Nexen Petroleum UK has announced that the Buzzard Phase II (BPII) project has received full sanction from partners and the ‘Field Development Plan’ has been approved by the UK Oil and Gas Authority. The define stage, which included the front-end engineering design of the development, was completed i
Sixth generation underwater positioning technology from Sonardyne Brasil has been chosen by vessel owner and operator Companhia Brasileira de Offshore (CBO) to meet Brazil’s new contracting specifications for subsea positioning. The multi-functional Compatt 6 transponders and Ranger 2 USBL (Ultra-Sh
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has installed 44 out of 56 turbines at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm.
A tender for resource assessment in the Milford Haven Waterway has been published on Welsh government’s procurement portal to support the development of Marine Energy Test Area (META) off the Pemborekshire coast.
The European Union has opened a €40 million funding call to support research and innovation activities meant to advance renewable energy technologies and operations.
Magseis has been granted an extension for a cable operation in the Middle East using proprietary MASS nodes and the cable vessel Artemis Athene. According to the Norwegian seabed seismic services player, the project will start in Q3 2018 and have a duration of approximately 7 months. Per-Christian G
Heerema Fabrication Group has conducted roll-up operations of the jacket foundation for the Offshore SwitchYard (OSY) platform, part of Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project.
A £3.5 million project to pilot new low-carbon technologies and energy-storage products has been announced by the Welsh Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford.
Sparrows Group has appointed John Grover to a director-level role responsible for expanding its business globally. Based at Sparrows’ headquarters in Aberdeen, Grover will spearhead the delivery of the company’s long-term growth plan worldwide as it looks to build on its performance history in the o
Menter Môn has launched two tenders to support the development of a tidal energy demonstration area proposed off Anglesey known as the Morlais Demonstration Zone.
America’s offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind is deploying a survey vessel and dozens of experts as part of a new phase of work on its South Fork Wind Farm and Revolution Wind projects. The start of this five-month long suite of offshore surveys at Deepwater Wind’s federal lease site off New Engl
Ørsted, hired by Dominion Energy to build the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project (CVOW), has contracted the research vessel Gerry Bordelon to conduct geophysical studies of the proposed site before construction can begin. Dominion Energy filed with Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) f
ASM Industries has secured a contract to manufacture and supply two complete foundations for the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind project in Portugal.
Crondall Energy and the Oil & Gas Technology Centre, have joined forces with international oil and gas firms to explore whether a new reusable production buoy concept could help extend North Sea production by unlocking smaller oil and gas reservoirs. The study will explore the feasibility of a float
