West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50-50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, has launched its campaign to recruit thirty skilled local workers for its operations and maintenance (O&M) team in Barrow-in-Furness. Work is now underway on a state-of-the-art Operations
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the operation of pipelines, subsea facilities on Ormen Lange and the onshore facility at Nyhamna during 27-28 Nov. 2012. The objective of the audit was to assess Shell’s compliance with requirements in regulations relating to health
Fassmer has presented three new specialized vessels in a wide range of products developed by its experienced naval architects and engineers in order to reach efficient solutions to the offshore challenges. Using its expertise in specialized vessels, Fassmer has developed a variety of assets to suit
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, will deliver its new mobile Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) for Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to Swire Seabed in August 2013. Swire Seabed is an established subsea support company based Near Bergen Norway, whose three vessel flee
Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1 divers, from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story ,Va., conducted semiannual training Jan. 16-17 in Key West, Fla., to hone their specialized skill set in variety of construction projects in the ocean environment. “This training is conducted every six
Cefas has signed a major contract with East Anglia Offshore Wind Ltd (EAOW) to provide metocean data that will support the development of the East Anglia Zone in the North Sea. EAOW is a joint venture owned 50:50 by ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, and has been created for the development of
Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Chevron Morocco Exploration Ltd, signed petroleum agreements with Morocco’s Office National Des Hydrocarbures Et Des Mines for three offshore areas. “We look forward to participating in exploration activities in Morocco, which provides Chevron an op
Benin announced plans to install a second submarine broadband cable in order to increase Internet capacity, African Manager informs. The first phase worth around US$35 million will be funded through the credit from the International Development Association (IDA), repayable over 40 years with 10 year
Pacnet announced plans to deploy an optical mesh network with 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) technology and integrated Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching utilizing its wholly owned subsea cable network EAC-C2C, giving it the ability to meet explosive future capacity needs throughout Asia. The
Neon Energy Limited announces that the Company’s farmout of Vietnamese exploration blocks 120 and 105-110/04 (“105”) to Eni Vietnam B.V. (“Eni”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni SpA, has received the full and final approval of Petrovietnam and the Government of Vietnam. As disclosed to the market o
Tullow Oil plc (“Tullow”) announces the completion of its acquisition of Spring Energy Norway AS (“Spring”) that was previously announced on 11 December 2012. Roar Tessem, Spring’s CEO, will be Managing Director of Tullow’s Norwegian companies and will have responsibility for Tullow’s assets offshor
Alcatel-Lucent is carrying out a major upgrade of a 9,600km trans-Pacific digital submarine cable system using advanced coherent technology. The cable, owned by 5 major carriers, provides direct connectivity from the Japanese east coast to California. The upgrade will deliver multi-terabit capabilit
In the Awards in Predefined Areas 2012 (APA 2012), the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has offered RWE Dea Norge two new production licences, one of which is an operatorship. RWE Dea Norge will become operator of a new production licence (PL) with a 40% share, PL694. This increases the co
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Germany has engaged in the coastal permafrost erosion research project (COPER) funded by the Helmholz Association and the institute. Kongsberg Geoacoustic’s GeoSwath Plus Compact system is playing a vital part in this important proj
