The innovation project Neptune, supported by KIC InnoEnergy Iberia, launched for the first time its buoy into the sea for testing on last Wednesday, May 22nd, at the “Pont del Petroli” in Badalona, Spain. The main objective was to compare a fixed buoy’s wind measurement data -located at a nearby pie
ITF, the global technology facilitator, welcomes Lloyd’s Register to its growing and diverse list of prominent industry players. This follows the recent announcement that Expro, CNR and FMC Technologies will also be part of the global group, now boasting 30 members. Founded in 1760, Lloyd’s Register
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces its return to the Natuna gas field off Indonesia. The project, for a major engineering procedure construction, installation and commissioning contractor, will be executed using the Ullswater subsea operations vessel. Total project value is
Paradigm Flow Services has developed software to effectively model pipelines for operation of its Pipe-Pulse system, which remediates pipeline blockages using pressure pulses. STATIS can build detailed models of pipelines or umbilicals, including components such as flexible risers, or down to the fl
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Government of Ghana has formally approved the Development Plan for the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme Development (“the TEN Project”). The approval paves the way for Tullow and its partners, Kosmos Energy, Anadarko Petroleum, PetroSA and the Ghana National Petrole
As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above approach to domestic energy development, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James Watson announced the Bureau is taking steps to establish an independent Ocean Energy Safety Institute (Institute) to further enhance safe and re
Together with its partners, Statoil has submitted its plan for the development and operation (PDO) of the Delta 2 field in the North Sea. This development forms part of Statoil’s fast-track portfolio. Senior vice president for field development on the Norwegian continental shelf, Ivar Aasheim, hande
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Calao-1X exploration well in the CI-103 licence offshore Côte d’Ivoire, where Tullow is operator and has a 30% carried interest, has encountered thin condensate/gas bearing reservoirs in an Upper Cretaceous deepwater channel system. The well is the second d
Duma Energy Corp. (“Duma”), a growing U.S.-based oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced that it has received new 3D seismic data over its producing fields in Galveston Bay. This new data, which covers three of Duma’s fields in Galveston Bay, is part of a broader effort by seve
DOF Subsea Asia Pacific has secured two contracts with a total contract value of approximately USD 48 million. The contract awards utilise the Skandi Singapore and the Skandi Hercules as well as project management and engineering services to undertake activities including FPSO installation/ subsea s
Leighton Offshore has been awarded a contract for the replacement of floating hoses on the SPM system operated by Qatar Gas. Ras Laffan Terminal Operations, part of Qatargas Operating Company Ltd, operates and maintains two SPM CALM buoys approximately 54 Km offshore from Ras Laffan Industrial City,
On June 10th 2013, when doors open to the 10th edition of the annual Energy Ocean International Conference in Warwick, Rhode Island – global provider of underwater technology solutions, the MacArtney Group, will be displaying a full-scale section of a Medium Voltage Inline Termination on its exhibit
ION Geophysical Corporation announced that it has completed acquisition of over 11,500 km of new 2D seismic data on Australia’s northwest shelf. Known as WestraliaSPAN™, the survey area extends from the Exmouth Plateau to the Browse and Bonaparte Basins. The regional, long offset data will be depth
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) announced that it has agreed to acquire a 50 percent interest in the Cidade de Itajai (Itajai) floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit from Teekay Corporation (Teekay) for a purchase price of approximately $204 millio
