Lundin with its partners Wintershall and OMV submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Solveig field (previously called Luno II). The Solveig oil discovery in PL359, is located 15 km south of the Edvard Grieg field and will be developed via a subsea tie-back to the Edvard Grieg
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has awarded a contract to Bryan J Rendall Electrical (BJRE) for the provision of electrical support to the maintenance and operations of marine energy test sites in Orkney, Scotland. The electrical support framework agreement has a total value of GBP 250.000, acc
Minesto’s tender call, launched in December 2018, for the supply of a new generator and power conversion system to support the development of Deep Green tidal power technology, has ended with no result. According to the tender notice published on Welsh government’s procurement portal Sell2Wales, no
Eni has installed and activated the Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter (ISWEC) production unit, capable of converting energy generated by waves into electricity, in Ravenna, Italy. The pilot plant was installed at the Ravenna offshore site by Eni’s Central Northern District and has been integrated i
Oceanographic equipment developed by underwater technology company Sonardyne will be used as part of a $2-million scientific study of disruptive ocean currents in the US Gulf of Mexico. The multi-year deployment, led by the University of Rhode Island (URI)’s Graduate School of Oceanography, will mon
Two Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ships have finalized the underwater search for World War II destroyer HMAS Vampire I off the Sri Lankan coast, with the wreck’s final resting place still unknown. HMAS Vampire I sank during a Japanese air raid in April 1942, but the ship’s precise location has never b
Proserv has agreed a sale of its drilling services business (TIC) to pressure control systems specialist C-Automation. The divested business will now trade as C-Automation Services. Scott Shugart, president, Drilling Controls at Proserv, said: “Following a strategic review of our portfolio, providin
Rovco has formed a partnership with Drexel Marine Petroleum Services in Egypt. The deal should see the Bristol-based company offer its subsea services to companies in Egypt, as part of a plan to increase business in the region over the next five years. Through the strategic alliance with Drexel Mari
Solstad Offshore has been awarded a contract by Ophir Thailand to perform the offshore installation of the Bualuang Charlie wellhead platform structure as part of the Bualuang Phase 4B development project. The project is located in the Gulf of Thailand and comprises the installation of a bridged-lin
Telford Offshore has been awarded multiple pipelaying and construction services contracts by Mexican company Protexa, which is chartering three of its DP3 multi-purpose vessels for a combined period of approximately 400 days. The vessels will be deployed on a shallow-water engineering, procurement,
ION Geophysical Corporation has started a new 2D multi-client reimaging program off the Pacific coast of Central America. The Maya Reprocessing program covers unexplored open acreage that has not had E&P activity in 40 years. Previous exploration wells along the margin suggest the presence of an act
Nova Scotia’s efforts to explore the energy potential in the Minas Passage will now have the benefit of a new report – Lessons Learned: Marine Operations in the Minas Passage – which documents the critical information learned from working in the challenging conditions of the world’s most powerful ti
Shearwater GeoServices has secured a contract for a 4D seismic survey at the Troll Unit by Equinor, to be conducted this summer. The Troll Unit survey will last for approximately two months, the company informed. The survey will be conducted by the Amazon Conqueror using Shearwater’s Isometrix syste
Jan De Nul has been awarded a framework deal by TenneT for repairs of offshore high-voltage cables in the German Bight. The scope entails repairs of all TenneT’s existing HVAC cable systems connecting individual wind farms to the offshore convertor stations or directly to the onshore grid, as well a
