GE Oil & Gas has opened a new facility in Takoradi Port, Ghana. The company has committed to deliver more than 45,000 training hours for Ghanaian personnel over the next five years. The facility, which will be the primary service center for deep-water offshore projects in Ghana, has a 1,600 square m
The French government plans to open a tender for tidal energy projects off the regions of Normandy and Brittany later this year.
4Subsea has secured a contract with Statoil to deliver services and research projects related to structural integrity of fixed and floating offshore installations. The contract covers the entire range of 4Subsea’s services – from oil and gas to renewable energy projects, from operational services to
Maersk Supply Service has partnered with DeepGreen Resources to recover polymetallic nodules from the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. DeepGreen is advancing the NORI Area D Project (NORI D Project) through its wholly owned subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI). The NORI D Projec
Minesto is looking to enter into a framework agreement of general support services for various marine operational needs for its Deep Green tidal project.
Two Houston-based solution providers in the oil and gas industry, Mexssub and Intecsea, have formed a strategic alliance built to deliver permanent riser and pipeline integrity solutions. The alliance should give Intecsea customers additional options for pipeline integrity management, designed to mi
Houlder’s Advanced Analysis Group has provided Siemens Wind Power with a bespoke 3D-visualisation software tool to model project logistics and optimise the turbine installation process at DONG Energy’s 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm.
The plan for development and operation (PDO) for the DEA-operated Dvalin development has been approved by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. With development costs of estimated 1.1 billion Euros (10 billion Norwegian Kroner), the Dvalin development in the Norwegian Sea was the largest P
Next Geosolutions has been awarded two survey contracts for the North Sea Link (NSL) project, the first electricity link between UK and Norway. The first contract, due to start in April, will see Next Geosolutions provide cable protection survey work for Statnett, the Norwegian transmission system o
An €11 million EU-funded FORESEA initiative has backed 15 offshore renewable energy technologies following its second call for applications.
Eni has held a naming ceremony of the “Jangkrik” Floating Production Unit (FPU) vessel at Saipem Karimun Yard in Indonesia. The FPU will operate in the Eni-operated Muara Bakau PSC located in the Kutei Basin, in the Makassar Strait offshore for the “Jangkrik Complex Fields”. Ten production deepwater
Ocean Flow Energy has decided to cease its tidal testing program at Sanda Sound tidal site due to lack of research funding.
EnerMech has been awarded a pre-commissioning subcontract by Technip Oceania, part of TechnipFMC in Australia, on the Shell Australia operated Prelude FLNG project. The work scope includes the pre-installation filling of the risers, riser leak testing, pressure monitoring of the umbilical and electr
Nokia and Facebook have collaborated on field trials of new optical digital signal processing technologies over a 5,500 kilometer transatlantic subsea link. To increase the capacity capabilities of subsea fiber, Nokia and Facebook tested Nokia Bell Labs’ new probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS)
