BBC Chartering’s multipurpose heavy-lift vessel Emerald has sailed to Pictou to pick up the second Cape Sharp Tidal’s turbine for replacement of a malfunctioning part.
Aker BP has reached an agreement to acquire working interest in eight licenses from Tullow Norge. The transaction will see Aker BP strengthen its position in areas surrounding the Ula, North of Alvheim, Skarv and the Krafla/Askja areas. Furthermore, the transaction includes 15 percent in the Oda (pr
Areva Sells Its Stake in Adwen to Gamesa for EUR 60 Million Areva has decided to sell its 50% stake in the offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen for EUR 60 million to Gamesa, with which Areva had a 50-50 ownership in the joint venture and which is now in a merger process with Siemens. Borssele [&
Trendsetter Engineering and Add Energy have combined their expertise in well control engineering and equipment design to develop the relief well injection spool (RWIS). The RWIS is designed to enable pumping of up to 200 barrels per minute of kill mud through a single relief well utilizing multiple
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (September 26 – October 02). Technip Offshore Finland is reportedly sending home its entire workforce employed at construction yard in Pori. According to Finish media, layoffs for 288 yard workers shou
Det norske has today completed the closing of the merger with BP Norge and the subsequent establishment of Aker BP. “We are proud to announce the closing of the merger and the creation of Aker BP, the largest Norwegian independent oil and gas producer. The integration process is on track, and Aker B
Siemens has released a video showing a 360° flight to an offshore wind farm. The video explains how the company’s technology and O&M solutions keep the industry moving forward and help reduce costs. The technologies described include Siemens’ wind turbines with Direct Drive technology. The video als
Atlantis Resources is making final preparations to install the first phase of the MeyGen tidal array project in the Pentland Firth, off Caithness.
UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem will start the fifth tender round (TR5) for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind farms on 10 October 2016. The five links have an estimated value of GBP 2 billion in total and a g
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (SapuraKencana) has been awarded new contracts with a combined value of approximately USD 215 million. The first contract awarded to a consortium of SapuraKencana TL Offshore and SapuraKencana HL by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is for the B127 cluster pipelin
Carnegie Wave Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lanka Energy Conservation for the development of wave and microgrid projects in Sri Lanka.
Gazprom has received a survey permit for two strings of the TurkStream gas pipeline’s offshore section in Turkey’s territorial waters. The TurkStream gas pipeline will run 660 kilometers along the old route of South Stream and cover 250 kilometers of a new route toward the European part of Turkey. “
ROVOP has expanded its fleet of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for the US region. Namely, the company said it has taken delivery of Seaeye Leopard electric work class ROV, the first of its kind for the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), and believed it could help operators reduce costs by 40 percent. The ROV
A report by KIC InnoEnergy and BVG Associates has identified fifty offshore wind innovations which have the potential to make a substantial reduction in the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) through changes to design, hardware, software or process. The report, ‘Future renewable energy costs: offshore
