Industrial deep-sea mining in China can begin as early as 2030, stated the former head of the State Oceanic Administration. China Daily quoted Sun Zhihui as saying: “With the improvement in deep-sea technology, metal resources under the ocean can be explored and mined within 20 years.” China was amo
Statoil has received consent to remove the Troll Oseberg Gas Injection (TOGI) template from the seabed and transport it onshore for scrapping and recycling. The TOGI facility is part of production licence 085 and is located south of Troll Øst in block 31/6. The consent relates to removal of the actu
Subsea mooring connector specialist, First Subsea, has successfully completed the mooring of the PSVM (Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte) FPSO in 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) of water, in the BP Block 31 ultra deepwater development, offshore Angola. The external turret-moored FPSO has 12 mooring lines,
Reef Subsea AS announced that it has successfully completed two contracts for its new subsea support vessels to perform their maiden operations. The Reef Despina and Reef Larissa have recently completed their first projects for Aker Solutions and Heerema Marine Contractors, respectively. Reef Subsea
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group, welcomed Khamis Juma Buamim Chairman, Drydocks World and Maritime World and heads and senior executives of the teams involved in the building of Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. The delegat
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces the successful start-up of oil production from the Athena field. The initial operations phase of the field is in line with management’s expectations and proceeding as planned. This involves bringing production from each well online and establishing stable performance of
BP, the operator of the Shah Deniz natural gas field in Azerbaijan, expressed its commitment to developing the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) as the southern gas transportation route into Europe. Speaking at the BP Forum in Berlin, on the 24th of May, Iain Conn, Chief Executive Refining and Marketing
As part of the Obama administration’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the oil and gas industry’s ability to respond in the event of a deepwater blowout and ensure that offshore oil and gas production can continue to expand safely and responsibly, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar charged the Marin
The Deep-Sea Scientific Drilling Vessel Chikyu, operated by Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), has completed the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 343 for Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST). The scientific objective of this expedition was to rev
A team of RES engineers visited the Hornsea Round 3 meteorological mast for maintenance, This is Grimsby news portal reports. Chris Holden, offshore operations manager at RES said that the first visit to the mast is significant because it shows Grimsby’s capability of undertaking O&M activities and
As part of the ongoing ramp-up phase and as preparation for the operation of Nord Stream as a twin-pipeline gas transportation system, Nord Stream AG is conducting load tests for Line 1. Over the past three days Line 1 has been operating at full capacity of app. 75 million cubic meters per day which
Eco Wave Power has successfully installed a medium-scale wave energy power plant, in the Black Sea, during the month of April, 2012. The installation of EWP’s system, took place during that month in recognition of the international Mother Earth Day, celebrated in more than 175 countries every year.
CNOOC Limited today announced that the Company has successfully made a new discovery Luda(LD)21-2 in Bohai. LD 21-2 is located in the inverted structure belt of LD 22-27 in south Liaodong Bay, with its south part adjacent to LD 27-2 oilfield. The average water depth is 20 meters. The discovery well
For the second consecutive year Bluestream has been awarded the yearly inspection program of 21 platforms and 10 subsea domes in the Dutch sector of Total E&P Nederland B.V. This yearly campaign consists of 3 major phases. All work will be conducted from DSV VOS Shelter. The VOS Shelter was mobilize
