UK-based geoscience and engineering services provider, Next Geosolutions, has resumed operations on CWA Project with its SV Kommandor Iona permanently fitted with a comprehensive survey spread. The Cluster West of Adlergrund (CWA) project consist of multiple 220kV AC grid connections of the two offs
Tidal Energy Ltd, a Cardiff-based tidal energy developer, has released a video describing the design and operating principles of its recently deployed DeltaStream tidal turbine. The 400 kW DeltaStream demonstration device was deployed in Ramsey Sound, off Pembrokeshire, in December, 2015. The device
Siemens has released a video showing what level of precision was needed to install 48 foundation posts at the 144MW Westermeerwind offshore wind farm, situated in the Ijsselmeer, an artificial lake in the central Netherlands. Siemens installed the first monopile foundation in March 2015, and proceed
Eni Norge has received the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s consent to use Goliat FPSO and associated facilities on the Goliat field. Goliat is around 50 kilometres south-east of the Snøhvit field. Water depth in the area is 360-420 metres. The field has been developed using a circular FPSO (Seva
FAB Link interconnector, between France, the Channel Islands and the UK has come a step closer with new surveys taking place off East Devon and Alderney. The team behind the FAB Link is planning to lay two pairs of electricity cables between the Cherbourg peninsula in Normandy in northern France, an
Complete Site Safety (CSS) has launched a first aid course designed for offshore workers. The Clinical Observation & Medical Assessment (COMA) course is created for those industries which do not have immediate access to emergency aid in the event of an accident. With workforces expected to work furt
BioPower System (BPS) has begun the diving operations to prepare its bioWAVE wave energy unit for commissioning.
Swiber Offshore Construction has acquired 38 percent stake in Nigeria’s Deltatek Offshore Limited (DOL). Following the acquisition, DOL has become an associated company of Swiber. Swiber has acquired 9,500,000 nil-paid ordinary shares of DOL with nominal value of $0.005 or NGN 1.00 each. The aggrega
The international project to establish a connection between UK and France that will enable the transmission of electricity between the two countries is progressing well with surveys taking place off East Devon and Alderney. Survey work at the proposed ‘landing site’ at Budleigh Salterton beach in Ea
Continental European power prices tumbled again in December as exceptional wind power output combined with mild temperatures and falling demand, according to data released by Platts. European power prices, according to the Platts Continental Power Index (CONTI), fell 13.29% to EUR 33.08 per megawatt
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has acquired a containerized hyperbaric chamber in order to increase the safety of the underwater activities of the research facility. The hyperbaric chamber is part of the equipment strategy included in the PLOCAN roadmap in order to answer to the
Atlantas Marine has completed ROV inspection work on the semi-submersible “Heydar Aliyev” rig in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan. The rig is currently working with BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) in the Shah Deniz field in the Caspian Sea. The Heydar Aliyev rig is designed for year-round operations
Wood Group has secured a three-year contract with Shell Australia’s Prelude, Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) project. Perth-based Wood Group Kenny will provide specialist consultancy services for flexible riser integrity management prior to and during operation of Prelude FLNG, which will be l
A fleet of robotic submarines, based at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), have been used to map vulnerable cold-water coral reefs in the deep ocean off southwest England. This data set is being used to inform the management of a new Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) that protects the only area of
