Island Offshore has informed that the company will be introducing reduced working hours for all office employees in Ulsteinvik, with effect from 1st of August 2015, as a contribution to reducing costs. This is done to mitigate the implications of the weak offshore market, lay up of vessels as well a
Stonehenge Metals has announced plans to install an array of Protean wave energy devices off the coast of Western Australia. The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Stonehenge Metals and Yanchep Beach Joint Venture for the collaboration on the development of Protean wave energy farm,
Flexlife has been granted a US Patent for Armadillo, and that this is in addition to the existing patents for UK, Australia and Norway, with others pending. Flexlife is currently working to deliver an Armadillo solution for a SE Asian operator which has suffered anchor damage to a flexible flowline.
Belgian wind farm developer Nobelwind has awarded Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime a new EPCI contract for the manufacturing of the Offshore Substation (OSS) for the upcoming Bligh Bank II Offshore Wind Farm. The substation is to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2016, only 16 months after th
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno announced that BSEE Alaska Region Director Mark Fesmire this week oversaw testing of Shell’s proposed Arctic-ready capping stack system in Puget Sound to ensure compliance with stringent Federal safety standards for oil and
ACEP’s Alaska Hydrokinetic Energy Research Center (AHERC) is making preparations prior to the summer testing season. The team has been preparing the floating test platform, boats and equipment, according to ACEP’s social media. AHERC’s new research support boat, which will be used to maneuver the Mu
EDF Energy Renewables will be carrying out site investigations within the area of its planned Blyth Offshore Demonstration Project during June. There are two key areas of work planned, geophysical, by EGS (International), Ltd, which looks at the seabed and geotechnical, by GEO (Denmark), which will
Norwegian Parliament has approved the plan for development and operation of the first stage of the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea. The development will involve investment of nearly 120 billion in the first stage. Several major contracts related to the development of the Johan Sverdrup is alre
Norway’s Simon Møkster Shipping has secured a contract, with Acta Marine Offshore, for its Multi Purpose Support Vessel (MPSV) Stril Server. The 85 meters long vessel is a development of the Stril Explorer and was built at Simek in Flekkefjord in 2014. The 10-week contract, with 5×1 weeks options, i
Atmocean, a US wave energy developer, plans to retry the deployment of its wave energy system off Peru later next week. The demonstration system will produce fresh water from salt water without producing electricity due to inexpensive Peruvian energy market. Following the unsuccessful deployment att
Gazprom’s Chairman of the Management Committee Alexey Miller and Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia have held a working meeting focusing on Russian gas exports to Serbia. The parties discussed gas supply routes after 2019 following the
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Association of American State Geologists (AASG) have signed an agreement to foster interaction, cooperation and coordination on marine minerals and oil and gas resources on the outer continental shelf (OCS). Since the 1990s, BOEM and its predecess
Gazprom, E.ON, Royal Dutch Shell and OMV have signed Memorandums of Intent specifying the cooperation among the companies within the project for constructing the gas transmission infrastructure for direct supply of Russian gas to European consumers. The documents were signed yesterday, June 18, 2015
DNV GL a technical adviser to the oil and gas industry, has launched a research paper exploring the viability of moving offshore oil and gas processing subsea, including the techno-economics of an ‘all subsea’ solution. The report, launched today at the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC), Bergen
