In a talk show held as part of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2018, Daniel Buhagiar, senior researcher in a team developing energy storage system tailored for marine renewables, spoke about the importance of patent protection for building strong collaborations within the offshore energy ind
Downhole sensing technology specialist, Well-SENSE, has launched its latest FiberLine Intervention (FLI) development, ‘Active FLI’. Active FLI builds on the capability of Well-SENSE’s new fiber optic downhole data acquisition system with the addition of a range of discrete measurement devices, the c
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has developed a ‘concept for industry’, outlining vision for the new multi-use offshore test and demonstration campus in Loch Linnhe, in west Scotland.
A new third party verification service dubbed 360 TPV – specifically aimed at the marine and offshore renewables market – has been launched by Orcades Marine Management Consultants with partners Aquatera and Dynamic Systems Analysis.
Unique Group has entered into a cooperation agreement with Deepwater Corrosion Services to offer Deepwater’s corrosion control solutions to the Middle East Market. Deepwater delivers solutions to protect offshore infrastructure from corrosion by developing systems to protect, monitor and extend the
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given OKEA consent to use the facilities on the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea. In June 2018, OKEA acquired Norske Shell’s interest in Draugen and became the field’s new operator. The transaction was recently approved by the Ministry of Petroleu
The European Parliament has adopted key set of regulations on clean energy which include a new binding renewable energy target of at least 32% by 2030 for the member states of the European Union.
Denmark’s HOFOR has bought back a 50% stake in the 40MW Middelgrunden offshore wind farm from Ørsted.
NEXTDC has signed a partnership agreement with Superloop to connect the new INDIGO subsea cable system to its Perth (P1 and P2) and Sydney (S1 and S2) data centres. NEXTDC’s Sydney customers will be amongst the first to benefit from Asia Pacific’s shortest submarine cable route between Sydney and Si
Norwegian seismic player, Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has entered into a contract for a 3D survey in South America for an undisclosed client. PGS plans to use two Ramform Titan-class vessels for an estimated total duration of approximately 13 vessel months. Acquisition is scheduled to start in the
SeaBird Exploration has signed a letter of intent (LoI) to acquire 2D seismic data for an international oil and gas company in the Americas region. The survey is expected to take approximately six weeks, the company informed. SeaBird will deploy Harrier Explorer to conduct the survey in Q1 2019. The
The OCEANIC project team has conducted the final test on the set of samples as part of the EU-backed scheme looking to develop low-impact surface protection for devices and structures in the marine environment.
Unique Group and Innovo have completed a multi-million dollar decommissioning contract for Saipem on an offshore platform in the Middle East region. Unique Group and Innovo team members worked together to provide equipment which helped reduce operating times and ensured cost effectiveness of the pro
Indonesian broadband company Moratelindo continues to develop the nationwide fiber-optic network with the construction of the Jayabaya submarine cable system for Java Island, with Nexans supplying a total of 915 kilometers of cables for this project. The Jayabaya cable will provide a fiber-optic lin
