The foundations project for the Beatrice offshore wind farm has moved forward as Smulders placed the first upper jacket on top of the first lower jacket at its UK yard in Newcastle upon Tyne. The complete jacket now has a height of approximately 70 meters. The upper jacket parts are produced at the
The US President Donald Trump has proposed a $2.6 million budget reduction for renewable energy activities of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the fiscal year 2018.
The dive support vessel Normand Baltic, currently on charter with DCN Diving, is set to depart Loyang Offshore supply base in Singapore for Lan Tay field 370 kilometers offshore Vietnam. DCN Diving took the vessel on a long-term charter from Solstad Offshore in October last year for subsea duties of
The MORE team of the Centre for Marine and Environmental Research (CIMA) from the University of Algarve is finalizing preparations for the deployment of the scaled Evopod tidal energy unit as part of the SCORE project.
Kymaner’s bi-radial air turbine has operated at full power of 30kW on its first day of testing at Mutriku wave power plant.
The Policy and Innovation Group of the Institute for Energy Systems at the University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint research associate who will participate in a number of marine energy projects.
Wave Hub is expanding its operations in Wales to support the development of the Pembrokeshire wave energy site which will be led by the newly appointed Madeline Cowley.
Minesto has hired a UK-based manufacturer of power control systems MJR Power & Automation to supply it with the micro grid system that will be used for Deep Green tidal power plant.
ACE Winches mobilized and installed a winch package for use on the jacket installation and float-over of the DolWin topside platform. The DolWin HVDC converter platform is located in the German Bight of the North Sea. It measures 100 meters in length, 70 meters in width, stands 90 meters and weighs
Minesto has reported an increase in revenue of around 80% for the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period a year before.
Statoil has received consent to use the Bideford Dolphin mobile drilling rig for production drilling at Vigdis oil field located in the Tampen area in the northern part of the North Sea. Statoil is to plug the B-1 AH production well on the Vigdis field. Using a sidetrack from this well, a new well i
BP has informed that the production has started from Quad 204 project in the west of Shetland region, offshore UK. BP announced the first oil from the redeveloped Schiehallion Area on behalf of co-venturers Shell and Siccar Point Energy. Schiehallion and the adjacent Loyal fields were first develope
Eni has launched production from the integrated oil & gas development project in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, off Ghana’s western coast. The OCTP development is made up of the Sankofa Main, Sankofa East and Gye-Nyame fields, which are located about 60 kilometers off Ghana’s Western R
Wood Group has secured a technical support services (TSS) contract with Sakhalin Energy, an operator of Sakhalin-2; one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas projects, that includes Russia’s first offshore gas production platform and liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. The contract extends Wo
