a prototype tidal turbine installation. Filmed in September 2013 the video shows the first time the Voith turbine is deployed in the turbulent tidal conditions at EMEC’s tidal test site at the Fall of Warness, off Eda
