A new centre of excellence for testing emerging technologies in the subsea sector is to be established with support from Scottish Enterprise. Balmoral Offshore Engineering, based in Aberdeen, is creating a new open access hyperbaric pressure testing facility for the oil and gas supply chain, and spe
DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF Group, reported net loss in the first-quarter 2017 of NOK 124 million ($14.4 million), compared with profit of NOK 316 million ($36.7 million) in the corresponding period in 2016. Sequentially, the net loss was narrowed from NOK 430 million or $51.5 million. In the fi
Atlantis Resources has formed a strategic partnership with South Korean offshore construction giant Hyundai Engineering & Construction for the development of ocean energy projects globally.
Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation of Centrica-operated Oda field, located in the North Sea licence PL 405. The operator of the field, on behalf of the partners, submitted the development plan in 2016. The proposed development will include
Welsh Liberal Democrats said on Thursday they would give an immediate go-ahead for the construction of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon and start plans for a program of tidal lagoons in the UK.
BP has started gas production from the first two fields, Taurus and Libra, of the West Nile Delta development in Egypt. First gas was exported to Egypt’s national grid on March 24, 2017, and the commissioning of all nine wells of the development’s first two fields and ramp up to stable operations ha
Infinera has conducted subsea field test with Canalink across its subsea cable. The test, conducted with the Infinera Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4) and featuring Infinera’s fourth-generation photonic integrated circuit (PIC), demonstrated the capability to upgrade the cable capacity 13-fold. The t
Xodus Group and Green Marine have teamed up to launch a new integrated service for the maintenance of offshore renewable assets, utilising Xodus’ integrity management software tool XAMIN to capture and monitor live data from offshore assets with Green Marine providing the physical offshore inspectio
Saipem has been awarded a new EPCI contract for the SURF package of the proposed Liza project operated by Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil. The Liza field, located approximately 120 miles offshore Guyana at a water depth of 1,800 metres, is a subsea developm
Xodus Group has formed a partnership with Orkney-based Green Marine to launch a new integrated service for the maintenance of offshore renewable assets.
TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) have announced plans to expand their jointly owned multi-client library offshore Eastern Canada. The new Cape Broyle 3D survey, to be acquired during summer 2017, will comprise approximately 3,500 km2 of 3D GeoStreamer data in the South Eastern Newfoundland regio
Xodus Group has formed a partnership with Orkney-based Green Marine to launch a new service for the maintenance of offshore renewable assets. The lifecycle approach will utilise Xodus’ new integrity management software tool XAMIN to capture and monitor live data from offshore marine assets with Gree
Fugro has begun a hydrographic survey encompassing an area of Norwegian waters of approximately 15000 square kilometres. The contract was awarded by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service and has a value of 34.5 million NOK (approximately €3.8 million). The survey is part of the Mareano programme, for w
Portuguese engineering company Kymaner has completed the laboratory testing of its bi-radial turbine built for the OPERA wave energy project.
