The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has laid four charges against Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) for alleged offences related to the spilling of crude oil from the offshore loading system of the Hibernia Platform. Based on the information
The Sole gas field and Orbost Gas Plant project has entered into Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) phase, Cooper Energy informs. Completion of the acquisition of 50% interest has resulted in Cooper Energy booking 2C Contingent Resources of 106PJ of sales gas. The VIC/RL3 joint venture, which c
Cue Energy announced that production from the Maari MR7A development well has been brought on stream, with a provisional initial production rate between 1,500-2,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). The optimal production rate will be determined after several weeks of production history, taking into ac
Last Friday saw a completion of the 240-hour test phase of the first of 43 wind turbines at offshore wind park Eneco Luchterduinen. This means that the wind park is now generating green energy for the Dutch grid. According to Van Oord, the installation of the wind turbines is progressing well with o
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 18 – May 24). A new subsea company was launched this month, comprising of a group of ex-FMC employees in alliance with subsea installation player DeepOcean, aiming to cut subsea tree installation
Pipeline engineering specialist, IRM Systems, has opened a new operations base in Houston. The new Houston base supports the expansion of IRM Systems’ project management engineering services, further complementing those supplied by the company from its headquarters in The Netherlands. “I look forwar
Sabella, a French tidal energy developer, is currently making preparations to install subsea power cable for its D10 tidal turbine off the Ushant island. According to Sabella, Bourbon’s tugboat Argonaut is expected to arrive to the port of Brest on Saturday 9 am. Following the charging of the cable
The Danish grid operator, Energinet.dk, has invited contractors to apply for a survey job related to Kriegers Flak’s subsea cable route. As part of the Kriegers Flak (KF) Combined Grid Solution (CGS) Energinet.dk and Germany’s 50Hertz Transmission are preparing the installation of two parallel HVDC
The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Germany (BGR) has launched a tender invitation for the provision of a research vessel and support crew for its survey work in tropical Indian Ocean. Namely, the BGR plans to conduct offshore surveys and sampling south-east of Mauritius a
Havyard has increased its profits for the first quarter 2015 on lower income tax expenses. The Norwegian vessel designer and builder has scooped NOK 26.7 million ($3.5 million) in profit for the quarter, compared to NOK 20.8 million ($2.8 million) a year earlier. Profit before tax, however, was slig
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has selected a consortium led by Aberdeen-based consultancy Pale Blue Dot Energy to deliver a project which will identify the next phase of sites deep under the seabed in UK waters to store CO2 emissions from coal and gas power stations and heavy industry plan
PETRONAS achieved the first oil from the Bukit Tua field in Indonesia, on 17 May 2015. PETRONAS’ General Manager and Country Chairman of Indonesia Operations, Hazli Sham Kassim said, “We are proud that the Bukit Tua field has come on stream today and this is PETRONAS’ biggest upstream project in Ind
The research icebreaker Polarstern has left its home port in Bremerhaven, setting a course for the Arctic. Led by Dr Ilka Peeken from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) a team of 53 researchers from 11 countries will investigate the effects of climate
To help estimate fish populations, scientists experiment with seafloor-mounted sonar systems that monitor fish in the water column above. Shelikof Strait, in the Gulf of Alaska, is an important spawning area for walleye pollock, the target of the largest, and one of the most valuable, fisheries in t
