GDF Suez has changed its brand name to ENGIE, as well as the logo of the company. The new brand name adopts the rising sun as its logo, symbolizing a new day in the world of energy, ENGIE’s press release reads. The company changed the name as the answer to the changing energy sector which […]
DONG Energy is officially opening its operation management centre at Norddeich harbour today in the presence of the Parliamentary State Secretary Enak Ferlemann (Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure), Norden’s Mayoress Barbara Schlag and invited guests from business, public admi
Keynvor MorLift (KML) has acquired an additional Saab Seaeye’s Cougar XT ROV used for tidal energy projects. The device comes with its own customized container system, and can be deployed from any vessel. Keynvor MorLift uses Cougar ROVs for operational, installation and maintenance works at tidal e
Italian contractor Saipem has seen profit rise despite tough market conditions. The company posted earnings for the first quarter of 2015 (ended March 31, 2015) of €77 million, versus €61 million in the first quarter of 2014. Revenues in the fourth quarter were up, amounting to €3 billion, an increa
The construction of tidal turbines for Paimpol-Bréhat project, developed by EDF, has started, and the turbines are expected to be grid-connected before the end of 2015. The Paimpol-Bréhat demonstration project is located in France, off the coast of Paimpol. DCNS, through its subsidiary OpenHydro, is
Subsea Innovation has refurbished a Launch and Recovery System (LARS) for a major offshore oil & gas contractor. In its most recent project, the Darlington-based company undertook the complete strip down of the Launch and Recovery System at its new, purpose-built manufacturing facility. The LARS was
Malaysia’s Carimin Engineering has entered into collaboration agreements (COA) with Makamin Offshore Saudi Ltd. (MOS) and Petro Allied International (PAI). Carimin Engineering has experience and expertise on Hook-up and commissioning (HUC), topside major maintenance (TMM), subsea services, marine ve
Singapore-based oilfield services firm, Otto Marine, informed that a creditor of the company has filed a winding up application with the Singapore High Court to wind up the Company. The Court has made directions for the application to be heard on 15 May 2015. The total sum claimed against the Otto M
Stork has been awarded a three year Frame Agreement focusing on the UKCS and Norwegian sectors, by Bibby Offshore. It is the first Frame Agreement Stork has signed with Bibby Offshore. The agreement, which comes with two one year extension options, will allow Stork to deliver subsea bolt tensioning
The Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg has rejected Côte d’Ivoire’s request that Ghana be ordered to suspend all oil exploration and exploitation in the disputed zone including the TEN Project, Tullow informed. Development work on the TEN Project c
Sterling has kicked off its planned 3D seismic survey of 1,250 km² over a high-graded portion of the Ambilobe Block, located offshore Madagascar. The acquisition is being undertaken by CGG Services SA, on behalf of the Joint Venture Partners, and completion is expected within 45-50 days. The Ambilob
Siemens has handed over SylWin1, the third North Sea grid connection this year, to its customer TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission grid operator has now put the “world’s most powerful grid connection to date” into commercial operation. The offshore platform of the SylWin1 grid connection is locat
An oil leak of about 7,000 liters was detected offshore Brazil, from the pipeline linking four Petrobras’ platforms. As Reuters reports, the leak occurred in the Camorim field, off the coast of the city of Aracajú. According to reports the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has contained and
Gondan Shipyard has celebrated the keel laying ceremony of the new Oceanographic Research Vessel for the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) of Bergen, Norway at its facilities in Figueras. The official keel laying ceremony, marks the start of the assembly of the hull in the slipway. Several represen
