Prysmian Group, the world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, is participating in the creation of Norstec, an association uniting the main players in the energy industry at the global level with the aim of supporting the production of renewable energy using offshore wind fa
Just 30 months after the start of construction of its first pipeline, Nord Stream’s twin pipeline system came on stream today, on schedule and on budget. International specialists worked around the clock under the most challenging conditions to construct the pipelines with a total weight of 4 millio
Total has today announced an exchange of interests with ExxonMobil in a range of producing and undeveloped North Sea assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In exchange for its interests in the PL089 license (5.6%) and the Sygna (2.52%), Statfjord Øst (2.8%) and Snorre (6.18%) fields, Total will
Norwegian-based specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea Norway AS has secured a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for the Tordis Flex Jumper Replacement – Marine Operations part of the Tordis Flex Jumper Replacement Project. The contract is for removal of flexible flowline ends, installation o
The UK has huge potential for marine power and is considered the most attractive destination to develop marine projects in Europe, states a new report by energy experts GlobalData. The new report (Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Profiles of Technology Developers and Key Country
Total announces the start-up of its Atla gas condensate field in the Norwegian North Sea. Atla was brought into production two years after completion of exploration drilling. The Atla field is part of the PL102C license and is located in block 25/5. Partners are Total E&P Norge 40% (operator), Petor
The Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, an Aleut tribal non-profit organization, has received funds to commence tidal research in False Pass, at the end of the Alaska Peninsula. The project that explores the potential power of ocean currents has been granted $200,000 of the Department of Energy f
MEO Australia Limited advises the following update in relation to the Gurame SE-1X well being drilled offshore North Sumatra in the Seruway PSC using the Hercules #208 drilling rig. Since the last report, the BOPs (Blow Out Preventers) were installed and tested, a LOT (Leak Off Test) was completed a
BP confirmed that it has signed production sharing contracts for three deepwater exploration blocks offshore Uruguay. The signing of the contracts in Montevideo completes the award of the blocks, for which BP was the successful bidder in Uruguay’s second offshore licensing round in March 2012. The c
Bechtel and Subsea 7 announced today that they will work together to develop offshore wind and associated transmission projects in Europe, including the UK and Germany. The non-exclusive joint approach provides customers with Bechtel’s unmatched experience designing and building some of the world’s
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has received Purchase Orders worth £1.15 million from Talisman Energy Inc. (‘Talisman’), an independent upstream oil an
In early September the London Array Consortium started installing London Array’s last export cable. The export cables run from offshore substations to the onshore substation at Cleve Hill, where the power generated by London Array will flow into the national electricity network. The cables have been
Ecosse Subsea Systems has completed a major seabed clearance project on the Laggan-Tormore project west of Shetland on behalf of TOTAL E&P Ltd and its partner DONG E&P (UK) Ltd. The Aberdeen subsea technology company deployed its SCAR1 trenching tool to remove up to 1000 boulders which were delaying
Marathon has been granted consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to conduct manned underwater operations in connection with installation of equipment for connection of new subsea-completed wells on the Volund and Alvheim fields. Minor maintenance activities will also be carried out on th
