Swedish marine energy developer Minesto has completed the first offshore installation phase of the project aimed at demonstrating the company’s marine energy technology Deep Green in utility scale.
Finnish developer AW-Energy has secured additional funding from the MaRINET2 program to continue WaveRoller device tank testing under a second collaboration project with Queen’s University Belfast.
Green outfit Ecotricity has presented the UK government with two alternative offshore tidal lagoon proposals – said to be able to produce the same amount of energy as Swansea Bay tidal lagoon scheme for half the cost.
A consortium behind the Monet submarine cable system, connecting Florida to Brazil, has informed that the cable is complete and fully operational. The consortium consists of Algar Telecom (Brazil), Angola Cables (Angola), Antel (Uruguay), Google and TE SubCom. The 10,556 km Monet cable system connec
DOF Subsea has received a contract extension for one of its subsea vessels with an unnamed oil major for operations in the West Africa region. The duration of the extension is for nine months, DOF Subsea informed. The contract is planned to start in May 2018. DOF did not disclose the name of the ves
Wave energy company Seabased has opted for Norway for the establishment a production facility for its wave energy devices that could employ 120 people in the first two years.
Statoil has informed that it is all set for the installation of Snefrid Nord gas field subsea template in the Norwegian Sea. The announcement comes just one year after the development of the Snefrid Nord got the green light by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Statoil-operated Snefrid Nord g
Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 tidal turbine hit a new milestone on May 7, when it reached 365 days (combined) of being deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) demonstration site in Orkney.
Ithaca Energy, a UK North Sea oil and gas operator, has informed that the Harrier field development is on track for startup in mid-2018. The Harrier field, together with the Stella field, is a part of the Greater Stella Area (GSA), located in the Central Graben area of the Central North Sea. Accordi
Jumbo has secured the installation contract for the Shell deepwater Vito development in the US Gulf of Mexico. Jumbo’s installation contract involves the initial pre-lay of the mooring system as well as the subsequent tow and hook-up of the FPS. Roddy Lafontaine, VP Offshore for Jumbo said: “The Jum
Bibby Offshore has secured a fixed term framework agreement with Spirit Energy for the inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) works, ROV inspection and subsea survey operations across a number of North Sea structures and pipelines. The two-year agreement, which follows on from a previous five-year
Providence Resources has awarded a contract to Gardline for the acquisition of a new high resolution 2D reflection seismic survey over the Newgrange prospect, off the south-west coast of Ireland. Gardline plans to mobilize the M/V Kommandor vessel to carry out the data acquisition during Q3 2018, su
GlobeNet has deployed a new 2,500 km submarine cable that will link Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires. This new infrastructure will connect Argentina to the GlobeNet network in Brazil, effectively linking the Southern Cone of South America to the United States and the world. “Our submarin
The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (ETIP Ocean) has set up a webinar that will look into the financial puzzle project developers face while ‘putting together’ their ocean energy projects.
